UNC Wilmington Athletics

2025 (Freshman): Member of the Seahawks' 2025 Coastal Athletic Association South Division Championship squad ... Played in 15 matches, making four starts ... Tallied 515 minutes during the season, the most by any freshman on the team ... Scored two goals during the 2025 campaign ... Recorded 10 shot attempts with five on target ... Scored her career first goal which was also the match-winner against Georgia Southern (Aug. 31), earning CAA Rookie of the Week honors ... Converted a penalty kick in the 72nd minute in the Seahawks' 4-3 win against Stony Brook (Oct. 19) ... Made a penalty kick in the shootout against Elon in the CAA semifinals (Nov. 2). 

High School/Club: Selected for the under-19 Japan women's national team pool, highlighting several accolades during her youth career ... Won multiple Kanto High School Girls Soccer Championships at Jumonji High School ... Earned the Outstanding Player Award during her senior season ... Led team to a National Athletic Meet Junior Girls Division Championship (Tokyo representative) ... Top scorer at the National Athletic Meet Junior Girls' Division Kanto Preliminary ... Led her team to a runner-up finish at the 2022 Japanese Football Association (JFA) U-18 Girls' Soccer Finals ... Guided her squad to the 2021 JFA 26th All Japan U-15 Women's Football Championship a season after being named a JFA National Training Center Women's U-14 selection.

Personal: Full name: Megumi Umemoto ... Born in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, Japan ... Daughter of Hiroshi and Chiaki Umemoto ... Majoring in environmental science ... Has an older brother, Itsuki.