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Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Illinois

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GIRLS SOCCER

Emma Weaver

Forward/Midfielder
NEW TRIER HS
WINNETKA, ILLINOIS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

63

Career goals

40

Career assists
“Emma is one of the most if not the most dominant player I have ever coached. She is relentless and plays for her team. Not only is she a constant threat to score, she is one our very best defenders.”
Jim Burnside
Head Coach - Head coach of New Trier High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 5-foot-8 senior forward and midfielder was one of two Illinois players to earn Allstate All-America honors. A First Team All-State selection as a junior, Weaver led the Trevians to a third-place finish in the 2019 Class 3A state tournament. She concluded her prep soccer career with 63 goals and 40 assists.

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Academic Achievement

Weaver has maintained a 3.29 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer on scholarship at Villanova University.

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Exemplary Character

Weaver has volunteered locally as a youth soccer coach and has donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church.