“Colt is everything that’s advertised. Offensively he doesn’t give you many options. Defensively he made three plays on balls in the hole that in our league go for hits 10 out of 10 times. And he made them all with ease.”

Nathan Prati

Head Coach - head coach of Coshocton High

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound senior shortstop posted a .446 batting average with eight home runs and 39 runs scored this past season, leading the Little Muskies (8-16) to the Division II sectional semifinals. Emerson also banged out 12 doubles, drew 21 walks and stole 26 bases while posting a .594 on-base percentage and a 1.013 slugging percentage. A member of the USA Baseball Under-18 National Team that won a gold medal at the 2022 World Baseball Championships, he was also a 2023 Perfect Game First Team Preseason All-American selection.

Academic Achievement

Emerson has maintained a 3.62 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play baseball on scholarship at Auburn University this fall, but is projected as an early round selection in July’s Major League Baseball draft.

Exemplary Character

A member of the John Glenn High yearbook staff, Emerson has volunteered locally as a Big Brothers Big Sisters lunch buddy, and he has donated his time with the Miracle League, a baseball community for children with intellectual and physical challenges.