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2017 Softball Roster

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23 Emily Roper

23 Emily Roper

  • Position:
    Catcher/Infield
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Princeton
  • Hometown:
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Club Team:
    R/R

Summary

Biography

Career Honors
2017: CAA All-Academic Team, Elon Athletics’ Female Hook Award, John W. Barney Memorial Award
2016: CAA All-Academic Team, Elon Athletics’ Female Hook Award
2015: CAA All-Academic Team
 
2017 (Senior)
Named to the CAA All-Academic Team…Appeared in 52 games with 50 starts…Batted .193 with 23 hits, four doubles, a triple and six runs scored…Also had a pair of home runs and drove in 16 RBI…Had a season-high three RBI while going 2-for-4 with a home run versus Hampton (2/10)…Was 2-for-3 with a double and a home run versus at UNCG (3/18)…Drove in a pair of runs with a run scored and a triple at Virginia Tech (4/5)…Earned the Elon Athletics’ Female Hook Award for the second straight year…Received the John W. Barney Memorial Award as the senior with the highest cumulative GPA at Elon University…Retired in the top-10 in school history in home runs and RBI.
 
2016 (Junior)
Started and appeared in all 51 games…Was third on the team in batting average with a career-best .308 average…Tied for the team-lead with five home runs and paced the squad with 31 RBI…Had 12 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI contests…Recorded the third-longest hitting streak on the team with eight games…Led the CAA with 15 hit-by-pitches…Had a season-high three hits with three RBI and a home run against Valparaiso on March 5…Was 2-for-4 with two RBI versus Winthrop on Feb. 12…Had another three RBI contest while going 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and a home run against Northern Illinois on March 17…Named the CAA Player of the Week on March 14…Selected to the CAA All-Academic Team for the second straight season…Was the recipient of the Elon Athletics’ Female Hook Award.
 
2015 (Sophomore)
Started 51 of her 52 games played...Led the team with eight home runs while driving in 32 RBI...Had nine multi-RBI games...Finished second on the team with a 10-game hitting streak and reached base safely in 12 games...Led the team with 227 defensive putouts...Finished second on the team with a .507 slugging percentage and tied the team-lead with 17 walks and 19 hit by pitches...Drove in a season-high four RBI while going 3-for-4 with a home run and a double versus East Carolina on March 18...Added another home run, a triple and three RBI versus Morgan State on Feb. 22...Had three RBI with a home run versus Delaware on April 11...Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a home run versus North Carolina A&T on April 28...Received a spot on the CAA All-Academic team.
 
2014 (Freshman)
Played in 53 games and started 49 of them...Ranked second on the team in RBI with 31and also second in walks with 25...Had eight multi-RBI games...Had three RBI after going 1-for-2 with a home run and a run scored versus Maryland-Eastern Shore on Feb. 9...Added another home run versus Charleston Southern on Feb. 9...Went 3-for-3 with four RBI and a home run versus Coppin State on March 2...Had a season-best five RBI while batting 2-for-3 with two home runs versus Furman on March 30...Named the College Sports Madness Player of the Week on Feb. 25...Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. 
 
High School: Was a three-sport varsity athlete at Princeton High School...Played under head coach Mary Von Bargen...Earned All-Greater Miami Conference honors for the Vikings...Received first team All-GMC accolades in 2011, 2012 and 2013 while making the second team in 2010...Was also a member of the Academic All-GMC team the past two seasons...Named All-City in 2013...Earned All-City honorable mention for 2011 and 2012...Selected as the team MVP the past three years...Named All-Ohio as a senior...A member of the National Honor Society...Recognized as a National Achievement semi-finalist and a NMSQT Commended Scholar in 2012.
 
Personal: Born October 9, 1994...Daughter of Emmett and Patricia Roper...Brothers David and Danny played baseball at Walsh University...Father lettered in baseball at Bluffton College...Majoring in human service studies.
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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2014Freshman

    Catcher/Third Base
    5'10"
    23
  • 23

    2015Sophomore

    Catcher/Third Base
    5'10"
    23
  • 23

    2016Junior

    Catcher/Third Base
    5'10"
    23
  • 23

    2017Senior

    Catcher/Infield
    5'10"
    23