Upcoming Event: Softball versus Bethune-Cookman University on February 6, 2026 at 8 a.m. CT
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Jersey Number 20
Emily Bermel
- Position:
- Outfield
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Lawrence, Kan.
- High School:
- Lawrence Free State HS
AWARDS & HONORS
- 2019 Dr. Gerald Lage Award recipient
- Three-time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete [2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18]
- Three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2017, 2018, 2019]
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team [2016]
2019 (SENIOR)
- 2019 Dr. Gerald Lage Award recipient
- 2019 Big 12 All-Academic First Team selection
- Appeared in 50 games with 47 starts (45 in the outfield and two at designated player)
- Finished with a .225 batting average (20-for-89) and totaled five RBI and two doubles
- Game-winning hit against Baylor (3/30) and lone multiple RBI (2) game of the season
- Two multiple-hit games against Maine (2 | 3/8) and at Tulsa (2 | 4/3)
- Six-game reached base streak, and a three-game hitting streak from March 8-10
- Registered 75 putouts with one assist and two errors for a .974 fielding percentage
2018 (JUNIOR)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree for the second-straight season
- Played in 18 games with 12 starts in right field
- During Big 12 play, played in three games with one start
- One of three Jayhawks with over 10 starts in right field
- Hit in the ninth spot of the batting order during all 12 starts
- Recorded a .242 batting average, .265 on-base percentage and a .242 slugging percentage
- Totaled eight hits, four runs scored and two RBIs … Stole one base on one attempt
- Longest hitting streak of the season lasted two games
- Recorded one multi-hit game
- Came through with a single in a pinch-hitting situation and scored a run against Coppin State (Feb. 25)
- Went 1-for-2 at the plate with a RBI in her first start of the season against Northern Colorado (March 15)
- Went 2-for-3 at the plate with a RBI and a run scored against Western Illinois (March 15)
- Caught a season-high five fly balls in right field against Northern Colorado (March 17)
- Lone stolen base of the season came in the second game of a doubleheader at Incarnate Word (March 21)
2017 (SOPHOMORE)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree
- Appeared in 37 games and started 27 in the outfield or as the designated player
- Batted .308 with 20 hits in 65 at-bats
- Hit a triple, while recording 12 runs scored and four RBIs
- Drew a pair of walks
- Went 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts
- Tallied three sacrifice hits
- Posted four multi-hit games and one multi-RBI performance
- Hit first-career triple with a career-best two RBIs against Iowa (March 12)
- Registered a career-best four hits in a 4-for-4 effort against Nevada (April 23) with three runs scored and a RBI
- Posted a .338 slugging percentage and .238 on-base percentage
- Recorded 18 putouts, one assist and no errors for a 1.000 fielding percentage
2016 (FRESHMAN)
- Named Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Appeared in 24 games, mostly as a pinch runner
- Recorded 11 runs scored and one at-bat
- Stole first-career base against Evansville (March 22)
- Registered first-career run at Fresno State (Feb. 20)
HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB
- Prepped at Lawrence Free State High School
- Played club with the Originals
- Named first-team all-state, first-team all-metro and All-Sunflower League First Team at the conclusion of her junior season
- Helped the Firebirds to a regional championship in 2013
- Earned All-Sunflower League and All-Metro First Team honors as a sophomore
- Also a three-time All-Sunflower selection in golf
ACADEMICS
- Majoring in strategic communications in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications with minors in business and sport management at the University of Kansas
- Two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree, which requires a GPA of 3.20 or higher
- Two-time NFCA All-American Scholar, which requires a GPA of 3.50 or higher
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Jamie and Jacque Bermel
- Father, Jamie, is the head men’s golf coach at KU
- Has two brothers, Jackson and Charlie
Kansas at Wichita State Highlights
Wednesday, April 30
Kansas vs. Oklahoma State Highlights - Game 3
Sunday, April 27
Kansas at Iowa State Highlights - Game Three
Saturday, April 19
Kansas at Iowa State Highlights - Game 3
Saturday, April 19
