Bio

Bulldog Career: Career Statistics.

2011 Season (Freshman): Game-By-Game Statistics . . . Signed with the Bulldogs during last November's early-signing period.

High School: Earned All-Big 16 Conference plaudits the past three (2007-09) seasons at St. Joseph (Mich.) High . . . Graduated in 2010 . . . A three-year starter on head coach Jeff Luckritz's team . . . Recorded a .320 hitting average in her 2008 junior season after batting .388 with a .543 slugging percentage and a .437 on-base percentage as a sophomore in the 2008 campaign . . . Received all-district laurels in 2008 . . . Hit for a .285 average in 2007 freshman season . . . Involved in school's Spanish and Key Clubs . . . Served as a senior mentor along with being the sports editor of high school newspaper . . . Played for the Great Lakes Lightning Club Team the last three summers under coach Tony Hamann.

Personal: Born in Akron, Ohio . . . Daughter of Michael and Susan Wittman . . . Her father is a University of Miami (Fla.) Athletics Hall of Fame inductee in basketball and was drafted by the National Basketball Association's (NBA) St. Louis (Mo.) Hawks in 1967 . . . Emily is her first name but prefers "Alex" . . . Her younger sister (Colby) inked with Ferris State during the November 2010 signing period and will officially join the FSU Softball program this upcoming fall . . . Majoring in political science.