Macy Enneking
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Macy Elizabeth Enneking[1] | ||
| Date of birth | September 25, 2001[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 67 | (0) |
Macy Elizabeth Enneking (born September 25, 2001) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. She played college soccer for the Iowa Hawkeyes, where she holds the program record for career shutouts.
Early life and college career
[edit]Enneking was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Mike and Lisa Enneking, and has two siblings.[2] She began playing soccer as a goalkeeper at age four.[3] She attended Hilliard Bradley High School in Hilliard, Ohio, where she played as a forward on the soccer team, while playing in goal for ECNL club team Ohio Premier Soccer Club.[2][3]
Iowa Hawkeyes
[edit]Enneking became the starting goalkeeper for the Iowa Hawkeyes in the second half of her freshman season, leading the Big Ten Conference in goals against average and keeping 6 clean sheets in 10 games. She made 14 saves to keep shutouts during the last two rounds of the 2020 Big Ten tournament, leading the Hawkeyes to their first conference title in program history, and was named the most outstanding defensive player of the tournament. Iowa won their opening match at the NCAA tournament for the first time.[2][4][5] Enneking split duties with Monica Wilhelm during the next two seasons, recording 3 clean sheets in 11 starts. She missed a month and a half of her junior season due to nose and orbital fractures.[2][6][7]
Enneking became team captain and started every game in her senior season in 2023, keeping a program-record 12.5 clean sheets in 22 games. She led Iowa to their second Big Ten tournament title, allowing only one goal in three games.[2] That off-season, Iowa introduced virtual reality headsets for goalkeeper training.[8] In her fifth season in Iowa City, Enneking made a career-high 59 saves and kept 11.5 clean sheets in 22 games, helping Iowa make the third round of the NCAA tournament for the first time and set a program record with 15 wins.[2][9] She left Iowa as the program leader in career wins (41) and shutouts (33.5) and fifth in career saves (226).[10][11]
Honors and awards
[edit]Iowa Hawkeyes
Individual
- Big Ten tournament defensive player of the tournament: 2020
- Big Ten tournament all-tournament team: 2020, 2023, 2024
- Big Ten all-freshman team: 2020
References
[edit]- ^ "Commencement – Fall 2024" (PDF). University of Iowa. p. 28. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Macy Enneking". Iowa Hawkeyes. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ a b Benson, Trey (September 17, 2024). "Q&A | Graduate student goalkeeper Macy Enneking". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ "Iowa Wins Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Championship". Big Ten Conference. April 18, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Ruttenberg, Eric (October 22, 2024). "Olympic Spotlight: Enneking All-Time Leader in Wins for Iowa Soccer". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Knupp, Sam (October 17, 2022). "Iowa soccer fifth-year senior Monica Wilhelm reflects on up-and-down career". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Knupp, Sam (October 12, 2022). "'I thought I was going to be blind': Iowa soccer goalie Macy Enneking talks injuries, return to the field". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Benson, Trey (October 8, 2024). "Iowa women's soccer gains distinct competitive advantage using virtual reality for goalkeepers". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Ford, Nathan (November 24, 2024). "Iowa falls to Virginia Tech in NCAA women's soccer tournament". The Gazette. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Petrik, Ethan (November 21, 2024). "How Iowa's goalkeeper with ice water in her veins backstopped Hawks to 3 NCAA Tourney wins". Quad-City Times. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ "Hawkeyes Rewrite Record Book". Iowa Hawkeyes. December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 24, 2024.