Emily Eaton Season 2026-27

#22
PositionBack
HometownCharlotte, N.C.
High SchoolCovenant Day School
Prior to UVA (Louisville)
2025 
  • Played and started in 15 games
  • ACC Academic Team
  • NFHCA Academic Squad
  • NFHCA Scholar of Distinction
2024
  • Played and started in all 17 games
  • ACC Academic Team
  • NFHCA Academic Squad
  • NFHCA Scholar of Distinction
International Experience
  • Member of USA Field Hockey U18 National Team (Competed in 4 Nations tournament- Belgium 2023) 
Background
  • 2023 North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Player of the Year
  • 2023 Conference Player of the Year
  • 2023 Charlotte Observer’s Offensive Player of the Year
  • Max Field Hockey’s North Carolina Player of the Year
  • Field Hockey third team all-American and Mid Atlantic all-region first team
  • Served as a team captain for Covenant Day School for 2022 and 2023
  • 2022 State Runner-Up
  • Finished high school career as Covenant Day’s all-time leading goal scorer
  • Selected to play in the All-State Senior Game
  • Earned a trio of all-state and all-conference honors
  • Served as a captain for Charlotte Ambush club team, helping the squad to the
  • National Indoor Tournament and earning NFHCA National Player of the Month honors in 2024
  • Selected for the Junior Olympics and has competed in the Nexus National Championships twice
Personal
  • Graduated from The Covenant Day School in Charlotte, N.C.
  • Member of Charlotte Ambush club team
  • Daughter of Nathan and Sarah Eaton 
  • Has one brother, Jake and one sister, Mary Caroline
  • Sister, Mary Caroline (MC), played softball at Virginia (Undegrad) and UNC (Grad)
  • National Honor Society Induction (Grade 10)
  • National Honor Society Member (Grade 11 & 12)
  • Spanish National Honor Society Induction (Grade 10)
  • Spanish National Honor Society Membe (Grade 11 & 12)
  • National Beta Club Member (Grades 9-12)
  • Senior Class President, Covenant Day School (2023-2024)
  • Summa Cum Laude Honor Roll