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2025 Softball

24 Emily Charlton

  • Position Pitcher
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool Atlantic Shores Christian
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.

Biography

2024 Second Team All-ODAC
2023 Second Team All-ODAC
2022 Second Team All-ODAC
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

Senior (2024):
Earned a career-best 2.36 ERA in her 80 innings of work ... Recorded a 9-2 record in her 21 appearnces and 11 starts Allowed just 18 extra base hits against 350 batters ... Held batters to a .245 batting average .. Racked up 50 total strikeouts .. Season-high 11 strike-outs against Pacific Lutheran (3/8/23) 

Junior (2023): Continued her career as Lynchburg’s ace … went 10-7 in 23 appearances with a 2.41 ERA … her 10 wins were tied with Kailey Dorcsis for the team lead … struck out 64 batters in 98.2 innings … went the distance and earned the win in ODAC tournament opener against Guilford … struck out eight against Methodist … named ODAC pitcher of the week with a 2-0 week over 18 innings and three appearances … her pitcher of the week performance included a near-perfect performance against Guilford retiring the first 18 batters in order.

Sophomore (2022): Threw a team-high 119 2/3 innings, compiling a 13-5 record with a 2.28 ERA in 19 starts ... Also earned two saves in nine relief appearances ... Led the team with 74 strikeouts ... Earned Lynchburg's first win of the season with six innings of one-run ball Feb. 12 vs. William Peace ... Struck out a career-high 13 and allowed no earned runs over nine innings Feb. 19 in a hard-luck loss to Methodist ... Won at No. 9 Virginia Wesleyan with 4 2/3 innings without an earned run April 2 ... Also earned the save in the nightcap of that sweep with 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief ... Nailed down another save the following day vs. Mary Washington ... Won five straight starts between April 10-April 29 to help Lynchburg nail down the top seed in the ODAC tournament and win its first postseason game.

Freshman (2021): Made 24 appearances in her first collegiate season, amassing a 7-3 record with four saves on her way to a 2.34 ERA ... Earned her first collegiate win in relief March 7 vs. Averett, pitching five scoreless innings in relief ... Tossed a shutout in an April 12 win over Ferrum with a season-best five strikeouts ... Beat Guilford in the ODAC tournament opener, pitching seven innings without allowing an earned run.

Prep/Personal: All-conference pitcher and team captain for the Seahawks ... Honor student ... 2x MVP ... Dean's List ... President's List ... 3x All-Conference First Team ... Spanish Honor Society ... Tri-M Music Honor Society ... National Honor Society ... Aspiring elementary school teacher ... Parents Bill and Maggie ... Sibling Kate

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2024Senior

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    2025Fifth Year

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