San Diego Athletics

Freshman (2012): Appeared in 36 games overall with 28 starts, primarily as the DP... Hit .215 with four doubles and five RBI in 79 at bats... Three of her starts came in left field. High School: Attended Lincoln High School... Earned four varsity letters for head coach Donna Tofft... Named All-Pioneer Valley League each year of her career... Named first-team All-Metro as a junior and senior and second-team All-Metro as a sophomore... Earned first-team All-City honors as a senior as well as being named to the Optimist Team... Led her team with .460 average and 23 RBI as a senior... Helped lead her team to PVL championships during her junior and senior seasons... Named Most Inspirational Player and team captain as a senior... Hit .440 with 19 RBI as a junior en route to earning her team[apos]s Offensive Player of the Year honors... Earned her team[apos]s Most Valuable Underclassman Award as a freshman after hitting .349... Also lettered one year in basketball where she was named All-PVL, averaging 7.6 points per game... Competed with the 18 Gold California Breeze. Personal: Born June 20, 1993 in Fortuna, Calif.... Parents are Jon and Charlene Emerson... Chose USD because of the academics, location, and campus environment... Was also recruited by Chapman University, Iona, the University of Pennsylvania, and Sonoma State... Her sister, Cassie, plays softball at William Jessup University... Enjoys playing basketball, swimming, and riding quads. Major: Mechanical Engineering & Physics