During an interesting time with interesting circumstances, USFDons.com is reaching out to student-athletes and having them tell their unique stories. Led by award-winning USF Director of Creative Video Katie Morgan, live remote video interviews with the USF Athletics family will become part of USF's new series called "Dons from Distance."
SAN FRANCISCO — A 13-game hitting streak. A national award watch list. The team, winner of seven of its last nine. A road trip to open conference play against a nationally ranked opponent.
Everything was looking up for senior catcher
Robert Emery and the University of San Francisco baseball team.
Until everything was shut down.
In the latest edition of "Dons From Distance," Emery discusses with award-winning USF Director of Creative Video
Katie Morgan what hitting means to him, the honor of landing on the Buster Posey Award Watch List in back-to-back years, and the moment he and the Dons found out that the rest of their 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the world stopped, Emery was riding a 13-game hitting streak, during which he was batting .449 and leading the Dons with a .381 average on the season through 17 games. The Dons had just pounded Northern California foe Sacramento State, 12-4, on the Tuesday of that week, and on Monday, Emery was named to the Buster Posey Award Watch List – the award given to the nation's top collegiate catcher – for the second year in a row.
But on the bus ride down to Malibu to open West Coast Conference play against nationally ranked Pepperdine, news came out that major conferences were shutting everything down. And soon, the Dons' bus turned around and headed back to San Francisco.
Learn more by watching the video, and check USFDons.com to hear other stories about our student-athletes in these difficult times. Also, be sure to follow the Dons on social media at @SFDonsBaseball on Twitter, @USFDonsBaseball on Instagram, and on Facebook.
