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Elsi Twombly - Women's Soccer - University of Kentucky Athletics 9

ElsiTwombly

  • position Forward
  • height 5-10
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Appleton, Wis.
  • High school Kimberly
  • Previous School Marquette
  • Major Grad Cert in Sport Management
BIO Stats

Prior to UK:

Honors & Awards

2022-23
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2021-22
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
All-BIG EAST Second Team

2020-21
BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (2/15)

2023 (Sr.): Saw action in 15 matches … Assisted on a pair of goals, including the game winner, in a 3-1 victory at Creighton (9/28).

2022 (Sr.): All-BIG EAST Second Team selection … Appeared in all 18 games and started in 16 … Netted first goal of the season in a 5-0 victory over Green Bay (9/4) … Scored team’s first goal in 4-1 win at Butler (9/25) and assisted on another … Scored the lone goal in a victory against Villanova … Matched a team-high of four goals.

2021 (RFr.): Received the starting assignment in 10 of the 13 matches she appeared in … Netted three goals and recorded a career-high four assists … Scored her first goal of the season at Utah St. (9/5) … Assisted on Kate Gibson’s game-winning goal in a 1-0 win against North Dakota St. (9/17) … Scored the first goal in the team’s 3-1 win at Villanova (9/26) … Assisted on Katrina Wetherell’s game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at Creighton (9/30) … Assisted on Hailey Block’s game-winning goal in a 1-0 win against Seton Hall (10/3).

2020-21 (Fr.):  Named to BIG EAST All-Freshman Team … Team leader in points (8) and goals (3) … Appeared in all 10 matches, earning a pair of starts … Scored a goal in first three outings … Collected season-high seven shots against Chicago State (2/5) … Netted game winner in 3-2 victory against Illinois State (2/7) … Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (2/15) … Assisted on team’s first goal in 3-1 win over Xavier (3/18).

Prior to Marquette: Twombly was a member of the Kimberly High School girls soccer team every year of her prep career … Senior season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020  … Three-time team captain helped the Papermakers to conference and regional championships in both 2018 and 2019 as a sophomore and junior … First team all-conference as freshman, sophomore and junior … Appleton Post-Crescent Girls Soccer Player of the year as a junior in 2019 … Earned first team all-state honors as a junior, second team all-state as a sophomore and was honorable mention all-state as a freshman … Ended high school career with 99 goals and 56 assists in three seasons of action … Played club soccer for SC Wave (Waukesha) Blue 01  and captured 2018 and 2018 state championships under head coach Marcio Leite.

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