2019: Started the first four games of the season before suffering an injury.

2018: Started the seven games he appeared in before suffering an injury… Scored in the 2-2 tie with No. 4 Michigan State… Co-recipient of the team’s Bob Holliday Award, presented to the “unsung hero” as selected by the coaching staff.

2017: Started eight of the nine games he appeared in.

2016: Tallied an assist in his first career game, a 3-3 tie with Michigan.

High School: Named to the NSCAA and Top Drawer Spring All-America team as a junior at Montgomery Bell Academy… Selected as a State All Star by Top Drawer… Most valuable player as a junior… 2016 co-captain… Scored 11 goals and added 16 assists in his first three seasons… Helped lead Montgomery Bell to a state championship in his junior year… Team posted a 31-7-7 record in his first three years… Currently playing his senior season.

Club: Played for the Tennessee Soccer Club, which won the U18 Tennessee State Tournament and finished second in U16/17… U15 team finished first in regional Premier League and U16/17 team was second.

ODP: Tennessee state team from 2010-2014.

Personal: Son of Jon and Amy Emerson… Older brother Ford played soccer at the University of the South… Volunteered with Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen.

3 QUESTIONS FOR EMERSON

Biggest soccer influences and why? "Would probably be my travel teammates. I have been with some of them since U9, and they have always pushed me further and further every year as a soccer player and a person. Some of my best friends are on that team and every practice, they motivate me."

Do you have an idol or hero? "I would say Rio Ferdinand is one of my biggest idols. Ever since I started playing center back, and being the Manchester United fan I am, he continued to catch my eye in every game I watched. Everything he does is world class, and is in my opinion one of the greatest defenders in history."

Why Yale? "Yale is everything I ask for in a college. The academics are second to none. Athletically, I have complete faith that Coach Stannard is turning the soccer program around for great things in the future, and I am thrilled to be able to be part of the start of it all."