“Emerson has absolutely dominated at the high school level in Virginia. She is a very hard worker and doesn’t take days off. She prepares more than any pitcher I have ever seen at her age.”

Brooks Cherry

Head Coach - Aiken’s summer ball coach

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-9 junior right-handed pitcher led Tennessee Mojo to a gold medal at the Junior Olympics Cup 16U Division last summer. Aiken won 29 games throughout the summer and last fall for the Mojo, posting a 1.27 earned run average and 236 strikeouts in 160 innings pitched. As a sophomore for the Jaguars in 2019, Aiken struck out 304 batters in 144 innings and compiled a 0.48 ERA. Ranked as the nation’s No. 36 recruit in the Class of 2021 by Extra Inning Softball, she enters her senior year with 32 wins, a 0.86 ERA and 452 strikeouts in her prep softball career.

Academic Achievement

Aiken has maintained a weighted 4.38 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play softball on scholarship at the University of Michigan beginning in the fall of 2021.

Exemplary Character

An award-winning artist, Aiken has volunteered locally with the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation. She has also donated her time as a youth softball coach.