Pfeiffer Falcon softball pitcher Emma Bullin prepares to throw a pitch from the mound. Photo courtesy Pfeiffer Athletics

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MISENHEIMER — A softball pitcher for the Pfeiffer Falcons was selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC) to the Academic All-America Second Team for NCAA Division III.

Recent graduate Emma Bullin was given the honors last week, as she became the first student-athlete in Pfeiffer’s NCAA DIII era to earn the Academic All-American designation.

CSC annually releases its list of national academic honors to recognize the top student-athletes for their combined performances both on the baseball field and in the classroom.

Bullin is the only softball player from the USA South to receive the award for the 2024-25 academic calendar and one of just five players statewide.

Academically, Bullin recently completed her studies in special education with a 4.00 GPA; she is one of eight of the 33 members of the CSC Academic All-America DIII softball team with a perfect GPA in their studies.

On the field, Bullin batted .369 at the plate and recorded a 2.00 ERA with 137 strikeouts and an 18-0 conference record on the mound.

The Arafat native joins four other Lady Falcon Academic All-Americans in Pfeiffer’s record book: women’s tennis player Jenny Reeves (third team at-large, 2000), women’s lacrosse player Brenna Clark (first team at large, 2006 and 2007), softball player Dacia Ijames (third team, 2007) and women’s basketball player Brittany Cox (first team, 2012 and 2013).

For the 2025 softball season, Bullin was honored as the USA South Pitcher of the Year with First Team All‑Conference honors, as well as a six-time Pitcher of the Week winner for the conference.

She was also the MVP for both the USA South Tournament and the NCAA Regional Tournament.

The NCAA Division III CSC Academic All-America program is partially financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Division III Academic All-America programs.

Pfeiffer baseball players Hunter Huneycutt and Austin Wood were recently included by CSC among the honorees for the 2025 Academic All-District Baseball Teams.