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Freshman Feature: Emily Samisch
October 22, 2019 | Soccer
by Emma Warren, Student Assistant/Communications
STARKVILLE – After moving from St. Louis, Missouri, to Tennessee, Emily Samisch was raised to love the South and the SEC.
"The SEC is better than everything else," she said. "You're just raised like that in the South. It was every little girl's dream to play at an SEC school, and my dream happened to come true."
The goalkeeper started out in the field early in her soccer career. She was the smallest and youngest player on the team during her first years playing and with that came minimal playing time. Therefore, she started playing goalie and stuck with it because nobody else wanted to play in net.
"I didn't like that because I'm super competitive," Samisch said. "No one wanted to play goalie though, so I gave it a try, and I was actually really good at it. I kind of just stuck with it because until you're like 12, nobody wants to be the goalie."
Samisch isn't the only college athlete in her family. Her mother played volleyball at Maryville University and her sister, Allison, played soccer at Murray State. The pair went to different high schools and played against each other during Samisch's freshman year.
"She hit me in the middle of the field without the ball, like completely decked me, but my team won," Samisch said. "We had our occasional fights, but we definitely got a lot closer when she left for college. Now, we talk every single day."
Her sister had a strong influence on her soccer career when she was younger, and helped her make her college decision. Originally, she thought she wanted to play collegiately with her sister, but opted to make her own path.
"I've always wanted to be like her," Samisch said. "You know you always want to be like your older sibling, so clearly, she's been someone I've looked up to my whole life. She was a big part of helping me choose and decide what I wanted."
When she's done playing soccer, Samisch hopes to stay involved in sports. Her dream is to be a sports agent. The history major is on the pre-law track to help chase her dream. She enrolled early in Starkville, and plans to graduate early and pursue law school by the age of 21.
"A lot of soccer players want to be physical therapists or other things related to working with athletes," she said. "When you grow up as a student-athlete, it's one thing to leave the game behind but it's another thing to leave the lifestyle behind. I want to do something I actually care about when I'm older, and I've wanted to be a lawyer for a long time, so I thought, why not incorporate both of those."
For more information on the Bulldog soccer program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "HailStateSOC."
STARKVILLE – After moving from St. Louis, Missouri, to Tennessee, Emily Samisch was raised to love the South and the SEC.
"The SEC is better than everything else," she said. "You're just raised like that in the South. It was every little girl's dream to play at an SEC school, and my dream happened to come true."
The goalkeeper started out in the field early in her soccer career. She was the smallest and youngest player on the team during her first years playing and with that came minimal playing time. Therefore, she started playing goalie and stuck with it because nobody else wanted to play in net.
"I didn't like that because I'm super competitive," Samisch said. "No one wanted to play goalie though, so I gave it a try, and I was actually really good at it. I kind of just stuck with it because until you're like 12, nobody wants to be the goalie."
Samisch isn't the only college athlete in her family. Her mother played volleyball at Maryville University and her sister, Allison, played soccer at Murray State. The pair went to different high schools and played against each other during Samisch's freshman year.
"She hit me in the middle of the field without the ball, like completely decked me, but my team won," Samisch said. "We had our occasional fights, but we definitely got a lot closer when she left for college. Now, we talk every single day."
Her sister had a strong influence on her soccer career when she was younger, and helped her make her college decision. Originally, she thought she wanted to play collegiately with her sister, but opted to make her own path.
"I've always wanted to be like her," Samisch said. "You know you always want to be like your older sibling, so clearly, she's been someone I've looked up to my whole life. She was a big part of helping me choose and decide what I wanted."
When she's done playing soccer, Samisch hopes to stay involved in sports. Her dream is to be a sports agent. The history major is on the pre-law track to help chase her dream. She enrolled early in Starkville, and plans to graduate early and pursue law school by the age of 21.
"A lot of soccer players want to be physical therapists or other things related to working with athletes," she said. "When you grow up as a student-athlete, it's one thing to leave the game behind but it's another thing to leave the lifestyle behind. I want to do something I actually care about when I'm older, and I've wanted to be a lawyer for a long time, so I thought, why not incorporate both of those."
For more information on the Bulldog soccer program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "HailStateSOC."
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