2021 Women's Soccer Roster
Elmendorf, Cara
Meet Head Women's Soccer Coach Gary Higgins
Friday, December 20
EmpowHER - NC State Women's Soccer's Book Club
Wednesday, February 07
EmpowHER: Women's Soccer
Tuesday, February 06
2023 NC State Women's Soccer Season Recap
Monday, December 11
Jersey Number 23
Cara Elmendorf
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lake Mary, Fla.
- Major:
- Communication
- Club Team (Former School):
- Florida Kraze Krush
Bio
As a Freshman (Fall 2021): Appeared in 18 of a possible 20 matches in her first fall season with the Pack…Scored her first career goal in the fall season on September 9 vs. Oklahoma…Played a career-high 59 minutes on August 26 at Campbell.
As a Freshman (Spring 2021): Played in all nine matches during her first season with the Wolfpack and earned starts on Feb. 16 vs. Campbell and vs. Georgia on April 11…Scored her first career goal on Feb. 28 at VCU, which was the game-winning goal…Tallied eight shots on the year…Logged 382 minutes which was highlighted by a career-high 65 minutes vs. UNCW on Feb. 10.
Prior to NC State: A member of the US Youth National Team pool in 2016, Elmendorf played for both Florida Krush Kraze and Jacksonville Armada at the club level...She was part of a USYSA Region III champion and national semifinalist, as well as a ECNL Southeast champion and national finalist...On an individual level, she represented USYSA Region III at the ODP level.
Santoro on Elmendorf: "Cara is technically clean, can play a variety of positions and is a tremendous, left-footed ball striker. We enjoyed working with Cara in the spring and will maximize her strengths and get her to a point where she can fill a few different roles next fall."
As a Freshman (Spring 2021): Played in all nine matches during her first season with the Wolfpack and earned starts on Feb. 16 vs. Campbell and vs. Georgia on April 11…Scored her first career goal on Feb. 28 at VCU, which was the game-winning goal…Tallied eight shots on the year…Logged 382 minutes which was highlighted by a career-high 65 minutes vs. UNCW on Feb. 10.
Prior to NC State: A member of the US Youth National Team pool in 2016, Elmendorf played for both Florida Krush Kraze and Jacksonville Armada at the club level...She was part of a USYSA Region III champion and national semifinalist, as well as a ECNL Southeast champion and national finalist...On an individual level, she represented USYSA Region III at the ODP level.
Santoro on Elmendorf: "Cara is technically clean, can play a variety of positions and is a tremendous, left-footed ball striker. We enjoyed working with Cara in the spring and will maximize her strengths and get her to a point where she can fill a few different roles next fall."