2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Emma Valainis
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Davenport Assumption
- Hometown:
- Davenport, Iowa
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2022)
Appeared in three games... Recorded three at bats as a pinch hitter for the Panthers.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2021): Played in 21 games with 16 starts… recorded a .205 batting average and a.364 slugging and on base percentage… finished with 9 hits with 7 RBI and 2 home runs… recorded a season high 6 putouts against Valparaiso (4/11)… recorded 2 hits with 2 RBI and scored 2 runs against Valparaiso (4/11).
JUNIOR (2020): Started in 14 games… Finished with 4 runs, 4 hits, 4 RBI’s, 1 double, and 1 home run... Batted .133… Valainis had a big game against Bryant posting 1 home run while batting in 3 (2/15)... Recorded 11 putouts against Central Arkansas (3/1)... Valainis ended the season with a .979 fielding percentage.
SOPHOMORE (2019): Appeared in 26 games with 17 starts for the Panthers... finished the season with 11 hits, 11 RBIs and three home runs... recorded a .250 batting average, .340 on base percentage and a.500 slugging percentage... recorded her first home run of the season against Valparaiso (4/13)... hit three RBIs on one hit against Valparaiso (4/14).
FRESHMAN (2018): Appeared in four games and made one start as a freshman … Tallied four hits along with three RBI in six total at bats … Went 3-3 with two RBI in a win over NCAT (3/4) … Recorded her first-career hit and RBI in a win against Stetson (2/18).
HIGH SCHOOL: Helped lead the Knights to their first ever state softball championship in 2017 ... Batted .422 with a .719 slugging percentage as a senior ... 3A All-Tournament team pick in 2017 ... First-team All-State honoree in 2017 ... First-team All-Conference selection as a senior ... Set the school's home run record ... Guided the Knights to a runner up finish in the 2016 state softball tournament ... First-team All-Conference selection as a junior ... Second-team All-State pick in 2016 ... Also competed in volleyball and basketball.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Tony and Lucy Valainis ... Has two siblings (Alyson and Anthony) ... Majoring in movement and exercise science with a minor in sports administration to go into coaching.Â
