North Park University Athletics

The 2025 season was a career year for Coach Emma (Lundeen) Woodley in her sixth season at the helm. Woodley guided North Park to plenty of program records, including - highest finish in conference play (2nd), first ever CCIW Tournament appearance and win, and CCIW Tournament championship appearance, most all-conference picks (4), and most CCIW wins (6). All of this culminated in the program's first ever CCIW Coach of the Year accolade for the well-known player-turned-coach.

In 2022, Woodley coached the Vikings to their first-ever win over Wheaton, earning a 1-0 victory on senior night. The win was the first over the Thunder in 26 previous matchups.

Woodley is certainly no stranger to NPU women's soccer. A four-year letter winner and 2015 NPU Female Athlete of the Year, Woodley earned First Team All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) recognition; the first time a Viking was named to the First Team in over 15 years. Woodley broke the single-season record for goals scored during her illustrious senior campaign, marking a league-leading 17. In that 2014 season, Woodley led the league in points (37), points per game (2.06), and goals per game (0.94). Woodley finalized her decorated career with a program second-best 29 goals while breaking the single-season mark for points in a year (37).

Upon graduating from North Park in 2015, Woodley joined the Viking coaching staff as a graduate assistant. She rejoined the women's soccer program, while continuing to serve as an admissions counselor, for the 2019 season.

NPU Coaching Career, Season-by-Season