VIDEO: Highlights of UW softball player Emma Helm
Published 1:39 pm Monday, April 23, 2018
Meadowdale High School graduate Emma Helm is having an impact as a freshman catcher for the top-ranked University of Washington softball team. Here’s some video highlights from her season:
Her first collegiate home run tied the score in the sixth inning of Washington’s game against Arizona on March 24:
B6 | TIE GAME! Helm launches her first career home run to make it 3-3! #GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/P3QviwMGdg
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) March 25, 2018
Then Helm chugged around the bases to score the winning run in extra innings as the Huskies prevailed 4-3:
Taryn Atlee connects for @UWSoftball's second walkoff of this series against Arizona. It's the @OpusBank #12Best Moment! pic.twitter.com/es2cy8gUKB
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) March 25, 2018
Helm’s second homer was a moonshot against Stanford in an 8-1 victory on March 29:
A little insurance never hurt nobody.
Emma Helm's two-run homer ignited a five-run seventh for @UWSoftball. It's the @OpusBank #12Best Moment! pic.twitter.com/AiX5Gj9G0Y
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) March 30, 2018
Two days later she smacked a two-run double in a 9-0 victory over the Cardinal:
T1 | Helm keeps her hot streak going, driving in two with a double off the wall in center! 2-0! #GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/1GV0fALTje
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) March 31, 2018
Here’s some defensive work as she throws out a base stealer in a 3-1 victory over Seattle University on April 4:
T6 | Seattle gets a leadoff walk but Helm throws a laser and catches 'em trying to steal! pic.twitter.com/jVFhAWjANQ
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) April 5, 2018
Washington pitcher Gabbie Plain threw a perfect game in 12-0 victory over Utah on April 7. Here’s Helm, who caught that game, with an RBI single in that contest:
B2 | A rocket off the bat from Helm for an RBI single! 7-0! #GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/kGsBaZzxeq
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) April 7, 2018
Helm can be dangerous to opposing pitchers:
B1 | Helm sends a rocket off the pitcher and into left for a textbook, totally-normal RBI double! #GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/GoUNxlV2uu
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) April 15, 2018
Her third homer, on April 15 in a 9-1 victory over California:
B6 | Helm sends that ball to the eagle's nest! A huge homer to dead center by the freshman makes it 7-0! #GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/KgRYol0Bny
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) April 15, 2018
And a close-up of her rounding the bases:
Home plate parties ?#GoHuskies
? gallery: https://t.co/ZpzJryL7BK pic.twitter.com/lnlgFketjV
— Washington Athletics (@UWAthletics) April 17, 2018
