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Jersey Number 13
Emma Banks
- Position:
- Pitcher
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Stuttgart, Ark.
- High School:
- Stuttgart HS
- Prev School:
- McNeese State
McNeese State (2024-25)
Sophomore (2025)
Appeared in nine games with two starts for 10.2 innings pitched … Earned first carer victory against Missouri State (Feb. 15) with a strikeout – she grabbed her second win against Stephan F. Austin (April 27) with a pair of punch outs (career-high) … Allowed zero earned runs in five appearances, including four games with zero runs – her first zero earned runs outing came against Tennessee in her debut … Helped her program to be crowned back-to-back SLC Champions … Awarded the 2025 SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Freshman (2024)
Medically redshirted, but was a member of the 2024 SLC Champions … Earned SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
High School
Awarded All-Conference, All-Arkansas Prep Softball Team, All-State teams twice … Doubled as a basketball player, where she also earned All-Conference and All-State twice … Pitched 251 strikeouts en route to leading her team to the conference championship in her sophomore and junior season
Personal
Full name is Emma Blair Banks … Born on Oct. 13, in Stuttgart, Ark. … Has one brother, Jake … Her father, Jackie played D-I basketball and played overseas for three years … Majoring in multimedia journalism
Sophomore (2025)
Appeared in nine games with two starts for 10.2 innings pitched … Earned first carer victory against Missouri State (Feb. 15) with a strikeout – she grabbed her second win against Stephan F. Austin (April 27) with a pair of punch outs (career-high) … Allowed zero earned runs in five appearances, including four games with zero runs – her first zero earned runs outing came against Tennessee in her debut … Helped her program to be crowned back-to-back SLC Champions … Awarded the 2025 SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Freshman (2024)
Medically redshirted, but was a member of the 2024 SLC Champions … Earned SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
High School
Awarded All-Conference, All-Arkansas Prep Softball Team, All-State teams twice … Doubled as a basketball player, where she also earned All-Conference and All-State twice … Pitched 251 strikeouts en route to leading her team to the conference championship in her sophomore and junior season
Personal
Full name is Emma Blair Banks … Born on Oct. 13, in Stuttgart, Ark. … Has one brother, Jake … Her father, Jackie played D-I basketball and played overseas for three years … Majoring in multimedia journalism
Eric Newell Postgame Press Conference (Louisiana SBC Tournament)
Wednesday, May 06
Eric Newell Postgame Press Conference (Coastal Carolina Games Two and Three)
Friday, May 01
Troy at Coastal Carolina Game One Highlights
Thursday, April 30
Eric Newell Postgame Press Conference (Coastal Carolina Game One)
Thursday, April 30
