VIDEO: Highlights of UW softball player Emma Helm

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: