Eastern Illinois University Athletics

2009:  Tabbed with the Most Improved Award along with teammate Ashley Jenkins... recorded four new single-game bests in assists, solo and assisted tackles, and runs over 20-yards... that includes earning her first-ever assist and ROT stats this season as she played in all ten games for the second consecutive year... owns the 13th best career assisted tackle total with 42.

2008: Playing in all 10 games, Emily recorded new personal bests in every stat category... including her first career try versus Kansas... also notched four solo tackles in that EIU victory.... 

2007: Joining the squad in early October and played in five of the last six games on the year... tallied three assisted tackles in the first meeting with Illinois.... 

HS: Played one year of basketball and four seasons of softball at Rockford Jefferson HS... voted softball team captain as a junior and senior... named to Honor Roll four years.... 

PERSONAL: Daughter of Bruce & Connie Harrison and Brad & Laura Pell... sociology major.... 

FUN FACTS: ‘Fish’ currently drives a 1998 Pontiac Grand Am she named ‘Petey’... her two golden retrievers are named ‘Jake’ and ‘Joe’... her favorite quote is “play for the name on the front of your jersey, not the back”... would like to switch places with coach Graziano for one day, “because I want to know how he puts up with twenty 20-year-old girls everyday!”.... 

CAREER HIGHS: TRYS: 1 vs. Kansas (10/18/08) ... ASSISTS: 2 at Southern Illinois (10/31/09) ... SOLO TACKLES: 8 vs. Northern Iowa (10/10/09) ... ASSISTed TACKLES: 7 vs. Northern Iowa (10/10/09) ... POINTS: 5 vs. Kansas (10/18/08) ... RUNS-OVER-20-YARDS: 1 at Southern Illinois (10/31/09) ... STEALS AT TACKLE: 2 vs. North Carolina (11/8/08)