Kutztown University Athletics

(pronounced ZWER-kin)

Career Honors
School-record for career points (109)
School-record for career goals (44)
2019 Team Captain
D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2017-18)
2017 D2CCA All-America Third Team
2017 D2CCA Atlantic Region Player of the Year
2017 PSAC Athlete of the Year
2018 KU Female Athlete of the Year
3x All-Atlantic Region (2017, 18 First Team, 2019 Second Team)
3x All-PSAC First Team
2017 Team MVP
2x CoSIDA Academic All-District
PSAC Athlete of the Week (9/11/17)
Division II National Athlete of the Week (9/12/17)
2x PSAC Scholar-Athlete
6x Dean's List Honors

2019 (Game-by-Game): 

2018 (Game-by-Game): All-Atlantic Region First Team by United Soccer Coaches for second consecutive season...Started all 20 games during her junior season...Finished fourth in the PSAC with 11 goals and sixth with 25 points...Ranks fourth all-time in KU history with 30 goals, fourth with 18 assists and tied for second with 78 points...Named to the D2CCA All-Atlantic Region First Team for the second straight year...CoSIDA Academic All-District Team...Voted to the All-PSAC First Team for the second straight season...Finished with two goals and a season-high four shots on goal in the 2-0 win at Mercyhurst (9/29)...Tallied a goal and an assist, and also led the team with six shots in the 2-0 win vs. Edinboro (9/22)...Recorded an assist on Argen's goal in the 1-0 win vs. California (9/15)...Led the team with four shots and recorded the game's first goal in a 2-1 win vs. Millersville (9/12)...Had a goal and a team-high five shots in a 2-0 victory at Lock Haven (9/5)...Tallied a goal in the 2-0 win at Shepherd (9/2)...Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Charleston in the season opener (8/30).

2017 (Game-by-Game): D2ADA Academic Achievement Award...D2CCA All-America Third Team...All-Atlantic Region First Team by D2CCA and United Soccer Coaches, and the D2CCA Regional Player of the Year...All-PSAC First Team and the 2017 PSAC Athlete of the Year...CoSIDA Academic All-District Team...PSAC Scholar-Athlete...Started in 20-of-21 games as a sophomore...Team-leading 14 goals on the season, third in the PSAC and fourth-most in school history...Team-high nine assists on the season, tied for fourth in program history...89 shots were good for second in the PSAC and the most at KU since the 1994 season... Entering junior season in 2018, 19 career goals (12th all-time), 15 career assists (fourth all-time), 53 career points (11th all-time)...Recorded a goal in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Regional tournament (11/10)...Scored a goal in the first round of the PSAC Tournament in a win over Seton Hill (10/31)...Tallied a goal in a win over Seton Hill (10/21)...Recorded a goal in a win over Mansfield (10/13)...Notched a goal and an assist in a win over Clarion (10/8)...Scored two goals in a win over  Mercyhurst (9/30)...Notched a goal in a victory over Slippery Rock (9/19)...Scored the game-winning goal in a shutout victory over Millersville (9/13)...Earned the PSAC and United Soccer Coaches National Athlete of the Week after earning 11 points in one week in wins against Lock Haven and Gannon (9/11)...Tallied her first career hat-trick in a victory over Gannon (9/9)...Scored her first two goals of the season in a win over Lock Haven (9/6).

2016 (Game-by-Game): PSAC Scholar-Athlete...Started in four of her 25 appearances for the Golden Bears during her freshman campaign. Zwiercan was phenomenal on offense all season long, recording five goals and six assists (fourth in PSAC). She recorded assists in back-to-back games on three separate occasions during the season and scored the lone goal for KU in its upset victory over Bridgeport in the NCAA Elite Eight to send Kutztown to the Final Four (11/20)...Notched a goal in a victory over West Chester in the NCAA Tournament (11/18)...Recorded an assist in a victory over Bloomsburg in the PSAC playoffs (11/1)...Came up with an assist in a win over Gannon (10/15)...Assisted on the game-winning goal in a win over Bloomsburg (10/11)...Recorded a goal and an assist in a win over Holy Family (9/26)...Scored the game-winning goal in a victory over Lock Haven (9/7).

Cocalico: Zwiercan was a three-time Lancaster-Lebanon League First Team selection at Cocalico High School. She was also named to All-State as a senior in 2015.

The Zwiercan File
Nickname: Em
Why Kutztown: Campus and soccer program
Favorite Place on Campus: Starbucks
Place I’d Like to Visit: Australia
I spent the summer: Working at my internship
Favorite Show to Binge Watch: Grey’s Anatomy
Hidden Talent: Braiding hair
If I had $1 million, I would: Spend a year traveling the world
If You Could Choose any Superpower, What Would it Be: Invisibility  
Goal for 2018-19: Win the PSAC