2019: Scored the game-winning run as a pinch runner in a 1-0 win over Louisville (2/9) … Swiped a base to help the Wildcats beat Idaho State (2/10) ... Scored two runs as a pinch-runner in the B1G/ACC Challenge, including the game-winning run against North Carolina (2/15)... Entered as a pinch runner against Utah and scored a run (2/23) ... Contributed two runs and a stolen base throughout the Stanford Invitational (3/1-3/3) ... Scored a run in consecutive games against Tulsa and Grand Canyon (3/9), including stealing a base in the latter matchup ... Stole a base as a pinch runner in a win over Toledo (3/16) ... Pinch ran and scored a run against Rutgers (3/22) ... Scored a run and then stole a base in back-to-back games against Iowa, both as a pinch runner (3/29-3/30) ... Scored crucial runs as a pinch runner in consecutive games against Nebraska (4/7) and Notre Dame (4/9).
2018: Appeared in 24 games, 23 times as a pinch runner and once as a pinch hitter ... Scored a run in a run-rule victory over Boise State (2/10) ... Stole a base and scored as a pinch runner against St. John’s (2/25) ... Stole a base as a pinch runner in back-to-back games at the Houston Hilton Plaza Classic, first against Houston (3/10) and again versus Lipscomb (3/11) ... Swiped another base March 17 at Indiana ... Pinch ran twice in a series against Minnesota, scoring runs in both the first (3/23) and second (3/24) games ... Scored in a run-rule victory over No. 22 Ohio State (4/13) ... As a pinch runner at Notre Dame, scored and stole a base, one of an NU single-game record eight team stolen bases in that contest (4/18) ... Ripped her first-career hit during a run-rule win at Rutgers, driving an RBI single into right field as a pinch hitter (4/20) ... Swiped a bag as a pinch runner against Iowa (4/27) ... Scored in pinch running duties at DePaul (5/2).2017: Appeared in 12 games as a pinch runner ... Stole a base against Long Beach State (3/17) ... Scored her first-career run in a rematch with the 49ers (3/19) ... Crossed the plate as a pinch runner at No. 6 Minnesota (4/14) ... Stole a base while pinch running against DePaul (4/19) and versus Purdue (4/23).
High School: Four-year varsity softball outfielder who hit .378 with eight home runs and 42 RBIs in 2015 … Matched that home run total just halfway through her senior season in 2016 … Led Carmel Catholic to the IHSSA Sectional Finals in 2015 … Legged out an inside-the-park home run in the 2015 Regional Championship game … Played two years of club ball with the Northern Ice … Also a three-year varsity cheerleader, building her strength and quickness on the softball field in the spring … National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta member.
Personal: Born Emma Vale Bartz … Daughter of Jean Bartz and Keith Bartz … Father graduated from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management … Major is Communication Studies.