#15 Emma Clark 2020-21 Softball Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

2022 NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Third Team

2022 Second Team All-ACC

2021 NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team

2021 Second-Team All-ACC

2021 All-ACC Academic Team

2019 Second-Team All-ACC

2019 ACC All-Freshman Team

AS A SENIOR (2022)

• NFCA Mid-Atlantic Second Team All-Region
• Second Team All-ACC outfielder
• Started and played in right field for all 52 games
• Hit for a .362 average with a team-high 185 at bats
• Scored 47 runs and drove in 22
• Hit eight doubles and two triples
• Stole 12 bases on 15 attempts
• Tallied 19 multiple hit games and drove in multiple runs in five games
• Season-long eight game hitting streak and reached base in 15 consecutive games
• Season-high five hits in a 5-for-6 game and scored five runs in the 13-12 victory over Georgia Tech (April 2)
• Went 2-for-3 against McNeese in the NCAA Evanston Regional (May 20)
• Drove in a run and scored twice in a 2-for-4 effort in the NCAA Evanston Regional against Oakland (May 21)

AS A JUNIOR (2021)

• Clark consistently ranked in the Top 10 in the ACC in batting in 2021, finishing the season at fourth in avg. (.404) and sixth in total hits (61). A first-team NFCA All-Region and second-team All-ACC selection, she also ranked fifth in the ACC in stolen bases (26), and wrote her name in the history books against North Alabama, stealing four bases to match a single-game program record. She joined Ruth Kmak as the only two players in Irish history to steal four bases in a game.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020)

• Started all five games of the NFCA Leadoff Classic at RF for the Irish, batting as the leadoff hitter for several of those games. Clark slapped four hits and scored two runs, also noting two RBI.
• Played in four games at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and registered three hits, one stolen base and two runs scored
• Started six games at the Mary Nutter Classic and batted .375 with six hits, 3 runs scored and two stolen bases
• Batted .400 with four hits and a run scored in three starts at Duke
• Logged two hits and a run scored in the three-game series at NC State
• Recorded a walk in the game at UC Santa Barbara

PREP AND PERSONAL:

• Majoring in Accounting; aspires to earn her masters degree in accounting and become a CPA
• Twitter: @emmaa_clarkk
• Instagram: @emmaclark_
• Earned fourth varsity softball letter at Mater Dei High School as a senior.
• Batted .419 as a senior team captain to guide Mater Dei to the Trinity League championship, and was tabbed to the Trinity League Second Team.
• Named the Mater Dei Offensive MVP as a junior after batting .425 with 37 hits, 22 RBI, five stolen bases, a .462 on-base percentage and 19 runs scored during junior season.
• Selected to the Trinity League First Team, and claimed All-CIF Second-Team honors.
• Batted .461 with 35 hits, seven RBI, eight stolen bases, .488 on-base percentage and 18 runs scored for the CIF-SS Division I champion Mater Dei as a sophomore.
• Logged a .405 batting average with three RBI, 14 stolen bases, a .436 on-base percentage and 29 runs scored as a freshman.
• Also won a pair of varsity letters in soccer at Mater Dei, and was a senior team captain.
• Named a 2018 PGF Regional All-American, representing the Western region.
• Competed with Firecrackers-Rico on the club circuit. Accomplishments included championship titles at the 2017 Colorado Sparkler and Canada International Cup tournaments.
• Previously played for Firecrackers-Brashear, and won the 2016 PGF 16U Platinum Division Championship.
• Earned the Principal’s Academic Award in each of four years, and graduated Summa Cum Laude.
• Attended the same high school as Notre Dame teammate Melissa Rochford, and former Irish softball standouts Micaela Arizmendi (’16) and Heather Johnson (’10). Former Notre Dame football greats Joe Schmidt and 1964 Heisman Trophy winner John Huarte also attended Mater Dei.
• Daughter of Ben and Anne Clark and has two brothers, Michael and Jack.
• Father, Ben, played football at Princeton University.
• Mother, Anne, played volleyball at Boston College.
• Becomes the 53rd California resident to suit up for Notre Dame in program history, and the ninth native of Huntington Beach to play for the Irish.