Biography
UNLV: A two-time All-Mountain West Conference Team member and a two-time player of the week honoree ... Finished ranked in four career records: fourth in batting average (.367); seventh in on-base percentage (.426); ninth in triples (nine); and 10th in runs (112) ... Finished ranked in two single-season records: sixth in triples (five in 2012) and 10th in batting average (.382 in 2012) ... Transferred to UNLV after playing freshman year at Pacific.
2012: Tabbed to the Mountain West[apos]s All-Conference Team ... Started 48 of 49 contests played in with all 48 in center field ... Led the team in batting average (.382), at-bats (165), runs (37), hits (63), doubles (11), triples (five), total bases (96), slugging percentage (.582) and on-base percentage (.433 ... Tied for the team lead in stolen bases (four) ... Had four home runs ... Had 20 RBI ... Led the team with 19 multiple-hit games, which included a season-high four hits on two occasions: Nevada, Reno (Feb. 24) and Southern Utah (March 28) ... Had six multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high three RBI vs. Seton Hall (March 2) ... Led the team with nine multiple-run games, which included a season-high three runs vs. San Diego State (May 10) ... Tied for the team lead with three game-winning hits/RBI: one-run double vs. Seton Hall (March 2), two-run home run vs. Notre Dame (March 11) and one-run double vs. Purdue (March 16) ... Led the team with four game-winning runs ... Owned three hitting streaks of eight games ... The first streak began against San Diego (Feb. 24) and included a .536 batting average with 15 hits (three triples, two doubles and one home run), four multiple-hit games, five RBI and seven runs ... The second streak began against Southern Utah (G2-April 28) and included a .455 batting average, 15 hits (two home runs, one double and one triple), four multiple-hit games, six RBI and eight runs ... The third streak began against Colorado State (April 28) and included a .444 batting average, 12 hits (three doubles and one triple), four multiple-hit games, three RBI and 10 runs ... Ended the season hitting safely in 16 of the final 17 contests, which produced a .403 batting average ... Had 11 walks.
2011: Tabbed to the Mountain West[apos]s All-Conference Team ... Named the MW[apos]s Player of the Week on May 17 ... Started all 45 contests played in with all in center field ... Led the team in runs (40) and stolen bases (seven) ... Tied for the team lead in triples (two) ... Finished second on the team in hits (54) and at-bats (155) ... Had 19 RBI ... Had a team-best 10 multiple-run games, which included a season-high three on four occasions ... Had 16 multiple-hit games, which included a season-high four hits vs. San Diego State (May 8) ... Had three multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high four RBI vs. Washington (Feb. 12) ... Had one game-winning hit/RBI - a two-run, walk-off home run vs. Southern Utah (Feb. 22) ... Scored the game-winning run five times ... Owned two hitting streaks of at least eight games ...The first streak began against Tennessee (Feb. 19), lasted nine games, and included a .387 batting average, 12 hits (two doubles, one triple and one home run), five RBI and eight runs ... The second streak began against San Diego State (April 23), lasted the final eight games of the season, and included .594 batting average, 19 hits (one double and one triple), seven multiple-hit games, 11 runs and five RBI ... Hit .583 with seven hits, three multiple-hit games, four runs and two RBI to take the MW Player of the Week award ... Had 10 walks with one multiple-walk game.
2010: Named the Mountain West[apos]s Player of the Week on March 16 ... Started 45 of 46 contests played in with 41 in center field, three as the designated player and one in right field ... Led the team in sacrifices (eight) and game-winning runs (seven) ... Finished second on the team in batting average (.371) and on-base percentage (.467) ... Had 43 hits (four doubles and two triples) ... Had 11 RBI and scored 35 runs ... Had three game-winning hits: one-run single vs. Idaho State (April 3), two-run triple vs. New Mexico (April 10) and two-run single vs. New Mexico (April 11) ... Had 12 multiple-hit games (two hits in each) ... Had 10 multiple-run games, which included three runs scored against both San Diego (Feb. 19) and Idaho State (April 3) ... Had three multiple-RBI games, which included three RBI against Idaho State (April 3) ... Owned two hitting streaks of five games ... The first streak began against Loyola Marymount (Feb. 26) and included a .500 batting average, seven hits (one double), three RBI and five runs ...The second streak began against Utah (G1 - April 24) and included a .500 batting average, six hits and three runs ... Hit .400 with six hits (one triple), two multiple-hit games, three RBI and seven runs to take the MWC Player of the Week award ... Had 21 walks with five multiple-walk games ... Had one stolen base against San Diego (March 13).
2009: Pacific - Tabbed to the Big West Conference[apos]s Second Team as an outfielder and utility player ... Was the only freshman to earn all-conference honors on the second team ... Led the squad in batting average (.338), runs (31), triples (two) and sacrifice hits (12) ... Finished second in at-bats (148), hits (50) and slugging percentage (.392), while tying for second in total bases (58) ... Started 44 of 45 contests played in, while splitting time between the outfield and shortstop ... Had four doubles and 14 RBI ... Had 15 multiple-hit games, which included three three-hit efforts: Saint Mary[apos]s (G2-Feb. 19), Illinois (Feb. 27) and Northern Illinois (G2-March 9) ... Had four multiple-RBI games (two RBI in each): Saint Mary[apos]s (G2-Feb. 19), Santa Clara (Feb. 21), Texas Tech (Feb. 28) and Bowling Green (March 12) ... Had six multiple-run games, which included one four-score contest against Santa Clara (March 20) ... Owned an eight-game hitting streak that began against Saint Mary[apos]s (G2-Feb. 19) and included a .469 batting average, 15 hits (two doubles), seven RBI, three multiple-RBI games, 11 runs and three multiple-run games ... Had one multiple-walk game with two walks against UC Riverside (G2-April 10).
High School: A 2008 graduate of Rocklin HS in Rocklin, Calif. ... Lettered four years in softball ... Named to the All-Sierra Foothill League First Team as a junior and senior ... As a senior, amassed a career-high .528 batting average with 15 extra-base hits (six doubles, five home runs and four triples), while scoring 21 runs and knocking in 23 RBI ... As a junior, hit a team-best .424 to earn the Silver Bat awards and added 26 RBI and 13 runs scored ... Played ASA travel ball with the Runnin[apos] Rebels Gold team, which won the 2007 American Fastpitch Association[apos]s Under-18 National Championship.
Personal: Paige Emerson was born Jan. 31, 1990, in Visalia, Calif. ... The daughter of Craig and Monica Emerson ... Has two sisters, Sara and Nichole ... Majoring in physical education.
