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UTEP Miners

2023 Women's Soccer Roster

Ruben R. Ramirez
Ruben R. Ramirez
Ruben R. Ramirez
Michael Reese

28 Emerson Kidd

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • High School Glenlawn Collegiate Institute
  • Hometown Winnipeg, Canada

Biography

CUSA Defensive Player of the Week (4/8/21)
CUSA Defensive Player of the Week (3/2/21)

CUSA Commissioners's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
CUSA Commissioner's Academic Medal Winner (2024)


2023 (SENIOR)
  • 2023 Team Co-Captain.
  • Appeared in every game in 2023, starting 12 of them.
  • Tallied 1,258 minutes.
  • Tied for the team lead in goals with three.
  • Second on the team in shots (15).
  • Tied for team lead in shots on goal (7).
  • .467 shot on goal percentage.
2022 (JUNIOR)
  • Appeared in 14 games, nine as a starter.
  • Racked up 888 minutes, including five games with 80 or more minutes.
  • Scored the game-winning goal at UNLV (08/28/22).
  • Recorded five total shots.
  • Won 72 percent of air challenges.
  • Converted on 73 percent of pass attempts.
2021 (SOPHOMORE)
  • Started all 15 games that she appeared in. 
  • Had a season-high four shots, including two on frame vs. NM State.
  • Posted an assist vs. Rice. 
  • Played a season-high 96 minutes vs. NM State. 
  • Logged 1,246 minutes on the campaign.
  • Averaged 83.1 minutes per game. 
  • Tallied 15 shots with five on goal. 
  • Led the team with 70 air challenges, winning 67 percent of them. 
2020 Season shortened due to Covid-19 pandemic

2020 (SOPHOMORE)
  • Earned a pair of C-USA Defensive Player of the Week awards on the year.
  • One of four Miners to start all 11 matches on the season.
  • Averaged 88.3 minutes per match, logging at least 90 minutes in nine games.
  • Also got involved offensively with two goals on three shots on goal.
  • Overall tallied nine shots on the season.
  • Found the back of the net in the 2-1 win against LA Tech (2/28/21) and also in the 1-1 draw vs. North Texas (4/2/21).
  • Connected on 74 percent of her passes, making 56 per game.
  • Won 71 percent of her challenges, including 74 percent in the air.
  • Had seven ball recoveries and seven ball interceptions per game.
2019 (FRESHMAN)
  • One of two Miners to start all 20 matches on the year.
  • Earned the third-most minutes (1667) among all Miner field players.
  • Helped UTEP secure seven shutouts while limiting six other opponents to only one goal.
  • The seven blankings ranked tied for sixth on the program’s single-season list.
  • Also got involved offensively with a pair of assists.
  • Credited with her first career assist on a play that set up the game-winning goal in the 2-1 victory against Texas State (9/6).
  • Also recorded a helper in the 2-1 double-overtime win at I-10 rival NM State (9/12).
  • Played at least 90 minutes in eight different contests, including all 107 minutes in the victory against the Aggies.
PRIOR TO UTEP
  • Played for Manitoba Blizzard, Canada REX and FC Northwest in Winnipeg, Canada.
  • Garnered playing time for the Manitoba Provincial Team during the Canadian National Championships and earned CSA All Star honors.
  • Captained the FC Northwest team that claimed runner-up at the U-14 Canadian Club Nationals in 2015.
  • 2016 Vancouver Whitecaps Academy Player of the Month.
  • Won the Provincial Championship as captain of FC Northwest (2015, 16, 18).
PERSONAL
Daughter of Trevor and Tiffany Kidd … father played 12 years in the National Hockey League with Calgary, Carolina, Florida and Toronto and won a silver medal with Canada at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games ... sister Taylor Kidd graduated from UTEP in 2016 after playing all four years for the Miners … sister Kennedy played soccer at the University of North Dakota (2015-18) ... studying psychology. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2019Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'10"
    28
  • 28

    2020Sophomore

    Defender
    5'10"
    28
  • 28

    2021Sophomore

    Defender
    5'10"
    28
  • 28

    2022Junior

    Defender
    5'10"
    28
  • 28

    2023Senior

    Defender
    5'10"
    28