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Jersey Number 5
Emma Elrod
- Height:
- 5-4
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Child Development
- Hometown:
- Newnan, Ga.
- High School:
- East Coweta HS
JAX STATE CAREER
2026: Started all 61 games in her junior season with the Gamecocks and finished the year with a .337 batting average, with 69 hits (led the team, 4th in CUSA), 54 runs scored (led the team, T-1st CUSA), 45 RBIs (2nd on the team, 10th in CUSA) and 15 doubles (2nd on team, 6th in CUSA). The veteran outfielder totaled 23 multi-hit games during the season which led the team, along with swiping a team-high 10 bases as well. Elrod was named Conference USA Player of the Year for her efforts, while also being named to the First-Team All-Conference USA. Additionally, Elrod was named to the NFCA All-South Region Third Team with teammates Makenna Moore and Amber Reed.
2025: Completed the season batting .383 and had 77 hits (leading the team, 3rd in CUSA), 17 doubles (led the team, 2nd in CUSA), 15 home runs (led the team, 4th in CUSA). Elrod finished with a .701 slugging percentage (led the team, 5th in CUSA). Elrod put together an 11-game hitting streak between 2/23 and 3/8. Elrod finished her season ranked 15th in all of NCAA Division I softball in hits and 21st in doubles. She was named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All South Region following her 2025 season with the Gamecocks. Elrod was also named First Team All-CUSA this season and earned CUSA All-Tournament Team honors.
2024: As a freshman, Elrod appeared in and started 29 games for the Gamecocks…batted .298 with an on base percentage of .404 and a slugging percentage of .452…tallied 25 hits, including six doubles, a pair of triples and a home run…walked 15 times and scored 15 runs while driving in 11 runs…stole six bases as a freshman…finished 2-for-3 in her collegiate debut against Virginia on Feb. 9…at Georgia Tech on March 6, was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI’s against the Yellow Jackets.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped under coach Franklin DeLoach at East Coweta High where she was a two-time First-Team All-State selection along with 2020 and 2021 First Team All-Region…selected 2021 Region Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year…guided the ECHS Indians to three regional championships and appearance in three-straight GHSA 7A state championships, winning the title in 2020 and finishing runner-up in 2021 and 2022…played club ball for eight years with the EC Bullets…recruited by Georgia State, South Carolina and Tennessee.
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 4, 2004…the daughter of Dana and Kevin Elrod…away from softball she enjoys drawing and the show Friends…lists sushi as her favorite type of food…planning to major in child development at Jax State.
2026: Started all 61 games in her junior season with the Gamecocks and finished the year with a .337 batting average, with 69 hits (led the team, 4th in CUSA), 54 runs scored (led the team, T-1st CUSA), 45 RBIs (2nd on the team, 10th in CUSA) and 15 doubles (2nd on team, 6th in CUSA). The veteran outfielder totaled 23 multi-hit games during the season which led the team, along with swiping a team-high 10 bases as well. Elrod was named Conference USA Player of the Year for her efforts, while also being named to the First-Team All-Conference USA. Additionally, Elrod was named to the NFCA All-South Region Third Team with teammates Makenna Moore and Amber Reed.
2025: Completed the season batting .383 and had 77 hits (leading the team, 3rd in CUSA), 17 doubles (led the team, 2nd in CUSA), 15 home runs (led the team, 4th in CUSA). Elrod finished with a .701 slugging percentage (led the team, 5th in CUSA). Elrod put together an 11-game hitting streak between 2/23 and 3/8. Elrod finished her season ranked 15th in all of NCAA Division I softball in hits and 21st in doubles. She was named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All South Region following her 2025 season with the Gamecocks. Elrod was also named First Team All-CUSA this season and earned CUSA All-Tournament Team honors.
2024: As a freshman, Elrod appeared in and started 29 games for the Gamecocks…batted .298 with an on base percentage of .404 and a slugging percentage of .452…tallied 25 hits, including six doubles, a pair of triples and a home run…walked 15 times and scored 15 runs while driving in 11 runs…stole six bases as a freshman…finished 2-for-3 in her collegiate debut against Virginia on Feb. 9…at Georgia Tech on March 6, was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI’s against the Yellow Jackets.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped under coach Franklin DeLoach at East Coweta High where she was a two-time First-Team All-State selection along with 2020 and 2021 First Team All-Region…selected 2021 Region Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year…guided the ECHS Indians to three regional championships and appearance in three-straight GHSA 7A state championships, winning the title in 2020 and finishing runner-up in 2021 and 2022…played club ball for eight years with the EC Bullets…recruited by Georgia State, South Carolina and Tennessee.
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 4, 2004…the daughter of Dana and Kevin Elrod…away from softball she enjoys drawing and the show Friends…lists sushi as her favorite type of food…planning to major in child development at Jax State.
Jax State Softball Highlights vs Western Kentucky Game 2 - March 14th, 2026
Saturday, March 14
Jax State Softball Highlights vs Western Kentucky - March 13th, 2026
Saturday, March 14
Jax State Softball Highlights vs Samford - March 11th, 2026
Wednesday, March 11
Jax State Softball Highlights vs Chattanooga - February 18th, 2026
Thursday, February 19
