Outlook

Emma Martin is projected to be the starter in center field but also could see time in left field ... Great leader ... Vocal on the field ... Has a powerful swing at the plate ... Brings great energy to the field every day.

Sophomore Year 2022

Fought an injury for several weeks during the season that limited her at bats … Played in and started 24 games… Batted .091 (2-for-22) with two runs scored … Posted a perfect fielding percentage recording 21 putouts with no errors … Got her first hit and scored in a 6-4 win over Labette (3-25-22) … Ripped a single and scored a key run in a 2-0 victory over Allen (4-12-22) ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic second-team with a grade point average between 3-80-3.99.

Freshman Year 2021

Earned All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference D-II honorable mention and All-Region VI/District A second-team … Played in 28 games, 27 as a starter … Batted .319 (23-for-73) with seven doubles, a triple, two home runs, 17 runs scored and 16 driven in. She produced five multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games … Posted a fielding percentage of .963, committing just one error in 27 chances … Ripped a double for her first hit, and drove in a run in a 12-0 win over Marshalltown in the season opener (2-26-21) … Had a single, double and triple, scored twice and drove in four run in a 13-0 win over Cloud County (3-27-21) … Had three singles and drove in a run in a 14-2 win over Fort Scott (4-17-21) … Had a single, home run and four RBI in a 5-0 win over St. Louis (4-27-21) … Followed with three hits, including a double, and two RBI in a 17-7 win at Hesston (4-29-21) … Belted a two-run home run in a 6-0 win at Kansas City Kansas (5-7-21) … Earned NJCAA All-Academic second-team with a grade point average between 3.80 and 3.99.

High School

Earned three varsity letters for coach Rachel Milnark at Piper High School, Kansas City, Kan. … Did not play as a senior due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Graduated 2020 … Earned Sports in Kansas 4A All-State honorable mention and second-team All-Frontier League as a junior … Batted .453 (24-for-53) with six doubles, a triple, four home runs, 23 runs scored and 21 drive in her junior year while helping the Pirates to a Frontier League title… As a sophomore, batted .308 (20-for65) with five doubles, 18 runs and 10 RBI while helping the Pirates win league and regional titles, and advance to the State Tournament. 

Personal

Born  Emma Rose Martin on January 31, 2002 … Nickname is Rosie … Daughter of Mike and Betsy Martin … Has a brother, Drake … Major is undecided …  Also recruited by Ottawa University and Allen Community College … Favorite food is barbecue … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-fil-A … Favorite restaurant is Yard House … Favorite TV shows are Grey’s Anatomy and Vampire Diaries … Favorite movie is A Star is Born … Favorite sports movie is When the Game Stands Tall … Favorite actor is Kevin Hart … Favorite book is In Cold Blood … Favorite music entertainer is Luke Combs … Favorite cartoon character is Sponge Bob Square Pants … Favorite athlete is Sis Bates … Favorite sports team is the Kansas City Chiefs …  Has a superstition of tying her left shoe looser than her right shoe …  Best player she has played against is former Piper teammate and current Iowa Hawkeye utility player Grace Banes … Her greatest sports moment was robbing a home run in center field … A notable alumnus Emmy-winning actor Eric Stonestreet.