Hokie ClubCareer Honors
2024 All-Atlantic Region Fourth Team
2024
• Season Notes: Started all 23 matches while finishing second on the team with 2,011 minutes played … Played the entirety of 19 matches … Played her 6,000th minute in Tech’s NCAA Elite Eight match against No. 1 Duke (Nov. 30) … Finished the year with three assists and 15 shots … The Hokies finished the season holding opponents to one or fewer goals in 19 of 23 contests … Part of a unit that recorded 11 shutouts on the year, the most in a single season since 2014.
• Had an assist in the season-opening 4-0 win over Campbell (Aug. 15)
• Played 90 minutes in back-to-back shutouts against James Madison (Aug. 18) and Delaware (Aug. 22)
• Recorded an assist in Tech’s 2-0 win over High Point (Sept. 1)
• Tallied three shots in the Hokies’ 1-0 win over Syracuse (Sept. 15)
• Started and played all 90 minutes in Tech’s 3-2 comeback victory over No. 6 Florida State (Oct. 6)
• Played the entirety of the match in the Hokies’ 2-0 win at No. 7 Notre Dame (Oct. 27)
• Logged four starts and 360 minutes played over all four of Tech’s NCAA Tournament games
• Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal and played all 90 minutes in the Hokies’ 2-1 win over No. 9 UCLA in the NCAA Round of 32
2023
• Season Notes: Started all 18 matches for the Hokies… Finished the year with two goals and two assists.
• Recorded a season-high four shots in Tech’s 3-0 win against James Madison (Aug. 24).
• Tallied three shots, including two on goal, at Charlotte (Sept. 3).
• Played the entire match and recorded a shot against Northwestern (Sept. 10).
• Logged 90 minutes and recorded a shot in the Hokies’ 1-0 loss at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 15).
• Recorded her first assist of the season in the 2-1 win at Boston College (Sept. 21).
• Scored a career-high two goals, along with a career-high five points, in Tech’s 4-0 win at Syracuse (Sept. 24.
• Played the entire match and had a shot in Virginia Tech’s 2-1 loss at Pitt (Oct. 26).
2022
• Season Notes: Started in 18 of Tech's 19 matches, logging 1,301 minutes of play... Tallied two goals and one assist... Was one of six Tech players who passed 1,300 minutes of match time.
• Assisted Taylor Bryan's first goal against Virginia leading to a 3-3 tie (Oct. 13).
• Played the full time against #22 NC State, helping the Hokies win 1-0 (Sept. 22)
• Scored her second goal of the season in the 5-2 match against Northern Colorado (Sept. 11).
• Scored in the season opener against William & Mary helping Tech claim victory 4-3 (Aug. 18).
2021
• Season Notes: Started in 19 of Tech's 20 matches ... Tallied three goals and eight assists during her 14-points campaign ... Logged the fifth most minutes among the Hokies' (1,406) ... Was one of five Tech players who eclipsed 1,400 minutes of match time throughout the season.
• NCAA Tournament: Played in Tech's two NCAA tournament matches against Ohio State (Nov. 12) and at No. 7 Arkansas (Nov. 19) ... Helped the Hokies earn their first NCAA tournament win since 2018 courtesy of their 3-1, opening round victory against the Buckeyes.
• Assisted Tori Powell's goal in the first round with the Hokies defeating Ohio State 3-1 (Nov. 12).
• Scored the game winning goal in the 21st minute against Boston College 1-0 (Oct. 24).
• Tallied one goal and one assist, helping Tech bank its 5-0 victory against Miami (Oct. 21).
• Recorded two assists in the Hokies match against Wake Forest (Oct. 10), and two against Villanova (Sept. 9).
• Scored her first collegiate goal in the season opener against Liberty helping Tech win 3-0 (Aug. 19).
High School: Varsity attacking midfielder at Bayard Rustin High School (West Chester, Pennsylvania) under coach Ashley Ainsworth during her senior season … Captained the Golden Knights.
Club: Fourteen-year academy midfielder at Penn Fusion Soccer Academy (West Chester, Pennsylvania) under coaches Craig Scangerella, Tino Mueller and Shane Coyne … Attended U.S. Soccer Training Centers … Three-time U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy Standout showcase attendee … Competed for two years as a forward and midfielder inside the Olympic Development Program (ODP) … Named to the 2016 ODP Girls Thanksgiving Inter-Regional Team … Attended the ODP National Camp in Phoenix, Arizona.
Personal: Emma Michele Pelkowski … Born June 20, 2003, in Chester, Pennsylvania … Daughter of Michele Polinsky and John Pelkowski… Has a brother, Jack … Mother, Michele, played lacrosse at Niagara … Interested in studying psychology at Virginia Tech with a minor in Adaptive brain and behavior … Aspires to pursue a career in sports psychology or criminal psychology.