2022 Lacrosse Roster

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Grant Halverson
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Craig Haas
Greg Fiume
Chris Kim
Courtney Culbreath

27 Emma Wightman

  • Position D
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Ridge
  • Hometown Basking Ridge, N.J.
  • Instagram evwightman

Biography

HONORS
2022 ILWomen Honorable Mention Media All-American
2022 AAC Defender of the Year
2022 All-AAC First Team
Two-time AAC Defender of the Week
2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 AAC Academic Honor Roll
2021 All-AAC Second Team
2021 AAC All-Tournament Team
2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll 
2021 AAC All-Academic Team
2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll 
2020 AAC All-Academic Team
2019 AAC Academic Honor Roll 
2019 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

SENIOR SEASON (2022)
  • Started all 22 games for the Gators during the 2022 campaign
  • Anchored a defense that finished 10th in the nation and first in the conference, allowing only 9.45 goals per game
  • Served as one of three team captains for Florida
  • Finished 19th in the nation with 1.73 caused turnovers per game
  • During the season, she had a streak of seven-straight games with a caused turnover, putting her fifth in program history
  • Recorded a career-high six caused turnovers against Mercer on March 30
  • Ranks second in the AAC in caused turnovers per game
  • Among active Division I players, she ranked 31st with 1.12 caused turnovers per game
  • Ranked first on the team in both caused turnovers and groundballs
  • Finished the season with 40 groundballs, 38 caused turnovers and three draw controls
 
JUNIOR SEASON (2021)
  • Saw action in all 21 games this season, including 20 starts
  • Was an integral member of the Florida defense that finished second in the nation only allowing 7.00 goals per game 
  • Tied her career-high in caused turnovers in the AAC Championship game against Temple (5/8)
  • Registered a new career-high in groundballs, picking up six against Jacksonville (3/13)
  • Recorded two draw controls on three different occasions this season, last against Syracuse (5/22), establishing new career-highs
  • Finished the season with 31 groundballs, 24 caused turnovers, and eight draw controls
  • Ranked third on the team in caused turnovers (24) and fifth in groundballs (31)
  • Her 1.14 caused turnovers per game put her 11th in the conference
 
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020)
  • In the shortened 2020 season, she started all eight games for the Gators
  • Was an integral part of Florida’s defense, which held opponents to 10 goals or fewer in five of the eight games this season
  • Recorded 11 groundballs, five caused turnovers and three draw controls
  • Finished the season fifth in both draw controls and groundballs
  • Registered a career-high four groundballs in the season opener against Colorado (2/8)
 
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)
  • Saw action in 15 games, picking up seven starts during her freshman campaign
  • Was an integral part of the Florida’s defense that held opponents to 10.86 goals per game, ranking first in conference
  • Had back-to-back games during the season where she recorded two caused turnovers: Princeton (3/19) and Stony Brook (3/23)
  • Totaled seven caused turnovers on the year
  • Finished the season with 12 groundballs, including a career-high four against UConn (4/20)
  • Also won a draw control against UConn (4/20)
 BEFORE FLORIDA
  • 2017 Under Armour New Jersey Team
  • Nike Elite 120 member class of 2016
  • A varsity letter winner in soccer and lacrosse 
  • Schoolgirls New Jersey Team 1 - 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Recorded 49 goals, 34 assists, 158 ground balls, 79 caused turnovers, and 99 draw controls during her time at Ridge High School
  • Member of the T3 Elite North Lacrosse Club
 
CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS G A Pts Shots Shot % SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT
2019 15-7 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 1 3 7
2020 8-8 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 11 3 1 5
2021 21-20 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 31 8 6 24
2022 22-22 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 40 3 10 38
TOTAL 66-57 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 94 15 20 74
 
CAREER HIGHS
Goals..................................................................................................... N/A
Assists................................................................................................... N/A
Points.................................................................................................... N/A
Shots..................................................................................................... N/A
Ground Balls........................................................... 6 at Jacksonville (3/13/21)
Draw Controls................................................ 2, 3x, last at Syracuse (5/22/21)
Caused Turnovers.......................................................... 6 at Mercer (3/30/22)


*Graduated with her degree in Health Sciences in May 2022

Statistics

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2022

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

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    2020Sophomore

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  • 27

    2021Junior

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    27
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    2022Senior

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