FORT MYERS, Fla.- After two seasons in the Sunshine State, Florida SouthWestern right-hander Emily Perrin is headed home to Georgia with her 2021 NJCAA National Championship in tow after signing her National Letter of Intent with the Kennesaw State Owls last week. 

In two seasons with the Bucs Perrin was 13-2 with a 2.11 ERA, striking out 128 opposing hitters in 93 innings pitched.  She pitched in a team high 13 games during her first year with FSW in 2020, posting a perfect 3-0 record and a 1.58 ERA before the Bucs season was cut short due to Covid-19.  As a sophomore she was on track to be the Bucs ace before nagging injury issues sidelined her through the middle portion of the season.  Despite the missed time, she still found her way into 20 games for the Bucs, going 10-2 with a 2.37 ERA and led the team with 9.60 strikeouts per seven, racking up 85 strikeouts in 62 inning pitched.

Perrin was key in the Bucs run to the 2021 NJCAA National Championship.  She threw four perfect innings to earn the win in the Bucs South Atlantic District clincher against Indian River to send them onto the National Tournament and then pitched in each of the Bucs first four games at Nationals, picking up back to back wins in stellar outings against Seminole State and Butler to push FSW to the National Semifinals.   

Perrin will join a Kennesaw program coming off of a historic season of their own.  The Owls earned their second trip to the NCAA Tournament this season after finishing as the runners-up at the ASUN Tournament.  Kennesaw played in the Tallahassee Regional, earning their first NCAA Tournament victory in program history against Auburn in a 1-0 nail biter before seeing their season come to a close at the hands of UCF in the semifinals of the bracket.

Perrin is the fifth NCAA Division I signee off the Bucs National Championship squad, joining Rebeca Laudino (Louisiana-Lafayette), Janessa Plummer (Liberty), Owen Bowers (Presbyterian), and Alyssa O'Donnell (Long Island).