Upcoming Event: Softball versus Battle Series - 1 on October 3, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Softball
vs Battle Series - 1
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2025 Softball Roster
Emerling, Isabela
Jersey Number 13
Isabela Emerling
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Martinez, Calif.
- Prev School:
- North Carolina
Bio
Career Highlights & Honors:
2025 (Redshirt-Junior at Oklahoma): Played in 58 of 61 games, starting 56 at catcher ... tallied 24 runs, 28 hits, four doubles, 12 home runs, 37 RBIs and 24 walks ... launched a game-tying home run in OU's 4-1 win against No. 16 Oregon in the Women's College World Series ... hit the front-end of back-to-back home runs in OU's 8-6 win against No. 6/7 Arkansas in the SEC Tournament Semifinals ... hit a game-winning grand slam at San Diego State Feb. 6, giving the Sooners a 10-6 lead in the ninth inning ... hit a game-winning three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth in a 9-6 win against No. 15/16 Mississippi State April 20 ... homered twice in OU's SEC opener against No. 10 South Carolina, helping the Sooners to a 10-9 win ... hit the second grand slam of her season March 2 against UMKC, driving in seven ... reached 100 career RBIs in the 19-16 win against Wichita State.
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore at North Carolina): Anchored the Tar Heel lineup as the everyday catcher while recording top-six program single-season marks in home runs and RBIs … Started 47 of her 48 games, slashing .323/.418/.685 for a strong 1.102 OPS … Produced 53 RBIs and homered 14 times alongside five doubles and 24 runs scored … Drew walks at a 14.6% clip … Enjoyed another strong defensive season, committing just three errors in 183 chances for a .984 fielding percentage … Threw out six baserunners at a 26.1% caught-stealing rate … Led North Carolina in home runs, OPS, slugging percentage, total bases and RBIs … Closed the regular season ranked eighth in the ACC with her 53 RBIs … Led UNC with 13 multi-RBI performances and added 11 multi-hit games … Her home run total was the sixth-best mark in program history while her RBI total ranked fifth in the Tar Heel record book … Drove in a career-best five runs vs. Longwood (4/10) … Homered twice vs. Kentucky (2/15) and North Carolina Central (2/27).
2023 (Redshirt Freshman at North Carolina): Appeared in 52 games and made 48 starts in her debut campaign, providing terrific defense behind the plate and a powerful right-handed bat … Fielded a .985, committing just four errors in 267 chances … Threw out nine baserunners at a 25.0% caught-stealing rate … Blasted six home runs and added a double while plating 20 runs … Slashed .179/.264/.379 for a .643 OPS … Walked in 10.0% of her trips to the plate … Was third among teammates in RBIs and home runs … Crushed a walk-off grand slam vs. Elon (2/15) for her first collegiate hit … Provided two multi-hit efforts including a 4-for-4 performance vs. then-No. 15 Duke (3/17) … Drove in multiple runs five times.
2022 (Redshirt at North Carolina): Sustained an injury and redshirted her first season of collegiate softball … Named to the All-ACC Academic Honor Roll.
FUN FACTS: Nickname is Bela ... favorite food is burgers ... favorite professional sports team growing up is the San Diego Padres ... favorite athlete is Draymond Green ... hidden talent is that she can cook ... would love to play basketball if not softball ... favorite movie is Unbroken ... dream vacation spot is Thailand ... favorite hobbies include shopping, fishing, and playing Fortnite ... favorite musical artist is YG ... wanted to be a naval pilot and a model when she was growing up ... favorite book is The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien.
HIGH SCHOOL: A right-handed-hitting catcher from Alhambra High School in Alhambra, Calif. … Four-year letterwinner … Ranked the No. 34 prospect in the nation by Extra Inning Softball … Ranked as a top-10 catcher by FloSoftball … Captained her team in each of her four seasons … Four-time first-team all-league selection … Named Alhambra’s best hitter each of her four seasons … All-Metro selection and all-state nominee … Two-year Superintendent’s Honor Roll member … Principal’s Honor Roll member.
CLUB: Played club ball for Universal Fastpitch … Captained her 18U Gold team under coach Martin Garcia … Led her team to top-10 PGF Nationals finishes in 2018 and 2019.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Morayma Fabian and Jacob Emerling … Has one sibling (Diego) … Brother, Diego, plays baseball at St. Mary’s (Calif.) … Enjoys going to the beach, spending time with family, fishing and shopping … Economics major with a minor in Spanish.
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District First Team
- Two-time Academic All-ACC (2023, 2024)
- Homered 12 times in her first season at OU, with the Sooners going undefeated in games that she homered in
- Launched a game-tying home run in OU's 4-1 win against No. 16 in the Women's College World Series
- Started 56 games, all of which came at catcher during the 2025 season
2025 (Redshirt-Junior at Oklahoma): Played in 58 of 61 games, starting 56 at catcher ... tallied 24 runs, 28 hits, four doubles, 12 home runs, 37 RBIs and 24 walks ... launched a game-tying home run in OU's 4-1 win against No. 16 Oregon in the Women's College World Series ... hit the front-end of back-to-back home runs in OU's 8-6 win against No. 6/7 Arkansas in the SEC Tournament Semifinals ... hit a game-winning grand slam at San Diego State Feb. 6, giving the Sooners a 10-6 lead in the ninth inning ... hit a game-winning three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth in a 9-6 win against No. 15/16 Mississippi State April 20 ... homered twice in OU's SEC opener against No. 10 South Carolina, helping the Sooners to a 10-9 win ... hit the second grand slam of her season March 2 against UMKC, driving in seven ... reached 100 career RBIs in the 19-16 win against Wichita State.
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore at North Carolina): Anchored the Tar Heel lineup as the everyday catcher while recording top-six program single-season marks in home runs and RBIs … Started 47 of her 48 games, slashing .323/.418/.685 for a strong 1.102 OPS … Produced 53 RBIs and homered 14 times alongside five doubles and 24 runs scored … Drew walks at a 14.6% clip … Enjoyed another strong defensive season, committing just three errors in 183 chances for a .984 fielding percentage … Threw out six baserunners at a 26.1% caught-stealing rate … Led North Carolina in home runs, OPS, slugging percentage, total bases and RBIs … Closed the regular season ranked eighth in the ACC with her 53 RBIs … Led UNC with 13 multi-RBI performances and added 11 multi-hit games … Her home run total was the sixth-best mark in program history while her RBI total ranked fifth in the Tar Heel record book … Drove in a career-best five runs vs. Longwood (4/10) … Homered twice vs. Kentucky (2/15) and North Carolina Central (2/27).
2023 (Redshirt Freshman at North Carolina): Appeared in 52 games and made 48 starts in her debut campaign, providing terrific defense behind the plate and a powerful right-handed bat … Fielded a .985, committing just four errors in 267 chances … Threw out nine baserunners at a 25.0% caught-stealing rate … Blasted six home runs and added a double while plating 20 runs … Slashed .179/.264/.379 for a .643 OPS … Walked in 10.0% of her trips to the plate … Was third among teammates in RBIs and home runs … Crushed a walk-off grand slam vs. Elon (2/15) for her first collegiate hit … Provided two multi-hit efforts including a 4-for-4 performance vs. then-No. 15 Duke (3/17) … Drove in multiple runs five times.
2022 (Redshirt at North Carolina): Sustained an injury and redshirted her first season of collegiate softball … Named to the All-ACC Academic Honor Roll.
FUN FACTS: Nickname is Bela ... favorite food is burgers ... favorite professional sports team growing up is the San Diego Padres ... favorite athlete is Draymond Green ... hidden talent is that she can cook ... would love to play basketball if not softball ... favorite movie is Unbroken ... dream vacation spot is Thailand ... favorite hobbies include shopping, fishing, and playing Fortnite ... favorite musical artist is YG ... wanted to be a naval pilot and a model when she was growing up ... favorite book is The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien.
HIGH SCHOOL: A right-handed-hitting catcher from Alhambra High School in Alhambra, Calif. … Four-year letterwinner … Ranked the No. 34 prospect in the nation by Extra Inning Softball … Ranked as a top-10 catcher by FloSoftball … Captained her team in each of her four seasons … Four-time first-team all-league selection … Named Alhambra’s best hitter each of her four seasons … All-Metro selection and all-state nominee … Two-year Superintendent’s Honor Roll member … Principal’s Honor Roll member.
CLUB: Played club ball for Universal Fastpitch … Captained her 18U Gold team under coach Martin Garcia … Led her team to top-10 PGF Nationals finishes in 2018 and 2019.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Morayma Fabian and Jacob Emerling … Has one sibling (Diego) … Brother, Diego, plays baseball at St. Mary’s (Calif.) … Enjoys going to the beach, spending time with family, fishing and shopping … Economics major with a minor in Spanish.
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