University of California, Santa Barbara

HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner at Stevenson High School ... Holds the school record with 422 career goals ... Pacific Coast Athletic League MVP in 2023 and 2024 ... PCAL Offensive Player of the Year in 2022 ... Stevenson High School Female Athlete of the Year for 2023-24 ... One of five Monterey County Top Female Athlete honorees in 2024 ... Three-time All-PCAL First Team honoree ... Two-time CIF All-Central Coast Section Second Team honoree ... Led the Pirates to four straight PCAL Championships, back-to-back CIF Central Coast Section Championships in 2022 and 2023 and a NorCal Division 3 Championship in 2023, which she lists as her most memorable athletic achievement so far ... Selected for Olympic Development Program National Championships in 2023, 2024 and 2025 ... Also swam competitively for the Pirates, being named team MVP all four years ... Four-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American. 

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PERSONAL
Emmerson "Em" Ferriera was born July 28, 2007 in Turlock ... Grew up in Pacific Grove ... Daughter of Lacrisha and Eric Ferriera ... Has a black labrador named Bodie Coal ... Studying Biology at UC Santa Barbara, with plans to pursue a career in nursing ... Enjoys playing guitar, surfing and bodyboarding, skiing, photography and traveling in her free time ... Listens to Kings of Leon, Blood Orange, Beach House, The Marias, Lana Del Rey, Empire of the Sun, Zach Bryan and Gregory Alan Isakov ... Reads John Steinbeck and Margaret Atwood ... Gossip Girl, The Summer I Turned Pretty and Outer Banks are her favorite TV shows ... Roots for the San Francisco 49ers, Las Vegas Raiders and Buffalo Bills ... Josh Allen is her favorite athlete.