Biography
2025 (Senior)
• Started in every game she played as a Flyer, including 48 games during her senior season
• Led the team in with a .373 average (3rd A-10), 59 hits (4th A-10), 50 runs scored (3rd A-10), 30 stolen bases (2nd A-10), 21 walks, 11 doubles (t-8th A-10) and four triples (t-8th A-10)
• Recorded a career-high 93 putouts to go with four assists from the outfield
• Led the team with 20 multi-hit games and a 15-game reached-base streak
• Put together a 10-game hitting streak
• Finished her career as the program career leader in at bats (681), hits (266), games played (203), runs scored (157) and stolen bases (108) and tied for first with 11 triples
• Also ranked second in batting average (.391) and on base percentage (.444), fifth in walks (70) and doubles (36) and ninth in slugging percentage (.485)
• Named to the A-10 All-Conference First Team and All-Academic Team
• Represented the softball team as a member of the 2023-24 SAAC roster, serving as the community service chair
• R.U.D.Y.S "Presidential Scholar-Athlete", "4.00 Flyers Award", "Dayton All-Academic Team" Winner
• Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Nominee
• UD's 2025 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
• Named to the 2025 CSC All-District® Team
• Named a 2024-25 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2024-25 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024 (Junior)
• One of three players to start all 54 games
• Led the team with 59 hits (1st A-10), 37 runs (7th A-10) and four triples (t-3rd A-10) and was second with 26 stolen bases (28th NCAA)
• Tallied 85 putouts to go with four outfield assists
• Paced the team with 16 multi-hit games and put together the team's longest hitting streak of the season with 10 games
• Named to the A-10 All-Conference Second Team and All-Academic Team
• Named to the A-10 All-Championship Team
• Named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Year
• Honored by her teammates as the squad's Defensive Player of the Year
• 2024 CSC All-District® Team
• Named a 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2023-24 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Represented the softball team as a member of the 2023-24 SAAC roster, serving as the community service chair
2023 (Sophomore)
• The only Flyer to start in all 55 games
• Finished the season ranked fourth in the nation with 85 hits and fifth with a .467 average, both new Dayton single-season records
• Also led the team with 44 runs scored, 13 doubles and 29 stolen bases (29th NCAA)
• Collected 67 putouts and five assists to zero errors in center field
• Led the team with 29 multi-hit games, including four hits at Saint Joseph's on April 29
• Put together a team-best 18-game hitting streak
• Named to the CSC Academic All-America® Second Team
• Named to the NFCA DI Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team
• Named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year
• Named to the A-10 First Team and All-Academic Team
• Named A-10 Player of the Week on May 1
• Named a 2022-23 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2022-23 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Represented the softball team as a member of the 2022-23 SAAC roster
2022 (Freshman)
• Led the team with 63 hits (2nd A-10), 26 runs scored and 16 walks
• One of only two Flyers to start in all 46 games the Flyers played in 2022
• Ranked 29th nationally with a .414 average
• Ranked second in the Atlantic 10 with 23 stolen bases
• Recorded four assists to go with 47 putouts to zero errors as Dayton's everyday center fielder
• Three-time A-10 Rookie of the Week (March 22, April 11, April 18)
• Named to the NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region First Team
• Named the A-10 Rookie of the Year
• Named to the A-10 All-Conference First Team, All-Rookie Team and All-Championship Team
• Named a 2021-22 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2021-22 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
Prior to UD
• Played three varsity seasons at Centerville High School (junior season was cancelled due to COVID-19)
• Named the 2021 Greater Western Ohio Conference Athlete of the Year
• Two-time First Team All-GWOC honoree (2019, 2021) and also earned mention on the Honorable Mention squad her freshman season
• Ranked first in the GWOC with a .573 average her senior year.
• Set a new school record for single-season batting average (.607) in 2019
Personal
• Full name: Emma Claire Schutter
• Parents: Maureen and Mark Schutter
• Siblings: Patricia, Erin, Maggie, Brian and her twin sister, Molly
• Major: mechanical engineering
• Notable: Sister Maggie played volleyball at UD 2014-17 and father Mark played tennis at UD 1982-85
• Pronouns: She/Her
Career Highs
Hits: 4, Three times
Doubles: 2, Three Times
Triples: 1, 11 Times
Home Runs: 1, Twice; Last at Saint Louis 4-16-22
Total Bases: 7, at Georgia State 02/21/25
RBI: 4, vs Towson, 02/08/25
Runs Scored: 4, at Saint Joseph's, 04-26-25
Walks: 3, at Rhode Island 03-22-25
At Bats: 5, 12 Times
Stolen Bases: 3, at Saint Joseph's, 04-26-25
Putouts: 6, vs IUPUI, 03-10-24
Assists: 2, at Stetson, 2-12-23
