Outlook

Emily Crosby is fun to be around, a great leader and a team captain this season ... Very solid center back player ... Athletic, consistent and has great energy. 

Sophomore Year 2024

Helped JCCC win the Kansas Jayhawk Conference D-II, NJCAA Region 6 Division II and NJCAA District Division II titles and finish runner-up at the NJCAA Division II Tournament with an overall record of 19-1-4 … Named first-team All-America by the National Junior College Athletic Association and United Soccer Coaches …  Selected All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division II and All-Region 6 Division II first-team … Was a shutdown defender for a JCCC defense that registered a record 15 consecutive shutouts, 18 total for the season, and ranked first in the country with a goals against average of 0.41 and second by allowing only 10 goals all season … Also came forward to score one goal in an 18-0 win over Southeast (9-25-24).

Freshman Year 2023

Helped JCCC win the Kansas Jayhawk Conference D-II, NJCAA Region 6 Division II title and a runner-up finish at the NJCAA Division II Tournament with an overall record of 18-4-2 … Played in and started 22 matches … Was part of a defensive unit that recorded 13 shutouts and a goals against average of 0.78, which ranked eighth in the NJCAA … Fired two shots, one on goal.

High School

Was a three-year starter for coaches Matt Trump and Andrew Miller at Olathe West High School, Olathe, Kan.  … Graduated 2023 …Helped her team to an 13-1-2 mark as a sophomore, 14-1-1 as a junior and 11-2 record her senior year and was named Most Inspirational Player … Tallied two goals and an assist as a sophomore,  three goals and two assists as a junior and a goal and an assists as a senior … Played club soccer for Fire FC, Toca FC and Puma FC … Helped Fire FC win a state champions, and Toca FC and Puma FC to state runner-up finishes …  Earned academic excellence in math, science, English and physical education …  

Personal

Born Emily Madison Crosby on Jan. 3, 2005, in Wichita, Kan. Nicknames are Em and Crosby … Daughter of Jeremy and Faith Crosby … Has four siblings, Joe, Josh, Kelsey and Hailey … Kelsey also attended JCCC … Majoring in psychology … Career ambition is to become a psychological therapist or interpreter … Favorite foods are sushi, salmon and lasagna … Favorite fast food restaurant is Panda Express … Favorite restaurant is Prime Sushi … Favorite TV shows are Hunter x Hunter, Gilmore Girls, Attack on Titan and Physical 100 … Favorite movie is Silent Voice … Favorite sports movies are Hustle and The Blind Side … Favorite actor is Adam Sandler … Favorite book is Girl in Pieces … Favorite music entertainers are Khalid, Post Malone and Melanie Martinez … Favorite athletes are Alex Morgan and Virgil van Dijk … Favorite sports is the US Women’s National Team … Greatest sports moment was winning state … Best player she has competed against is former Olathe West teammate and current West Virginia forward Jordyn Wilson.