#30 Emma Olejniczak Season 2019-20

2021 as a senior

• Did not see action.

2020 as a junior (season cut short due to Coronavirus)

• Appeared in three games in the circle.
• Threw two innings, striking out one and giving up four hits.
• Her longest outing of the season came against SDSU, where she pitched 1.1 innings, giving up one run and two hits.

2019 as a sophomore (at UNI)

• Appeared in 23 games with 16 starts in the circle for the Panthers
• pitched 72 full innings with 54 strikeouts
• went 6-9 in the circle
• recorded her first win while pitching all seven innings with four strikeouts against Toledo (2/8)
• second victory came against Jacksonville (2/15) pitching seven innings with five strikeouts
• Won back to back starts against Purdue Fort Wayne (3/11) and Indiana State (3/16).

2018 as a freshman

• Appeared in 28 games on the mound, making 13 starts.
• Won five games as a freshman
• Pitched to a 3.36 era in 91.2 innings
• Went the distance six times, and shutout the opponent three times
• Led the pitching staff in saves with one
• Struck out 56 opposing batters
• Struck out four or more batters in five games
• Struck out a career-high seven batters in a shutout win at Valparaiso (4/8)
• Pitched five or more innings in nine games.

High School

• 2017 graduate of Perry High School
• Finished pitching career with 1,234 strikeouts
• Struck out 365 batters and batted .385 as a senior
• First-Team All-Conference and All-District in 2017
• First-Team All-State as a senior
• Set the state record for strikeouts in a game with 16 and strikeouts in a tournament with 32 as a junior
• First-Team All-Conference and All-District as a junior
• Second-Team All-Conference in 2016
• Academic All-Conference from 2015 to 2017
• Also participated in basketball and track.

Personal

• Daughter of Jason and Tiffany. Jason played football and baseball at Iowa.
• Has two siblings (Kaleb and Lydia).
• Majoring in psychology.