Completed Event: Field Hockey at Boston University on August 29, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 2 , (SO)
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Jersey Number 16
Emily Antunes
- Position:
- Defense
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Oak Knoll School
- Hometown:
- Lebanon, N.J.
Bio
As a Senior: Served as a team captain during the 2023 campaign... Played 10 games as part of the Friars' defensive unit, including seven appearances in the starting line-up... NFHCA Division I National Academic Team and BIG EAST All-Academic Team honors for a fourth-consecutive year... Claimed NFHCA Division I Scholar of Distinction recognition for a second-straight year... Recipient of the Jane Thompson Award, which is presented annually to a male or female senior student-athlete who personifies all that is good about being a student-athlete at Providence College and exhibits selflessness, dedication, loyalty, courage and perseverance.Â
As a Junior: Started each of the 12 games she played as a member of the defensive unit… Missed the final five games of the season with an injury… NFHCA Division I National Academic Team selection and also was recognized as an NFHCA Division I Scholar of Distinction... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
As a Sophomore: Started all 18 games as a member of the Friars’ defensive unit.... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
As a Freshman: The traditional fall season was moved to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic... Started each of the 10 games she appeared in as a member of the defense... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
Before Providence:Â Attended Oak Knoll School, where she anchored a defense that allowed just 55 goals in 102 games during her career and helped her team post a 96-5-1 record overall... Guided Oak Knoll School to two New Jersey State Tournament of Champions victories in 2017 and 2019, three State Championships (2017, 2018, 2019) and four conference and county titles (2016-2019)... Oak Knoll was ranked in the top-5 in the nation by Max Field Hockey during each of her four years, including a No. 1 final ranking in 2019... MaxField Hockey All-Region selection (2019), All-State honoree (2019), Two-time All-New Jersey Non-Public Group selection (2018, 2019) and three-time All-Conference and All-County pick (2017, 2018, 2019)... Named 2018 NJ.com Defender to Watch... Played for Princeton Field Hockey Club Black Team (2012-20).
Personal: Born June 19... Daughter of Betsy and Steven Antunes...Has one brother, Alec...Health policy management major with a minor in Black studies.
ANTUNES' CAREER HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team • 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad • 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
NFHCA Scholar of Distinction • 2022, 2023
Jane Thompson Award • 2024
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