UNC Wilmington Athletics

2024 Season: 2024 CAA Champion who went 13-8 with a career-low 1.94 ERA in the circle ... tossed a career-high 140.2 innings with 142 strikeouts ... matched career best with 10 complete games, including career-high four shutouts ... tossed the fifth no-hitter in program history at Drexel on Apr. 27 with nine strikeouts in five no-hit innings ... authored a career-high 15 strikeouts in complete game win at Towson ... had eight games with at least seven strikeouts ... struck out 12 Charleston batters on Apr. 6 ... won games in four straight appearances from Apr. 3-12, including three scoreless relief innings at North Carolina ... tossed a complete game victory vs. top-seeded Campbell to send the Seahawks to the CAA Winner's bracket final and then limited the Camels to two runs over another complete game in the CAA Championship round ... pitched three innings at Georgia in the NCAA Regionals ... also named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.

2023 Season: Produced a 5-4 record with a 3.20 ERA in 76.2 innings as a sophomore ... Made 13 starts in 21 appearances ... tossed six innings with seven strikeouts in season debut vs. Morehead State ... collected a season-high eight strikeouts in six-inning effort at Stony Brook ... tossed a career-high nine innings with six strikeouts at Charleston ... recorded at least six strikeouts six times ... labored through five scoreless relief innings in CAA Tournament game vs. Hofstra.

2022 Season: Recognized as the Colonial Athletic Association's Pitcher of the Year, the first UNCW hurler to receive the award ... also appeared on CAA  All-First and All-Rookie Teams after going 13-10 with a 2.05 ERA ... named Most Outstanding Performer at 2022 CAA Softball Championship after tossing 12.2 innings of two-run ball while limiting opponents to a .156 batting average ... first Seahawk to be featured on the Schutt Sports/NFCA Freshman Top 25 list ... gained NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region recognition ... featured on Extra Inning Softball All-Freshman Team ... led the CAA and set a freshmen record with 184 strikeouts in 28 appearances with a team-high 20 starts ... combined with Kara Hammock to record every out of the Seahawks' CAA Championship run .... went 2-0 with a save in the three-game title run ... had 14 strikeouts in shutout win of Charleston on Apr. 24 ... owns four of the top six single-game strikeout efforts, including a 14 K's against Elon on April 30 ... punched out a school-record 55 batters looking ... appeared in both games of NCAA Regional vs. Clemson and Louisiana.

At Rocky Mount Academy: Three-year letter winner for the Eagles who earned All-Conference and All-State recognition ... two-time selection as Conference Player of the Year ... posted 0.31 earned run average with 167 strikeouts in 68 innings ... fashioned 0.46 earned run average as a sophomore with 293 strikeouts in 123 innings ... also held opponents to .123 batting average in 2019 ... two-sport athlete who also played volleyball. 

Personal: Full Name: Emily Ruth Winstead ... born in Raleigh, N.C. ... daughter of Angela and Kent Winstead ... sister, Elizabeth, is a freshman on UNCW softball team ... majoring in Special Education.