Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2022
- Class:
- 2001
Emily Taggart is the first Wake Forest Women's Soccer player inducted into the Hall of Fame. She was a four-year letterwinner from 1998-2001, a four-time All-Southeast Region team member and is a member of the ACC’s 50th Anniversary Team.
Taggart finished her career with the school record for most shots in a career with 268. She owns the school record by scoring two goals just 31 seconds apart vs Duke in 1998 and holds the school record with three 3-goal games in her career (also had two 2-goal games).
Emily Taggart was Wake Forest’s only women’s soccer player to earn All-ACC honors in each of her four years until Katie Stengel tied the record in 2014. She ranked second in career points with 76 (currently sixth) when she graduated and finished her career with a school record 29 goals (currently 4th).
As a freshman in 1998, Taggart was named a Freshman All-American, the ACC Rookie of the Year, and Second-team All-ACC. In 1999, she was named First-team All-ACC. In 2000, she led the team in points, goals and assists and was named First-team All-ACC.
In her final season at Wake Forest, Taggart was named to the ACC All-Tournament team and All-ACC Second team.
