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2023 Softball Roster

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9 Emily Coltharp

  • Height 5-2
  • B/T L/R
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Union Grove High School
  • Hometown McDonough, Ga.

Biography

SENIOR (2023)
*Southern Conference Preseason Player of the Year
*College Sports Communicators Academic All-District


JUNIOR (2022)
*All-Southern Conference First Team (INF)
*All-Southern Conference Tournament Team 

*Dean's List and AD's Honor Roll 
*Academic All-SoCon and SoCon Honor Roll
* Southern Conference Nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year

- Led the team and the SoCon with a .381 batting average as the primary leadoff hitter...registered a league-best 72 hits in 189 at bats... the 72 hits were 30th in Division I. 
- First Moc to win the batting title in a complete season since 2012... the fifth time a Moc has done it since 2002... Coltharp led the league in batting average in 2020 during the COVID-shortened season.
- One of two players on the squad to start in all 57 games, made all starts at second base.
- Set career highs in hits (72), doubles (8), triples (2), RBI (20) and stolen bases (24)... her 24 stolen bases were tied for second among SoCon players... tallied 212 plate appearances, the most in the league. 
- Her 72 hits in the season are tied for the 7th most in program history and are the most by a Moc since 2008... the 24 stolen bases are tied for the 5th most in a single season and the most since 2011. 
- Registered a team-best and career-high 25 multi hit games.
- Hit a walk-off single in the first game of the SoCon Tournament vs. Western Carolina in 10th inning... hit .462 with a .611 on-base percentage to be named to the all-tournament team. 
- Logged a career-high 19-game on-base streak from 3/10-4/9. 
- Recorded three RBI vs. SIUE (3/20), setting a career high. 
- Ended season with a .362 career batting average, the seventh-best in program history... her .434 career on-base percentage is also seventh in program history... is top-3 with 52 career stolen bases. 


SOPHOMORE (2021)
*Southern Conference Preseason Player of the Year
*All-Southern Conference Second Team (SS)
*Dean's List and AD's Honor Roll 

*Academic All-SoCon and SoCon Honor Roll
- Second on the team with a .319 batting average after playing and starting in all 38 games with 37 starts as the leadoff hitter.
- Led the team with 26 hits, 21 runs scored and five stolen bases.
- Posted a team-high nine multi-hit games.
- Went 3-for-5 with three runs scored against UNCG (4/17). Was one of two players with three runs scored in a game this season.
- Third in the Southern Conference with eight sacrifice bunts. 

SOPHOMORE (2020) - Season canceled after 21 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.
*All-Southern Conference Preseason First Team (SS)
*Dean's List and AD's Honor Roll 

*Academic All-SoCon and SoCon Honor Roll
- Appeared in and started all 21 games at shortstop.
- Batted .415 (27-for-65) with four doubles, 15 runs scored, seven RBI and 11 stolen bases.
- Led the Southern Conference with a .415 batting average and .519% on-base percentage... led the team in hits (27), runs (15), total bases (31), slugging percentage (.477), stolen bases (11) and walks (15).
- One of just 43 players in all of NCAA DI to total a .519% or better on-base percentage with 21+ games played... ranked 44th nationally in walks per game (0.71)... 64th in stolen bases per game (0.52)
- First Moc to win batting average title since 2012... just the fourth to finish atop the rankings since 2002... currently ranks T5th in program history with .368 career batting average.
- Recorded at least one hit in 18 of 21 games... nine games with two or more hits... three games with multiple stolen bases.
- Went on team-high seven game hit streak to begin the season... had additional stretches of four-straight and three-straight games with a hit.

FRESHMAN (2019)
*Southern Conference Freshman of the Year
*All-Southern Conference First Team (SS)
*Southern Conference Player of the Week (March 8)
*NFCA National Freshman of the Year Nominee
*Dean's List & AD's Academic Honor Roll

- Appeared in 51 of 54 games while making 50 starts all at shortstop... 47 starts in leadoff spot in lineup three in second slot.
- Finished second on the team and third in the Southern Conference with .348 (55-for-158) batting average... led team with 12 stolen bases in 16 attempts... second on team with 33 runs scored and 20 walks drawn.
- Tied for team high (15) in multi-hit games... 11 two-hit games... three three-hit games... and one five hit game.
- Five hit game came in a May 5 victory over Samford... went 5-for-5 and belted an RBI walk-off single up the middle... five hits in a game tied a school record.
- Went on a season-long 11-game hit streak from March 14 - March 30... five multi-hit games during that span and two multi-RBI games.
- Went a perfect 2-for-2 in NCAA Regional opening game at #13 Ole Miss.

UNION GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
- Batted .447 with 38 hits, 14 stolen bases and 27 runs scored as a senior
- Hit .488 and recorded an on-base % of .566 during junior season
- Stole 20 bases and fielded at a .966 % as a junior
- Finished with over 40 career stolen bases
- Batted north of .415 for her four-year career
- All-Academic award winner during her sophomore through senior years
- Scholar Athlete Award winner as a senior

PERSONAL
- Born March 17, 2000
- Hometown: McDonough, Ga.
- Daughter of Tom & Tammy
- One brother, Joshua (23), one sister, Caroline (20)
- Business / Human Resource Major

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2019Freshman

    UTL
    5'2"
    9
  • 9

    2020Sophomore

    SS/2B
    5'2"
    9
  • 9

    2021Junior

    SS/2B
    5'2"
    9
  • 9

    2022Junior

    INF
    5'2"
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    INF
    5'2"
    9