2026 Softball Roster
Roster
Emily Stern
- Position:
- Infielder/Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Dacula HS
- Hometown:
- Dacula, Ga.
HONORS: 2025 Big South Softball All-Tournament Team, 3x Big South Conference Champion
2026 (Junior): Appeared in 51 games, starting in 23 in right field....had 72 at bats and 16 hits earning herself a .222 batting average...added her first collegiate home run against West Georgia (2/13/26)....tallied 13 RBI, 25 runs scored, eight stolen bases and 26 total bases....added her career high with three hits and two doubles against Ohio (2/7/26)....added four multi-RBI games on the year....tallied a career high of two stolen bases in a game against Furman (2/25/26)....added a season-high of two runs scored against Troy (2/27/26)....grabbed a career high of five putouts against College of Charleston (3/11/26).....aided in the Spartans completing the three-peat during the Conference Tournament becoming a three-time conference champion....appeared in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional scoring a run in the historic win against SE Louisiana (5/16/26).
2025 (Sophomore): Appeared in 22 games, starting at three at the DP Position....had 12 at bats and three hits earning herself a .250 batting average...added one RBI, went 2-for-2 stolen bases, and finished with three total bases... recorded a hit in the championship clinching game against Winthrop (5/10/25)....added a career-high of two run scored against Longwood during the 2025 Big South Softball Conference Tournament (5/8/25) and was named to the 2025 Big South Conference All-Tournament Team following the championship over Winthrop (5/10/25).
2024 (Freshman): Appeared in 37 games, making 15 starts ... Had 61 at-bats and 16 hits earning herself a .262 batting average ... Had two doubles ... Had nine RBI and 18 total bases ... Went 6-6 for stolen bases ... Recorded a season-high two hits against Winthrop (5/5/24)
Prior to Upstate: Graduated from Dacula High School .... was a four-year softball player .... held a .411 batting average through the 2021 season and a .358 batting average through the 2022 season while also leading the team in hits .... including All-County, First Team All-Region, and the 2021 Falcon Award .... was part of the DLT Club, the FCA, the Delta Club, and was the historian for the NSHS .... played for AP Gold Bird/Cooper .... held a .379 batting average in the 2021-2022 season .... was named the Offensive Player of the Year.
