2013 Softball
Emma Johnson
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- P
- Hometown:
- Groveport, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Groveport Madison
- High School:
- Groveport Madison
Career
• Matched program record with 18 strikeouts at #17 UCF on March 6, 2015
• Ranks third in program history in career strikeouts (762)
• Ranks fourth in career wins (60)
• Ranks fourth in career innings pitched (647.0)
• Ranks fourth in career complete games (68)
• Ranks sixth in career shutouts (17)
2015
• NFCA All-Mideast Region Second Team selection
• Named MAC Pitcher of the Year
• First Team All-MAC selection
• CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District First Team selection
• Named to MAC All-Tournament Team
• Named Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Pitcher of the Week (April 28)
• Five-time MAC East Division Pitcher of the Week selection
• Threw two no-hitter: vs. Michigan State (March 7) and at Bowling Green (April 24)
• Tied KSU record with 18 strikeouts in 2-hit shutout at #15 UCF
• Threw a 3-hit shutout to beat #3 Michigan in its home opener
• Named a Distinguished Scholar Athlete
2014
• Earned All-MAC Second Team honors
• Academic All-MAC selection
• Named MAC East Pitcher of the Week honors two times
• Threw first career no-hitter vs. Toledo
• Threw a 1-hit shutout to hand #6 Kentucky, which went on to a Women's College World Series appearance, its first loss of the season
• Went 14-11 with 13 complete games and five shutouts
• Recorded 168 strikeouts and a 2,09 ERA in 144 innings pitched on the season
• Led the MAC with a .204 opponent batting average
• Earned victories against four schools in the Top 50 of the RPI Rankings (Long Beach State, Kentucky, James Madison, Wisconsin)
2013
• 2013 Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Year with a 20-12 overall record, 1.70 ERA, 23 complete games (36 appearances), 215 strikeouts in 210 innings, and a .194 opponent batting average
• Ranked 33rd nationally in hits allowed per nine innings, 39th in ERA, 43rd in strikeouts and 57th in wins
• NFCA Division I All-Mideast Region Second Team selection
• First Team All-MAC selection
• Academic All-MAC selection
• Four-time MAC East Division Pitcher of the Week
• Led MAC in conference wins with 12
• Started and won both games of a doubleheader May 3 at Miami (Ohio) to lead Kent State to a sweep, 2-0 and 3-2, and its first MAC East Division championship since 2010 (Johnson allowed no earned runs on 10 hits with 10 strikeouts over 14 innings in the two games)
• Struck out a season-high 14 batters in six innings May 10 against Ohio at the MAC Tournament
• Kent State Student Athlete of the Week (April 2)
• Capital One Academic All-District Second Team selection
• Kent State team MVP
• Earned NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors
2012
• Earned All-MAC Second Team honors
• Named to MAC All-Freshman Team
• Struck out 233 batters, the sixth most in a season at Kent State
• Her 16 wins were the 10th most in a season at Kent State
• Named MAC East Pitcher of the Week on March 13\
• Ranked 44th in the nation in Strikeouts Per Seven innings (300 ranked)
• Ranked 40th in the nation in Saves (100 ranked)
• Went 2-0 in Day One of Maryland Round Robin (3/9) with a one-hit shutout against Rhode Island
• Struck out 12 batters in first career start against Weber State (2/10)
• Did not allow a run in 14.0 innings pitched at the USF Invitational
• Earned first career win and save in same day (2/25) at Wolfpack Challenge, including a two-hit shutout against Georgetown
• Named College Sports Madness MAC Freshman of the Year
• Carried a 2.27 ERA over 206.2 innings
• Went 1-0, allowing two earned runs over 10 innings in doubleheader against Ball State
• Her 41 appearances were the fifth most in a season at KSU
• Received the "Rookie of the Year" Team Award
• Earned NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors
High School
• Earned Division I All-Ohio First Team honors during junior and senior seasons\
• Claimed All-Ohio Capital Conference First Team honors and all-district first team honors in four straight seasons
• Ranked fifth all-time in Ohio in career strikeouts with 1.243
• Finished high school career with 63 wins, 36 shutouts, 12 no-hitters and one perfect game
• Earned team MVP honors all four seasons
• Led Groveport Madison to Capital Conference championship and Division I district runner-up honors in 2011
• Earned four varsity letters in softball and two in soccer
• Also played for Lady Lasers, finishing ninth ASA Nationals
Personal
• Daughter of John and Lorry Johnson
• Has younger twin brothers, Chad and Cole
• Double major in accounting and finance
