With the 2019 Purdue women's soccer season around the corner, get to know the incoming freshman class with our fourth edition of Meet the Newcomers: Emma Tompkins.
Emma Tompkins
Position: Goalkeeper
Height: 5'9"
Hometown: Elizabethtown, Ky.
High School: Elizabethtown
Club Team: Nelson Elite
Accomplishments
Personal
Favorite food: Chicken pot pie
Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving
Favorite season: Fall
Hobbies: Puzzles, watching hockey, baking and, of course, soccer
Tompkins on why she chose Purdue
"Purdue's soccer team is a great fit for me because the players have so much energy and camaraderie. When I have been with the coaches and players, I've always felt welcomed and safe. I want to be a part of a team where the players are proud of who they are and who work hard to succeed."
Tompkins on becoming a Boilermaker
"Outside of the team, I am most excited about attending sporting events and experiencing all of the Boilermaker school spirit and tradition."
Coach Roff says
"She's an excellent shot stopper and is very driven to improve. She's got great mentality, too, so she will add a lot to our training environment. Not to mention she provides added depth to our team –we'll have four talented goalkeepers on the roster, which is great for training purposes. We're excited to have her join the team and are looking forward to getting her on campus this fall."
Emma Tompkins
Position: Goalkeeper
Height: 5'9"
Hometown: Elizabethtown, Ky.
High School: Elizabethtown
Club Team: Nelson Elite
Accomplishments
- Four-time varsity letterwinner
- Starting goalkeeper all four years at Elizabethtown High School
- Named Select Prep Girl's Soccer Player of the Year
- Recorded 10 shutouts as a senior
- Averaged a goals against average of less than 1.0 all four years of high school
- Notched a high school career-best of 0.4 GAA as a sophomore
- Helped Elizabethtown earn District 17 titles all four years of high school (2015-18)
- Named Midfielder of the Year as a junior
- Competed in track & field as an upperclassman, in addition to cross country as a junior (2017)
- Awarded the 2018-19 Lemelson MIT Grant
- Kentucky High School Athletic Association Academic All-State honoree (2015-18)
- Four-time Honor Roll member
Personal
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Parents are Beth Lochmiller and Christopher Tompkins
- Has one younger brother, Charles
- Following in her father's footsteps, as he is also an engineer
Favorite food: Chicken pot pie
Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving
Favorite season: Fall
Hobbies: Puzzles, watching hockey, baking and, of course, soccer
Tompkins on why she chose Purdue
"Purdue's soccer team is a great fit for me because the players have so much energy and camaraderie. When I have been with the coaches and players, I've always felt welcomed and safe. I want to be a part of a team where the players are proud of who they are and who work hard to succeed."
Tompkins on becoming a Boilermaker
"Outside of the team, I am most excited about attending sporting events and experiencing all of the Boilermaker school spirit and tradition."
Coach Roff says
"She's an excellent shot stopper and is very driven to improve. She's got great mentality, too, so she will add a lot to our training environment. Not to mention she provides added depth to our team –we'll have four talented goalkeepers on the roster, which is great for training purposes. We're excited to have her join the team and are looking forward to getting her on campus this fall."