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Jersey Number 21
Emma Cox
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Flatirons Academy
- Hometown:
- Thornton, Colo.
RECORD WATCH
Ranked second in UO single-season sacrifice flies with eight in 2026
Tied for eighth in UO single-season RBI with 55 in 2026
SOPHOMORE (2026)
- NFCA All-Mountain Region Second Team
Played in all 55 games and started 53 (52 at catcher) ... Hit .317 (51-of-163) with six doubles and 11 home runs ... Second on the team with 55 RBI, which tied for eighth in UO single-season history ... Slugged .559 ... Led team with eight sacrifice flies, which ranked second on the UO single-season list ... The eight sacrifice flies led the Big Ten and ranked third nationally ... Recorded 355 putouts with 26 assists and only three errors for a .992 fielding percentage ... Threw out 12 total runners - six trying to steal and six picked off ... Hit .488 in the month of April (20-of-41) with eight home runs and 29 RBI, and slugged 1.098 ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI vs. Liberty (Feb. 7) ... Hit .556 (5-for-9) at the Feb. 13-15 Cardinal Classic ... Went 2-for-2 with a homer and two RBI Feb. 14 vs. Kentucky ... Was 3-for-4 with an RBI Feb. 15 at Stanford ... Only had three hits at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 27-March 1) but found a way to drive in five runs with two sacrifice flies plus a double ... Had three hits and three RBI in the Penn State series (March 13-15) ... Her sacrifice fly drove in the walk-off run in the bottom of the seventh March 15 against Penn State ... Hit the first grand slam of her career and drove in five runs March 23 at Indiana ... Had a double and drove in two runs in Oregon’s 4-0 win at Northwestern (March 27) ... Led the team with a .600 average (6-of-10) in the Iowa series (April 3-5) and drove in 6 runs ... Brought the winning run home with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth in the Ducks' 14-13 win over Iowa (April 4) ... Hit. 500 in the April 10-12 Maryland series (4-for-8) with a pair of 3-run home runs ... Had a 3-run homer and four total RBI in both the first and third games at Maryland ... Went 4-for-10 (.400) in the Washington series (April 17-19) with three home runs and eight RBI ... Hit two home runs - including a grand slam - and drove in a career-best six runs April 17 vs. UW ... Also homered the next day (April 18), giving her a home run in three straight games ... Drove in two runs April 22 vs. Oregon State ... Hit .500 (5-10) in the Ohio State series (April 24-26) with three home runs and five RBI ... Hit a pair of 2-run homers against the Buckeyes (April 25) ... Added a solo shot against Ohio State the next day (April 26) ... Picked off her sixth runner of the season May 1 at UCLA ...  Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI vs. Wisconsin (May 7)... 2026 CSC Academic All-District Team ... 2026 Big Ten All-Academic Team.
FRESHMAN (2025)
- Softball America Freshman All-America Team
Hit .313 in 42 games (41 starts) nine doubles, eight home runs and 34 RBI ... Slugged .600 ... Honored by by the Big Ten Conference as its freshman of the week following her Impressive debut at the UNLV Desert Classic (Feb. 7-9) ... where she hit .500 (9-of-18) with two doubles and two home runs ... Went 4-for-4 with two homers and four RBI versus Southern Utah (Feb. 7) ... Went 2-for-3 in both games against Buffalo (March 7-9) ... Hit .356 (5-for-14) at the Littlewood Classic (March 13-16) with six RBI ... Had a two-run home run vs. Belmont (Feb. 16) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI versus California (Feb. 20) ... Injured by a foul ball during the Oregon Classic and missed the middle part of the season ... Returned to action for the Minnesota series (April 11-13) and went 3-for-6 ... Had a two-run double against the Gophers on April 12 ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and drove in the go ahead runs in the seventh inning of the Ducks' comeback win at Oregon State (April 16) ... Hit .429 (6-for-14) on the Indiana trip (April 25-28) with two doubles a home run and seven RBI ... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI at Indiana (April 26) ... Was 2-for-3 with her fifth homer of the season and four RBI April 28 at Notre Dame ...Hit a solo home run May 4 versus Michigan State ... Had a two-run home run in the third inning of Oregon's come-from-behind win over Stanford (May 18) in the Eugene Regional Championship game ... Smashed a three-run home run in Oregon's 13-1 Super Regional clinching win versus Liberty (5/23) ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, vs. Southern Utah (Feb. 7, 2025)
Runs: 3, vs. 2x, last at Indiana (March 23, 2026)
RBIs: 6, vs. Washington (April 17, 2026)
Doubles: 2, at Indiana (April 26. 2025)
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 2, 2x, last vs. Ohio State (April 25, 2026)
Stolen Bases: 1, vs. Buffalo (Feb. 9, 2025)Â Â Â
Hitting Streak: 10 games, April 3-22, 2026
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-sport star for Flatirons Academy ... Played club ball for the Corona Angels, a program produced current Ducks Paige Sinicki, Ayanna Shaw, Taylour Spencer and fellow freshman Stefini Ma’ake ... The Angels finished seventh nationally in 2023 ... Away from the diamond, was a two-time all-state first team selection and a three-time all-conference honoree in basketball ... Led Flatirons to the state girl’s basketball title in 2021 and 2022 ... Also an all-conference selection in volleyball (2021) ... Both the volleyball and girl’s basketball teams won conference titles during her time at Flatirons ... National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Born in Lafayette, Colo. ... Parents are Karen and Darron Cox ... Comes from an athletic family ... Parents, Darron and Karen, played baseball and softball, respectively, at Oklahoma ... All three brothers played baseball collegiately, two at Oral Roberts (Joshua and Jonah) and one at Pittsburg State (Caleb). ... Brother Jonah is in the San Francisco Giants' organization and played the 2024 season with their single A team, the Eugene Emeralds. ... Majoring in psychology.
Ranked second in UO single-season sacrifice flies with eight in 2026
Tied for eighth in UO single-season RBI with 55 in 2026
SOPHOMORE (2026)
- NFCA All-Mountain Region Second Team
Played in all 55 games and started 53 (52 at catcher) ... Hit .317 (51-of-163) with six doubles and 11 home runs ... Second on the team with 55 RBI, which tied for eighth in UO single-season history ... Slugged .559 ... Led team with eight sacrifice flies, which ranked second on the UO single-season list ... The eight sacrifice flies led the Big Ten and ranked third nationally ... Recorded 355 putouts with 26 assists and only three errors for a .992 fielding percentage ... Threw out 12 total runners - six trying to steal and six picked off ... Hit .488 in the month of April (20-of-41) with eight home runs and 29 RBI, and slugged 1.098 ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI vs. Liberty (Feb. 7) ... Hit .556 (5-for-9) at the Feb. 13-15 Cardinal Classic ... Went 2-for-2 with a homer and two RBI Feb. 14 vs. Kentucky ... Was 3-for-4 with an RBI Feb. 15 at Stanford ... Only had three hits at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 27-March 1) but found a way to drive in five runs with two sacrifice flies plus a double ... Had three hits and three RBI in the Penn State series (March 13-15) ... Her sacrifice fly drove in the walk-off run in the bottom of the seventh March 15 against Penn State ... Hit the first grand slam of her career and drove in five runs March 23 at Indiana ... Had a double and drove in two runs in Oregon’s 4-0 win at Northwestern (March 27) ... Led the team with a .600 average (6-of-10) in the Iowa series (April 3-5) and drove in 6 runs ... Brought the winning run home with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth in the Ducks' 14-13 win over Iowa (April 4) ... Hit. 500 in the April 10-12 Maryland series (4-for-8) with a pair of 3-run home runs ... Had a 3-run homer and four total RBI in both the first and third games at Maryland ... Went 4-for-10 (.400) in the Washington series (April 17-19) with three home runs and eight RBI ... Hit two home runs - including a grand slam - and drove in a career-best six runs April 17 vs. UW ... Also homered the next day (April 18), giving her a home run in three straight games ... Drove in two runs April 22 vs. Oregon State ... Hit .500 (5-10) in the Ohio State series (April 24-26) with three home runs and five RBI ... Hit a pair of 2-run homers against the Buckeyes (April 25) ... Added a solo shot against Ohio State the next day (April 26) ... Picked off her sixth runner of the season May 1 at UCLA ...  Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI vs. Wisconsin (May 7)... 2026 CSC Academic All-District Team ... 2026 Big Ten All-Academic Team.
FRESHMAN (2025)
- Softball America Freshman All-America Team
Hit .313 in 42 games (41 starts) nine doubles, eight home runs and 34 RBI ... Slugged .600 ... Honored by by the Big Ten Conference as its freshman of the week following her Impressive debut at the UNLV Desert Classic (Feb. 7-9) ... where she hit .500 (9-of-18) with two doubles and two home runs ... Went 4-for-4 with two homers and four RBI versus Southern Utah (Feb. 7) ... Went 2-for-3 in both games against Buffalo (March 7-9) ... Hit .356 (5-for-14) at the Littlewood Classic (March 13-16) with six RBI ... Had a two-run home run vs. Belmont (Feb. 16) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI versus California (Feb. 20) ... Injured by a foul ball during the Oregon Classic and missed the middle part of the season ... Returned to action for the Minnesota series (April 11-13) and went 3-for-6 ... Had a two-run double against the Gophers on April 12 ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and drove in the go ahead runs in the seventh inning of the Ducks' comeback win at Oregon State (April 16) ... Hit .429 (6-for-14) on the Indiana trip (April 25-28) with two doubles a home run and seven RBI ... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI at Indiana (April 26) ... Was 2-for-3 with her fifth homer of the season and four RBI April 28 at Notre Dame ...Hit a solo home run May 4 versus Michigan State ... Had a two-run home run in the third inning of Oregon's come-from-behind win over Stanford (May 18) in the Eugene Regional Championship game ... Smashed a three-run home run in Oregon's 13-1 Super Regional clinching win versus Liberty (5/23) ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, vs. Southern Utah (Feb. 7, 2025)
Runs: 3, vs. 2x, last at Indiana (March 23, 2026)
RBIs: 6, vs. Washington (April 17, 2026)
Doubles: 2, at Indiana (April 26. 2025)
Triples: 0
Home Runs: 2, 2x, last vs. Ohio State (April 25, 2026)
Stolen Bases: 1, vs. Buffalo (Feb. 9, 2025)Â Â Â
Hitting Streak: 10 games, April 3-22, 2026
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-sport star for Flatirons Academy ... Played club ball for the Corona Angels, a program produced current Ducks Paige Sinicki, Ayanna Shaw, Taylour Spencer and fellow freshman Stefini Ma’ake ... The Angels finished seventh nationally in 2023 ... Away from the diamond, was a two-time all-state first team selection and a three-time all-conference honoree in basketball ... Led Flatirons to the state girl’s basketball title in 2021 and 2022 ... Also an all-conference selection in volleyball (2021) ... Both the volleyball and girl’s basketball teams won conference titles during her time at Flatirons ... National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Born in Lafayette, Colo. ... Parents are Karen and Darron Cox ... Comes from an athletic family ... Parents, Darron and Karen, played baseball and softball, respectively, at Oklahoma ... All three brothers played baseball collegiately, two at Oral Roberts (Joshua and Jonah) and one at Pittsburg State (Caleb). ... Brother Jonah is in the San Francisco Giants' organization and played the 2024 season with their single A team, the Eugene Emeralds. ... Majoring in psychology.
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