2019 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Emma Trenchard
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Windsor, Conn.
- High School:
- Loomis Chaffee School
CAREER – A four-time, first-team All-America pick ... The youngest member of the 2022 U.S. National Team under UNC head coach Jenny Levy ... According to Inside Lacrosse, Trenchard is "widely regarded the top 1v1 matchup in the women's ranks," writing that her "ability to neutralize her opposition's top scoring threat is unparalleled." ... USA Lacrosse Magazine calls her "the best of the best on the defensive side of the ball" and "capable of locking down the top option on any offiense" ... Started all 88 UNC games in her career.
FIFTH YEAR (2022) – Earned unanimous, first-team All-America honors (IWLCA, Inside Lacrosse, USA Lacrosse) for the second year in a row ... ACC Defender of the Year for a second time (2019, 2022) ... The IWLCA National Defender of the Year ... NCAA All-Tournament Team ... First-team All-ACC for the third straight year (2019, 2021, 2022) ... Held Boston College's Charlotte North scoreless for the final 17:15 of the NCAA championship game ... Tallied 23 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers in 2022 ... A Tar Heel team captain in 2022 along with Ally Mastroianni, Jamie Ortega and Tayler Warehime.
SENIOR (2021) – The nation's top defender ... Earned first-team first-team All-America honors for the third consecutive season ... Unanimous first-team All-America (Inside Lacrosse, USA Lacrosse, IWLCA) ...First-team All-ACC for the second time in a row (no team awarded in 2020) ... Finished the year with 25 ground balls, 17 caused turnovers and 13 draw controls ... Also had a goal and three assists for a career-high four points ... Excelled at using her speed to lead UNC offensive fast breaks after gathering loose balls in the defensive end.
JUNIOR (2020) – Named first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse for the second consecutive season ... Collected eight ground balls while tying for the UNC team lead with five caused turnovers and winning 26 draw controls ... Named IWLCA and ACC Defensive Player of the Week on March 3 after tallying a career-high 11 draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover in a win at Virginia ... One of five Tar Heels on the 56-player final watch list for the 2020 Tewaaraton Award.
SOPHOMORE (2019) – Named the 2019 ACC Defender of the Year in a vote of the conference’s coaches ... Named first-team All-America by ILWomen and the IWLCA ... A first-team All-ACC pick in 2019 ... First-team All-South (IWLCA) ... Second on the team in caused turnovers ... Named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team after her strong defense on Tewaaraton Award winner Sam Apuzzo in the semifinals, limiting her to two goals and one assist and forcing a turnover .... Named to the All-ACC Tournament Team after tallying four ground balls, six caused turnovers and three draw controls in three wins ... Earned a spot on the U.S. Women’s National Training Team in the fall of 2018 under head coach Jenny Levy ... Started every game in 2019 ... Collected her first career assist and limited Duke star Charlotte North to one goal on five shots (North entered the game averaging nearly six points per game) on April 20 ... Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts vs. Duke ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
FRESHMAN (2018) – Earned a starting job in the preseason and started all 21 games at defender ... Named to the All-ACC Tournament Team, posting a strong effort in the championship game against second-ranked Boston College’s high-scoring attack ... Named ACC Defender of the Week on Feb. 27 after the overtime win over top-ranked Maryland, controlling four draws, collecting three ground balls and causing three turnovers ... Controlled the draw to start overtime, then brought the ball into the offensive end to start the possession that included the game-winning goal by Marie McCool ... Helped guide a UNC defense that held Maryland scoreless for the final 9:25 of the game.
PERSONAL – Emma Grace Trenchard is the daughter of Michelle and Webb Trenchard ... Her mother was a lacrosse All-America at Hobart William Smith ... Her father was the captain of the lacrosse team at Amherst College ... Her great-great grandfather, Thomas Trenchard, was the head coach of the UNC football team (1895, 1913-15) ... Born in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. ... Birthday is April 27 ... Majored in psychology.
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