HONORS & AWARDS
NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete: 2018-19, 2017-18
MVC Good Neighbor Award: Spring 2020
Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 4/29/20
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2019
MVC Honor Roll: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 & 2017
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall '16, Spring '17, Fall '17, Spring '18, Fall '18, Spring '19, Fall '20
2020 (SENIOR)
Posted a 5-5 record with a 3.68 ERA … Started nine of the 11 games she appeared in, tossing a team-high six complete games … Led the team with 36 strikeouts … Ranked ninth in the MVC in innings pitched (51.1) and her .226 average against was seventh-best in the MVC … Earned the season-opening win against #20/24 Arkansas, striking out six and giving up just one earned run in the 3-2 victory for Bradley’s first win against a ranked team since 2017 … Tossed a two-hit complete game shutout against UTEP … Earned her lone save of the year at UC Santa Barbara … Struck out a season-high seven batters in her final outing of the year to earn the win against Purdue Fort Wayne
2019 (JUNIOR)
Matched her career high and was tied for second on the team with seven complete games … Owned a 5-7 record with a 4.43 ERA … Was 3-3 with a team-best 2.58 ERA in MVC play, where she had five complete games in her six starts and seven appearances … Held Valley hitters to a .270 batting average … Posted a complete game shutout in a three-hit blanking of Missouri State for Bradley’s first shutout of a league opponent in two years … Tossed complete games in five of her last seven outings … Earned complete game victories against Seattle and at New Mexico State … Third on the team with 79.0 innings and was second with 15 starts … Struck out a season-high seven batters in 5.2 innings against Valparaiso.
2018 (SOPHOMORE)
Tied for the team lead with eight victories … Also led the team in ERA (3.15), complete games (7), shutouts (2), innings (124.2) and strikeouts (73) … Held hitters to a .273 batting average on the year … In MVC play, she held foes to a .236 average which owning a 4-5 record and 2.81 ERA over 67.1 innings … Tossed complete game shutouts against Miami (Ohio) and Purdue … Struck out a career-best nine in a 3-2 setback to Illinois State … Earned her lone save of the year against Western Illinois … Limited hitters to a .187 average when she came out of the bullpen … Tossed the most innings by a Bradley underclassman since Madeline Lynch-Crumrine in 2012 … Boasted the lowest ERA for a BU hurler since Lynch-Crumrine’s senior year of 2014.
2017 (FRESHMAN)
Started seven contests in the circle and made a total of 18 appearances ... Picked up her lone victory of the year against Wagner, scattering six hits and one run over four innings ... Made her first career start at Grand Canyon ... Earned her first career save with three shutout innings at Loyola, strikeout out three and surrendering just one hit.
HIGH SCHOOL
Named Conference pitcher of the year as a senior and is a two-time first-team all-conference performer ... Earned Los Angeles All-City co-MVP honors and helped her team to a CIF City Section Division I title ... Helped the Conquistadors to three conference titles ... Posted a 23-3 record with 162 strikeouts, 20 walks and 1.19 ERA as a senior ... As a junior, she owned a 1.44 ERA
PERSONAL
The daughter of Amy & Eric Jackson, Emma was born in West Hills, Calif. ... Has an older sibling: Taylor ... Double major in social work and religious studies