Emily Spreeman

Emily Spreeman
Personal information
Birth name Emily Ann Cressy[1]
Date of birth (1989-08-30) August 30, 1989 (age 35)[2]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Eagles SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Kansas Jayhawks 60 (23)
International career‡
2005– US Deaf WNT 24 (33)
Medal record
Women's deaf soccer
Representing United States United States
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Caxias Do Sul Team
World Deaf Football Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Italy Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kuala Lumpur Team
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 1, 2024

Emily Spreeman (née Cressy; born August 30, 1989) is an American soccer player for the United States women's deaf national team. A forward, she is the deaf national team's all-time leading scorer.

Spreeman was raised in Ventura, California, and attended Buena High School. She played college soccer for the Kansas Jayhawks, where she was named the Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Year in 2008. With the deaf national team, she is a two-time Deaflympics gold medalist (2005 and 2021) and two-time World Deaf Football Champion (2016 and 2023).

  1. ^ "Emily Cressy SPREEMAN". Archived from the original on January 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "2016 Best Sportsmen and Sportswomen Award Finalists". CISS. December 19, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference KU was invoked but never defined (see the help page).