Emma Jackson

Position:
OF
Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
High School:
Chincoteague
Hometown:
Chincoteague, Va.
Prev School:
Virginia Tech

2025: Played and started in all 57 games in left field for the Pirates … Posted numbers of .326/.730/.453 at the plate with 58 hits, 54 RBI and 21 home runs … Her 21 home runs set a new single-season program record … Named All-AAC Second Team … Earned AAC Player of the Week honors after slashing numbers of .583/1.333/.706 and hitting three home runs and recording nine RBI and tallying 16 total bases in four games … Second on the team in stolen bases with three … Tied an AAC single game record for home runs with three against Charlotte (Mar. 28) … Tallied career-highs in hits (four) and RBI (five) against Charlotte (Mar. 28) … Named to AAC All-Tournament Team … Her 54 RBI are tied for the five-most in a single season in program history … Was tabbed to Softball America and D1Softball Top 100 Players List in the preseason and was ranked by D1Softball as the 19th best outfielder ... Named to the American All-Academic Team.

2024: Started in 56 of her 56 games played primarily in the outfield … Named to the AAC All-Conference Second Team and NFCA All-Mideast First Team … Was the first Pirate since Toni Paisley in 2011 to earn a first team all-region spot on the NFCA … Led the Pirates at the plate with slashes of .397/.751/.460 and tallied a team-high 75 hits, 24 doubles and 50 RBI … Finished second in program history for single-season doubles, just two shy of Kate Manuse’s 26 in 2004 … Recorded three or more hits in nine games including a 4-for-4 performance at the plate against Youngstown State (Mar. 2) … Was tabbed the AAC Player of the Week after the opening week of the season with a batting average of .652 and an on-base percentage of .680 in the Pirates’ first six games … Made the AAC Honor Roll on Mar. 4 … Named the 18th best outfielder in the country by Softball America for the month of May and was tabbed No. 93 in Softball America's Top 100 Players for the 2024 season ... Named to the AAC All-Academic Team ... Made the Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters.

2023 (at Virginia Tech): Appeared in 27 games for the Hokies and made 14 starts, primarily as the designated player… Recorded 12 hits and scored 14 run in 45 at bats… Posted a triple and four home runs with 10 RBI… Finished the season with a .556 slugging percentage and .327 on base percentage... Recorded first career hit against Abilene Christian with a double (2/24)… Hit the game-tying home run in the top of the seventh against No. 9 Texas in the Hokies comeback win (2/24)… followed that up with a home run and three RBI against Texas Southern (2/25)… Went two-for three against Mount St. Mary’s with a home run and two RBI… Hit a home run in the win over North Carolina (3/10)… Had a hit and scored two runs in the win over Liberty (3/28).

High School: Letterwinner at Chincoteague High School in Virginia ... Named First Team ESVA All District, VHSL Region 1A Player of the Year, and VHSL Class 1 First Team All State in 2022 ... 2022 Extra Inning Softball All-American ... Finished her senior year with a .700 batting average, 13 home runs, 37 RBI, 41 runs scored and 10 stolen bases ... Struck out just once in 17 games in 2022 ... Two-time First Team All-District honoree as well as the 2021 Player of the Year ... Over 25 games at Chincoteague, she posted a .580 average with seven home runs and 4 RBI ... As a member of Starz Gold, the slugger finished 2022 season with a .421 average, 56 hits, 11 doubles, seven triples, seven home runs, 31 RBI, 34 runs and 22 stolen bases.