Emma Thurston

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Shawnee Mission South
Hometown:
Leawood, KS
Prev School:
Southern Indiana

2025 (Southern Indiana)
Started 20 matches in 21 games played as a redshirt junior...Led the team with 1,830 minutes played and a team-best six assists, which also ranked first in the OVC...Fired 13 shots with nine on goal, including putting all three attempts on goal against Lindenwood on October 19...Registered three games with two or more shots taken...Five of six assists came against OVC opponents, including three helpers in the OVC Tournament...Named to the OVC All-Tournament Team after assisting on the game-winning goal against Southeast Missouri in the first round on October 30 and notching two assists, including one on the game-winning goal, against Eastern Illinois in the quarterfinal match on November 2...Played every minute for 290 minutes in USI's three games at the OVC Tournament...Assisted on the game-winning goal against SIUE on October 12 and on the game-winner against Western Illinois on October 26...Played a full 90 minutes in 15 matches and all 110 minutes in the OVC semifinal against Tennessee Tech on November 6...Part of a defensive unit that helped post 10 total shutouts, including four clean sheets in the last four games played, and three separate streaks of limiting the opposition scoreless for over 310-plus minutes...Named CSC Academic All-District.

2024 (Southern Indiana)
Injury redshirt

2023 (Southern Indiana)
Started all 19 matches, playing 1,236 minutes as a sophomore...Recorded 12 shots with four on goal...Had an assist on USI's goal against North Alabama on August 20...Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2022 (Southern Indiana)
Appeared in 17 matches, making four starts as a freshman...Recorded seven shots with four on goal in 606 minutes played...Had a career-high three shots at Chicago State on September 9...Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in soccer and basketball at Shawnee Mission South High School (Overland Park, Kansas)...Named second team All-State and first team All-Sunflower League in 2020-21...Competed for Kansas Rush Soccer Club, which won two state championships (2020, 2021) and placed second in the Midwest regionals (2021)