College of Charleston Athletics

*Updated December 17, 2024

CAREER HONORS
CAA Rookie of the Week (Sept. 13, 2021) ... 2024 CAA Champion ... 2024 CSC Academic All-District

SENIOR (2024)
Played in 32 matches, with 11 starts … Played in 116 sets, averaging 0.03 kills, 2.24 digs, 0.47 assists, 0.15 aces, and 0.17 points … Totaled 3 kills, 260 digs, 17 aces, 20 points, and had a 0.063 hitting percentage … Third on team with 54 assists … Recorded at least two digs per match (double-digit digs in 14 matches) … Recorded season-high 13 digs on Sept. 22 against Elon and Oct. 5 against Stony Brook … Recorded season-high 10 assists on Nov. 2 against Hampton … Recorded a kill in three matches … Recorded season-high two aces in three matches … Reached 50^th career service ace on Nov. 2 against Hampton

JUNIOR (2023)
Appeared in 25 matches with 16 starts ... Paced team with 387 assists and assists per set (5.47), with 339 assists coming in CAA action ... Finished season with six double-doubles ... Had back-to-back double-doubles at Delaware (Sept. 30 - 27 assists, 14 digs) (Oct. 1 - 29 assists, 12 digs ... Had double-digit assists in 16 matches including 10 20-assist contests ... Season-high 15 digs in a five-set match at William & Mary (Sept. 17) ... Had career-high 48 assists against Northeastern (Oct. 29) ... Had three consecutive double-doubles against Northeastern (Oct. 29 - 48 assists, 16 digs) and at Hofstra (Nov. 3 - 37 assists, 12 digs) (Nov. 4 - 20 assists, 11 digs).

SOPHOMORE (2022)
Appeared in 23 matches with 15 starts ... Led the team in assists per set (5.80) and ranked second in total assists (493) ... Second in service aces (20) and fourth in digs per set (2.00) ... Recorded six double-doubles ... Tallied at least 20 assists in 13 appearances ... Dished out a career-high 41 assists and added three aces in a five-set battle with Charlotte (Sept. 3) ... Back-to-back double-doubles against Coastal Carolina (Sept. 13) and Montana (Sept. 16) ... Turned in a double-double with 30 assists and 10 digs against Delaware (Oct. 2) ... Posted a double-double with 33 assists and 12 digs at Stony Brook (Oct. 30) to surpass the 1,000-assist mark in her career.

FRESHMAN (2021)
Appeared in 26 matches with 14 starts ... Ranked seventh in the CAA in assists per set (5.73) ... Averaged 2.15 digs per set ... Eight double-doubles ... Posted at least 45 assists in three straight matches at the CofC Classic ... Recorded 47 assists, five digs and three blocks in her first match as the primary setter against Campbell (Sept. 11) ... Had a double-double with 46 assists and 14 digs against Florida A&M (Sept. 11) ... Accounted for 47 assists, 12 digs and six kills on 11 attempts against Davidson (Sept. 12) ... Named to the CofC Classic All-Tournament Team ... CAA Rookie of the Week (Sept. 13) ... Equaled her season-high of 47 assists to go along with 12 digs and three blocks in a 3-1 win at James Madison (Sept. 25) ... Recorded a double-double with 21 assists and 15 digs against Hofstra (Oct. 17) ... Accounted for a double-double with 22 assists and a season-high 17 digs against UNCW (Nov. 13).

HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
Four-year starter at Guilford High School in Guilford, Conn. ... Gatorade Connecticut Player of the Year as a senior ... Two-time SCC Player of the Year ... Two-time All-State First Team selection ... Back-to-back SCC Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... Led Guilford to a 79-14 record and three trips to the state finals ... Amassed 1,118 kills and 636 digs in her four-year career ... Averaged 5.1 kills per set as a senior ... Holds Guilford High School records for career kills and single-season kills (400, 2019) ... Also played basketball. 

PERSONAL
Full name is Emma Jaye Appleman ... Celebrates her birthday on April 26 ... Daughter of Christian and Erin Appleman ... Has one brother, Justin ... Her mother Erin played volleyball at San Diego State and is currently the head coach of Yale's program ... Her father Christian played football, basketball and tennis at Penn State ... Her grandfather played basketball at St. Francis and Pepperdine ... Majoring in Psychology with a minor in Spanish ... Honors student and class vice president at Guilford High School.