2025 Softball Roster

© Joseph Romans

21 Emma Kate Wright

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Mars Hill Bible School
  • Hometown Florence, Ala.

Biography

UNA 2025: Played in 28 games with 15 starts ... Batted .200 for the season with 10 hits ... Had two doubles ... Recorded five runs and five RBI ... Had a pair of game-winning hits in late game situations, including a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh inning of a 2-1 road win at EKU on March 28, helping UNA coach Ashley Cozart notch her 600th career win ... Had a walk-off sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to win 2-1 against Bellarmine on April 19 ... Had a seven-game hitting streak from March 28 to April 26 ... Made 13 appearances in the outfield ... Fielded .969 with just one error on 32 chances.

UNA 2024: Made seven appearances with three starts as a true freshman catcher ... Went 3-for-11 for a .273 batting average ... Had her first career hit on February 17 against Western Kentucky as a pinch hitter ... Got back-to-back starts during the UNA Invitational on March 9, hitting an RBI double against Murray State for her first career multi-base hit and a walk-off two-run homer to run-rule Maryland Eastern Shore in the fifth inning of an 11-3 win ... Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage behind the plate on 22 chances, including eight putouts against Army ... Had the second-most chances among perfect fielders.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped locally at Mars Hill Bible School in Florence for Coach Mollie Mitchell ... Played a variety of positions for the Panthers, including outfield, catcher and middle infield ... Helped Mars Hill to the 2019 Class 1A State Championship, a pair of Class 1A State Runner-Up finishes in 2018 and 2022, a third place finish in Class 3A in 2023 and a fourth place finish in Class 2A in 2021 ... Was named the 2023 Times Daily Small School Player of the Year and earned first team All-State as a senior ... Three-time All-Area pick at the 2A and 3A levels ... Two-time All-County ... Holds the Mars Hill career records for doubles (66), home runs (34) and RBI (239) ... Also holds the single-season school record with 78 RBIs in a season ... Batted over .400 in each of the last three seasons, including a .481 average and a 1.023 sluhhing percentage as a senior ... Struck out just three times in 158 plate appearances as a senior ... Also lettered in basketball for the Panthers ... Finished with a 4.0 GPA ... Graduated in 2023.

PERSONAL: Birthday is March 8 ... Born in Florence, Ala. ... Daughter of Dustin and Lori Wright ... Has one sister, Molly ... Majoring in Biology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2024Freshman

    Utility
    5'7"
    21
  • 21

    2025Sophomore

    Utility
    5'7"
    21