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2020 Softball Roster

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Dale Rutemeyer
Dale Rutemeyer
Dale Rutemeyer
Frank Mattia

13 Emma Sturdivant

  • Height 5-11
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Villa Park High School
  • Hometown Orange, Calif.

Biography


FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR (2020) - Season canceled after 21 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.
*Preseason All-Southern Conference Second Team (IF)
*Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

*AD's Honor Roll
- Appeared and started in all 21 games... all starts game at first base.
- Batted .203 (13-for-64) with two homeruns and 10 RBI... the homerun total tied for the team high... RBI count was second most... led team with five sacrifice hits and two sacrifice flies.
- Recorded a hit in 13 of 21 games... began season with a hit in first four games... eight of the first ten... nine of the first twelve... finished year with four multi-RBI performances.
- Posted back-to-back multi-RBI games against Indiana State (2/15) and Tennessee Tech (2/16)... notched game-winning single in bottom of the sixth inning against Indiana State... went deep for the first time of the year against Tennessee Tech... belted second homer of the year against Yale (3/7).
- Accumulated .981% fielding percentage in a team-high 158 total chances... Southern Conference-high 145 putouts and 10 assists to just three errors... finishes career fourth all-time in program history in total chances (1,058) and putouts (1,004).

SENIOR (2019)
*All-Southern Conference First Team (1B)
*Southern Conference Player of the Week (March 11)
*All-Southern Conference Preseason Second Team (1B)
*Dean's List & AD's Honor Roll

- One of three Mocs to appear and start in all 54 games... all 54 starts came at first base.
- Finished fourth on the team with a .329 (56-for-170) batting average... led team in at-bats (170), second on team in hits (56), RBI (40) and doubles (11), third in total bases (81).
- 15 multi-hit games tied for team-high... 12 games with two hits, one with three hits and two with four... finished with eight multi-RBI games including four with two, two with three and two with four.
- Went 4-for-5 with three RBI and a double in win at Kennesaw State on February 10 to help UTC race out to a 5-0 start to the season... game followed a 2-for-4, homerun and four RBI performance in win over Morehead State on February 9.
- Finished 3-for-3 with a homerun and four RBI in comeback win over Furman in the SoCon Tournament Opening Round on May 8.
- Recorded .987% fielding percentage in 385 total chances... 376 putouts and four assists to just five errors... eight games with double-digit putouts... moved into 7th all-time with 854 career putouts.

JUNIOR (2018)
*All-Southern Conference Preseason First Team (DP)
*Chattanooga Athletics Female Athlete of the Year
*Dean's List & AD's Honor Roll

- One of two Mocs to appear in all 56 games... started 53 at first base & one as the DP.
- Finished fourth on the team with a .282 (44-for-156) batting average.
- Posted the second-most RBI on the team (30).
- Added four doubles, a triple & two homeruns.
- Fourth on the team with 11 multi-hit games... led the team with four three-hit games.
- Seven multi-RBI games... only one on the team to record five in one game.
- Went perfect 3-for-3 with with a triple & five RBI in opening day win over Detroit Mercy (2/9).
- Finished with a .975 fielding percentage on a team-high 436 total chances at first base.

SOPHOMORE (2017)
*All-Southern Conference First Team (DP)
- Appeared in 37 games, starting 33 between DP and first base.
- Batted .299 (26-for-87) with five doubles, eight runs scored and eight RBI.
- Recorded seven multi-hit games including three in-a-row from 2/11-2/17.
- Went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs against ETSU (4/15).
- 2-for-3 performance against Samford (5/11) in the Southern Conference tournament.

REDSHIRT (2016)
*Dean's List & AD's Honor Roll
- Sat out the year as a redshirt.

VILLA PARK HIGH SCHOOL
- Four-year letter winner in softball and one year letter winner in volleyball.
- Earned Best Offensive Player award in 2014.
- Ranked on “Players to Watch List” by OC Register and OC Sidelines Blog her senior year.
- Played on three different travel ball teams.
- Received Spartan Service Award Level Gold at her high school, completing over 100 service hours.
- Six-time scholar-athlete award recipient.

PERSONAL
- Born September 8, 1997
- Hometown: Orange, Calif.
- Daughter of Laura and Erik Sturdivant
- Sister: Olivia (12); Brother: Jack (18)
- Majoring in Criminal Justice

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2016Freshman

    1B
    5'11"
    13
  • 13

    2017Sophomore

    1B
    5'11"
    13
  • 13

    2018Junior

    1B
    5'11"
    13
  • 13

    2019Senior

    1B
    5'11"
    13
  • 13

    2020Redshirt Senior

    1B
    5'11"
    13