Emma Gaines-Ramos Season 2024

Honors & Awards
First Team All-Mountain West (2020 & 2022)
Second Team All-Mountain West (2023 & 2024)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2020)
Academic All-Mountain West (2020, 2021 & 2023)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022 & 2023)
Mountain West Watch List (2024)

As a Senior (2024 Season)
Mountain West Rankings: t-4th in points, t-4th in assists, 4th in assists/game, t-5th in points/game, t-7th in goals, t-8th in goals/game, 8th in shots/game, t-10th in shots
In Conference Play: 4th in points, 4th in points/game, 7th in shots, 7th in shots/game, t-10th in goals, t-10th in goals/game
NCAA Rankings: 38th in assists, 56th in assists/game
Finished her career with 25 assists, fourth in program history… Named to the Mountain West Watch List prior to the season… Earned Second-Team All-Mountain West honors… Started 20 of the Aztecs’ 21 matches… Led the team with eight assists (tied for 13th in school history) and two penalty kicks while placing second on the team in goals (6), points (20), shots (47) and shots on goal (22)… Also one of six Aztecs with a game-winning goal… Opened the season with a goal vs. Cal State Bakersfield on Aug. 15… Scored the first goal allowed by Texas at home on Sept. 5 and again vs. Eastern Washington… Started MW play with four assists in two matches against Nevada (Sept. 26) and UNLV (Sept. 29)… Scored the team’s lone goal at Utah State (Oct. 3)… Tallied three points with a goal and an assist each against Fresno State (Oct. 20) and at New Mexico (Oct. 31)… Assisted on a goal against Colorado State (Oct. 27) and in the Mountain West Tournament win vs. UNLV (Nov. 3)… Played 1,397 minutes including 90 minutes twice.

As a Senior (2023 Season)
Mountain West Rankings: t-6th in points, t-6th in assists, t-7th in points/game, 7th in assists/game, t-9th in goals
Earned Second-Team All-Mountain West honors… Started 19 of the Aztecs’ 20 matches… Tied for third on the team in goals and assists with five of each… Also tied for third with 18 shots on goal and placed fourth with 30 shots… Scored in three straight matches against San Diego on Sept. 14, at Fresno State on Sept. 21 and at San Jose State on Sept. 24… The goals against San Diego and at Fresno State were game winners… Also scored a game-winning goal against Colorado College on Oct. 1 and scored against Utah State on Oct. 8… Her three game-winners tied for the team lead… Opened the season with an assist against Sacred Heart on Aug. 17… Logged assists in three consecutive matches at UC San Diego on Sept. 7, against San Diego on Sept. 14 and at Fresno State on Sept. 21… Also had an assist in the Colorado College match… Finished third with a 60.0% shot on goal percentage and fifth with a 16.7% shooting percentage… Played 1285 minutes… Also excelled in the classroom, bringing home Academic All-Mountain West accolades.
 
As a Junior (2022 Season)
Earned her second career first-team all-MW honors in 2022 ... College Sports Communicators  academic all-district team honoree ... Led the Aztecs in assists with seven and was second on the team in goals scored with six, for a total of 19 points ... Her seven assists and six goals were both a career-high for a single season ... Tallied a total of 55 shots with 24 being on goal ... Scored two goals and added another assist in the Aztecs 7-2 win over Idaho (8/21) ... Scored a goal and hauled in another assist in a 2-2 tie with Saint Mary’s (9/9) ... Earned MW Offensive Player of the Week (10/03) after she dished out two assists in the 3-3 tie with Colorado College (9/29) and tallied two more assists in the 2-1 win over Air Force (10/02) ... Scored and assisted in the Aztecs 3-0 win over Nevada (10/13).

As a Sophomore (2021 Season)
In Conference Play: 6^th in shots
Started in 19 games, while appearing in all 20… Totaled two goals and six points… Scored against Utah State (10/3) and New Mexico (10/29)… Assisted a goal against Boise State (10/1) and UNLV (10/8)… Attempted 29 shots with 18 coming on goal including a single-game high four against Air Force (10/22) and New Mexico (10/29)… Played a total of 1295 minutes with a single-game high of 87 against Fresno State (10/14).

As a Freshman (2020 Season)
Mountain West Rankings: T-7th in assists
First-Team All-Mountain West... Mountain West Scholar-Athlete... Academic All-Mountain West...Earned a starting assignment in all 11 games… Produced three assists, the second most by an Aztec true freshman in the last five years, and 18 shots… Assists came at San Jose State (3/12), on the game winner vs. UNLV (3/20) and vs. San Jose State (3/28)… Three times, in her collegiate debut vs. Nevada (3/5), at San Jose State (3/12) and at UNLV (4/3) attempted a single-game high three shots… Took two shots each in games at Fresno State (3/14), vs. UNLV (3/20), and at Nevada (4/11)… Put a single-game best two shots on goal vs. UNLV (3/20) and at UNLV (4/3)… Played a total of 571 minutes with a single-game high 70 at Boise State (4/9).

High School/Club
A graduate of Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista, Calif…. A four-year letter winner (coach Wayne Brewton)... Named team’s best attacking player three years in a row after leading the team in goals as a freshman... Played for the club the Rebels where she was a member of the 2018 U18 USYS national championship squad... Competed in Cal South National Cup earning two championships and reaching the finals in the other year... A three-time California Regional League champion, three-time Coast Soccer League champion, three-time Farwest Regional competitor (quarterfinalist, semifinalist & champion)... Two-time US National League runner-up... Also competed in track and was the Mesa League 300-meter hurdle champion as a freshman... an honor roll performer in each of her first three years.

Personal
Majoring in business marketing.