Emma Lemley Season 2023

2024 NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region First Team
2024 All-ACC Second Team
2024 USA Softball Top-50 Player of the Year Watch List
2023 NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region First Team
2023 All-ACC Second Team
2023 VaSID All-State First Team
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2023 ACC Pitcher of the Week (3/14, 3/7, 2/28)
2023 USA Softball Top-50 Player of the Year Watch List
2023 Preseason All-ACC
2022 NFCA/Schutt Sports National Freshman of the Year Top 3 Finalist
2022 NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region First Team
2022 All-ACC Academic Team
2022 ACC Freshman of the Year
2022 All-ACC First Team
2022 ACC All-Freshman Team
2022 VaSID Freshman of the Year
2022 VaSID First Team
2022 ACC Pitcher of the Week (3/9, 3/29, 4/26)

2024: Made 32 appearances in the circle, with 19 starts and nine complete games... Went 13-5 on the season... Third in the ACC with 158 strikeouts... Earned the save against Illinois State, recording six strikeouts and no runs through three innings (2/18)...Pitched six shutout innings against Dartmouth striking out nine batters (2/24)...Dealt 5.2 shutout innings against Notre Dame striking out five and allowing only two hits (3/2)...Pitched 4.2 innings of relief in game two win versus Louisville, recording 11 strikeouts to earn the win (3/9)...Picked up second save of the season, recording 10 strikeouts and giving up no hits through four innings (3/19)... Earned win against No. 13/15 Alabama (3/23)...Struck out nine and gave up only two hits in win against BC (4/12)...Pitched 40th career complete game and picked up win against UVA (4/16)...Threw eight strikeouts in win over UVA (4/23)... Pitched complete game against Liberty registering seven strikeouts (5/1).... Earned 50th career win versus San Diego State (5/17)

2023: Appeared in 41 games in the circle for the Hokies, recording a 21-11 record… Made 32 starts, throwing 23 complete games with four shutouts… Added three saves on the season… Threw a team-high 212.2 innings, recording 283 strikeouts, finishing third nationally and first in the ACC… Also ranked first in the ACC in strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.02) and strikeouts per seven innings (9.3)… Had a team-low .239 batting average against… Opened 2023 with a five-inning complete game over East Carolina, throwing a four-hit shutout (2/9)… Followed that up with a one-hitter in the win over UNCW, her second shutout in as many games (2/10)… Tallied a new career-high in strikeouts with 17 against No. 10 Arizona (2/18)… Recorded double-digit strikeouts in the win over USF with 15 (2/19)… Earned an eight-inning victory over No. 9 Texas, striking out seven (2/24)… Had back-to-back games with double-digit strikeouts against Abilene Christian (2/26) and NC State (3/3)… Gave up on one earned run in 16 innings pitched in the series against NC State… Recorded 22 strikeouts in 14 innings pitched against North Carolina, earning two wins in the series (3/10, 3/11)… Earned ACC Pitcher of the Week for three straight weeks (3/14, 3/7, 2/28), the first pitcher to do so since Keely Rochard in 2020… Gave up only one hit in the game three win over Georgia Tech, striking out 11 (3/19)… Threw a complete game shutout of Virginia in game three, striking out five (4/8)… Put up a one-hit shutout against Boston U. in the first game of the Athens Regional, striking out five (5/19).


2022: Appeared in 30 games in the circle, starting in 23 of them… Finished with a 2.12 ERA, a 1.01 WHIP, and a .186 opponent batting average … Recorded a 16-6 record on the year… Struck out 16 batters and recorded a win in her collegiate debut against Wisconsin (2/11)...  Threw four shutout innings in her win against Michigan State (2/12)...  Earned the win against Middle Tennessee out of the bullpen, striking out 5 in 1.2 innings of work (2/18)... Tossed four shutout innings, allowing just one hit and striking out nine against Evansville (2/20)... Pitched a complete game, allowing just three hits in a shutout against No. 14 Clemson to clinch the ACC series (3/5)...Matched her career high strikeouts (16) against Syracuse, allowing just four hits and a walk (3/11)...  Tossed her first career no-hitter and struck out 13 in the win over Longwood (3/22)...  Struck out 14 over seven innings in a win against Pitt (3/25)... Threw a complete game, one-hit shutout against No. 22 UCF (4/3)... Earned the win against Liberty, where she started and pitched five innings, giving up just one run on two hits and three walks (4/12)... Dealt a complete game, three-hit shutout in the win against Louisville (4/23) and earned her second save of the season pitching one inning of relief against the Cardinals (4/24)... Threw another complete game, three-hit shutout in the win against Boston College to clinch the Regular Season ACC Title (4/30)...  Earned the win in the Blacksburg Regional against No. 15 Kentucky while pitching a complete game, allowing only two runs (5/22).

High School: Four-year letterwinner… Coached by Gary Harris at Jefferson Forest High School… Played travel ball for Starz Gold, coached by Tom Bunn… USSSA All-American… Three-time USA Softball state champion… Seminole District Player of the Year… Two-time member of the All-Seminole District team… All-Timesland Team… All-News and Advance team… Four-year starter… Once threw a 20-strikeout game… Has a perfect game and a no-hitter on her resume… Held a 0.80 ERA in high school, averaging two strikeouts per inning… Had a .408 high school batting average… Carries a 113-20 record in travel ball… Threw 1,204 strikeouts in 720 innings pitched… Maintains a 0.90 ERA for Starz Gold… 2019 JO Cup Finalist… 2017 Atlanta Legacy Finalist… Sports Illustrated Kid of the Month… Ranked as the No. 30 overall recruit in the class of 2021 by Extra Inning Softball… Also swam and played basketball at Jefferson Forest… Was also recruited by Georgia Tech… National Honor Society member… Accepted into the Central Virginia Governor's School… Recognized by the Virginia Junior Academy of Science… Is in the top 3 percent of her class.
 
Personal: Emma Claire Lemley… Born October 9, 2002… Daughter of Virginia and Bryan Lemley… Sister to Kate… Uncle, Sean Jackson, played basketball at Princeton and was named Ivy League Player of the Year… Major in sport media analytics with hope of becoming a sports broadcaster