Emma Friedel
- position Pitcher
- height 6-1
- class Senior
- B/T R/R
- Hometown Fayetteville, Ga.
- High school Whitewater
- Previous School Kennesaw State
- position Pitcher
- height 6-1
- class Senior
- B/T R/R
- Hometown Fayetteville, Ga.
- High school Whitewater
- Previous School Kennesaw State
Emma Friedel Bio
2026:
Made 40 appearances in the circle with 14 starts … Second on the team with 11 wins, a 3.44 ERA, 93 2-3 innings pitched, and 112 strikeouts … Her 26 relief appearances rank tied for third all-time in a single season … Recorded at least one strikeout in 31 of her 40 appearances … Tossed two complete games on the season, vs. No. 11 Texas A&M (4/25) and No. 4 Alabama (5/1) … Struck out a season-high nine batters three different times, including against then-No. 11 Texas A&M (4/25) … Tossed 5 1-3 innings of one-hit shutout relief with nine strikeouts against Saint Mary’s (2/21) … Went five scoreless innings with one hit allowed and nine strikeouts against Boston College (3/13) … Worked five scoreless innings with six strikeouts against Boston University (2/13) … Added two hitless innings with five strikeouts against South Carolina State (4/28).
Prior to SC:
2025 (Kennesaw State, Sophomore)
Led the team in nearly every pitching category … Finished the season with a 3.42 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, seven wins, four shutouts, and 132 strikeouts in 127 innings pitched … Held opponents to a .201 batting average … Threw nine complete games … Started 17 games and made 31 overall appearances … Capped her season with a 13-inning complete game against New Mexico State (5/4), where she struck out a career-high 15 batters … Struck out 10 batters against Louisiana Tech (4/17) … Threw a complete game one-hit shutout with six strikeouts against Western Kentucky (4/5) … Threw a two-hit complete game shutout with eight strikeouts against UTEP (4/26) … Recorded at least five strikeouts in 15 appearances.
2024 (Kennesaw State, Freshman)
Made 19 appearances with four starts … Led the charge among freshmen in: Innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games and shutouts … Impressed early with no earned runs allowed versus Creighton (Feb. 11) over three innings … Cemented the first solo complete game shutout with five innings versus Robert Morris (Feb. 25) … Allowed just one-hit versus the Colonials to pair with five strikeouts … Shined versus Stetson (March 17) allowing three hits over 5.1 innings in the win
Pre-College:
Whitewater High School’s 2022 HOSA President Emma Friedel joins Kennesaw State after an impressive 35-2 record earlier this season … The Wildcats were undefeated in the 2022 regular season and did not lose a game with Friedel in the circle, helping the team to GHSA AAAA state runner-up honors … She posted an ERA of .483 this year and notched her 300th career strikeout in October … She also had 29 strikeouts in 21 innings in the state tournament with 12 coming in the championship game.
