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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
Softball NCAA Selection Show
Monday, May 11
Softball Highlights vs. UCF
Thursday, May 07
Kansas Softball Media Availability
Tuesday, May 05
Jennifer McFalls Press Conference
Tuesday, May 05
