Biography
2025 (Senior)
• R.U.D.Y.S "Presidential Scholar-Athlete", "4.00 Flyers Award", "Dayton All-Academic Team" Winner
• Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Nominee
• 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 a career-high 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; Last at Georgia State 02/21/25
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: 3, Three times; Last at George Mason 03-17-24
Walks: 3, at Rhode Island 03-22-25
Hit by Pitch: 1, at UC San Diego 02-24-24
Sac flies: 1, Eight times
Sac bunts: 1, Seven times
At Bats: 5, 11 Times
Stolen Bases: 2, 19 times
Field Chances: 6, vs IUPUI 03-10-24
Putouts: 6, vs IUPUI, 03-10-24
Assists: 2, at Stetson, 2-12-23
