Emma Jackson

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Photo by: Will Burris/Mizzou Athletics

Position:
OF
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Chincoteague, Va.
High School:
Chincoteague HS
Prev School:
East Carolina / Virginia Tech

2025 All-AAC Second Team (East Carolina)

2025 AAC All-Tournament Team (East Carolina)

2024 All-AAC Second Team (East Carolina)

2024 NFCA Mideast All-Region First Team (East Carolina)

AAC Player of the Week (3/10/25 & 2/12/24, East Carolina)

2024 AAC Honor Roll & AAC All-Academic Team (East Carolina)

2023 ACC All-Academic Team (Virginia Tech)

PREVIOUS SEASONS / EAST CAROLINA (2024-25)

Over two seasons in the ECU Purple and Gold, batted .362 (.741 slugging, .456 on-base percentage) over 113 starts (113 games) in the outfield with 105 runs, 133 hits, 33 doubles, 34 home runs and 104 RBI.
Posted a slash line of .326/.730/.453 at the plate with 58 hits, 54 RBI and 21 home runs in 2025. Her career-best 21 homers set a new ECU single-season program record. Started in all 57 games.
Her 54 RBI in 2025 are tied for the fifth-most in a single season in ECU program history.
Earned AAC Player of the Week honors (3/10/25) 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
Belted an American Athletic Conference single-game record three home runs in the Pirates' 15-7 win over Charlotte (3/28/25). She finished with a career-best four hits and five RBI in the victory.
Was tabbed to Softball America and D1Softball Top 100 Players List in the 2025 preseason and was ranked by D1Softball as the 19th best outfielder.
Slashed a career-best .397/.751/.460 to lead the Pirates in 2024 to go with a team-high 75 hits, 24 doubles and 50 RBI. Her 24 doubles rank second all-time in ECU single-season history. Started in 55 of 56 games she played in.
Recorded three or more hits nine times over her sophomore campaign in 2024 including a 4-for-4 performance versus Youngstown State (3/2/24).
Was tabbed the AAC Player of the Week (2/12/24) 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.
Named the 18th best outfielder in the country by Softball America for the month of May (2024) and was tabbed No. 93 in Softball America's Top 100 Players for the 2024 season.

PREVIOUS SEASONS / VIRGINIA TECH (2023)

Appeared in 27 games for the Hokies and made 14 starts, primarily as the designated player.
Tallied 12 hits (.267/.556/.327) with 14 runs in 45 at bats to go with four homers, a triple and 10 RBI.
Recorded first career hit against Abilene Christian (2/24) with a double.
Hit the game-tying home run in the top of the seventh against No. 9 Texas (2/24) in the Hokies comeback win. Followed that up with a home run and three RBI against Texas Southern (2/25).
Went two-for three against Mount St. Mary’s (3/7) 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).

PREP

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.

PERSONAL