Emma Watchilla

2024

• Appeared in 19 games with three starts
• Tied for third on the team in points (12) with six goals
• Scored twice against Temple, the first multi-goal game of her career (9/6)
• Scored UVA’s first goal in the 3-2 overtime win at American (9/15)
• Made her first career start against Cal (9/20)
• Scored the final goal in Virginia’s 5-1 victory against Stanford (9/22)
• Scored in back-to-back games against Saint Joseph’s (10/13) and Syracuse (10/18)

2023

• Appeared in 18 games, scoring one goal
• Made her collegiate debut in the season-opener against Penn State (8/25)
• Scored her first collegiate goal at William & Mary (9/8)
• Competed on Team Berlin at the 2024 Senior Nexus Championship

Background

• Top 10 recruit in Max Field Hockey Class of 2023
• 2020-21 US U-16 Junior National Team
• Two-time First Team NFHCA All-American
• Two-time Max Field Hockey First Team All-American
• Led Wyoming Seminary to three state championships (2019-21)
• Three-time Pennsylvania All-State First Team

Personal

• Daughter of James and Shelby Watchilla
• Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences