Emmerson Cope Season 2025

Honors & Awards

• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2023; Spring 2024)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024)

Freshman Season (2024)

HITTING

• Was in the starting batting order 23 times as a freshman
• Hit .304 with three doubles, six home runs and 19 RBis in 69 at bats
• Had her first career hit, walk, double and RBI against Long Beach State
• Went 2-for-7 with a double, a hit-by-pitch and two runs in New Mexico
• Went 3-for-3 with her first career home run vs. Cal State Fullerton
• Set career highs in hits (3) and RBIs (3) against the Titans
• Went 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs in her next start vs. No. 14 Missouri
• Has battled a back injury but had her first at bat in nearly a month vs. Kansas
• Went 2-for-3 with a run, an RBI and a hit-by-pitch in game two at Rutgers
• Pitched in relief in game two at Michigan and was inserted in the lineup
• Went 2-for-3 with a double, a homer and three RBIs
• Had a hit in both games of the Iowa doubleheader and also drew one walk
• Homered in both games against Northwestern
• Homered for the third game in a row in game one at Minnesota
• Had at least one hit and one RBI in all three games of the Minnesota series
• Went 4-for-10 in the series with a homer and three RBIs
• Homered and drove in three runs vs. Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament
• Reached base savely in the final 12 games of the season
• During that 12-game stretch, hit .371 with five home runs and 12 RBIs

PITCHING

• Pitched in 21 games with five starts
• Went 2-0 with one save in 39.2 innings
• Ranked 2nd on the team and 7th in the Big Ten in saves
• Her two saves were one shy of the Nebraska freshman record
• Has allowed one earned run or less in 13 of her 21 appearances
• Did not pitch in the Puerto Vallarta College Classic
• Pitched in four games with one start at the Troy Cox Classic
• Went 1-0 with two saves and a 1.00 ERA in the tournament
• Tossed 3.0 scoreless innings against New Mexico State in her debut
• Earned her first career save against the Aggies
• Threw 1.1 scoreless relief innings against Montana
• Picked up her second career save in game one against Sacramento State
• Started the first game of her career in game two vs. Sacramento State
• Pitched in three games with two starts at the Mary Nutter Classic
• Allowed one run in 3.1 innings in a start vs. San Diego State
• Started Nebraska’s win against Cal State Fullerton
• Appeared in relief in all four games of the Big Red Invitational
• Tossed 2.0 shutout innings in game one vs. Wichita State & No. 14 Missouri
• Did not pitch for three weeks in March while dealing with a back injury
• Returned to start game two at Wisconsin in a no decision
• Allowed one run in 2.2 innings of relief in game three at Wisconsin
• Started against Kansas and tossed 4.1 shutout innings to earn the win
• Allowed one run in two relief appearances in the Penn State series
• Threw a career-high 4.2 innings of relief in game two at Michigan
• Allowed two run on four hits against the Wolverines
• Pitched 2.0 innings of relief in game two against Iowa

Before Nebraska (Washburn Rural HS/Aces Fastpitch)

• Ranked as the No. 26 overall recruit by Extra Inning Softball
• Two-time First-Team Kansas All-State 
• Two-time All-Centennial League (Washburn Rural HS)
• Two-time Centennial League Player of the Year (2022-23)
• First-Team All-League (2023)
• Max Preps Pre-Season Kansas Player of the Year (2023)
• Sports in Kansas All-Classes Top 9 First Team (2022)
• Sports in Kansas Class 6A State Pitcher of the Year (2022) 
• Top Club Invitational First Team (2022) 
• Triple Crown Sports Power Pool Second Team (2022) 
• First-Team All-City/All-County and Co-Player of the Year (2022)
• Alliance Nationals Tier 1 All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Alliance/Heartland July Player of the Month (2022)
• Extra Inning Softball All-Summer Team (16U, 2022)
• Female Athlete of the Week (WIBW Radio 580, 2022)
• Wendy's High School Player of the Week (2022)
• Played club ball for Aces Fastpitch under Head Coach Ryan Taylor 

Personal

• Born on July 23, 2005 
• Daughter of Wayne Cope and Laura Parker
• Has two sisters, Bayleigh Cope and Logan Parker, and two brothers, Zach and Greyson Cope 
• Communication sciences and disorders major