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Jersey Number 5
Emma Shumate
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Newark
- Hometown:
- Dresden, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Ohio State
MSU CAREER STATS
SENIORS (2025-26): Captured Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Played in all 32 games, starting four ... Against Mercyhurst (11/4), scored 14 points adding a career-high six rebounds ... Reached double figures with 14 points, going 4-for-5 from beyond the arc in 18 minutes against Youngstown State (11/12) ... Scored six points with two rebounds and two assists against Eastern Illinois (11/20) ... In her first start of the season, played a career-high 32 minutes vs. Clemson (12/30) at the Baha Mar Nassau Championships (11/30) ... Tied her career high with 22 points, setting a Cherokee Invitational a career high with seven treys against Indiana State (12/21) ... Added six points at Indiana along with a block in a road win at Indiana (1/1) ... One of four Spartans to reach double figures with 11 points, going 3-for-6 from long range against Illinois (1/4) ... Was a huge part of MSU's comeback at Oregon (1/11) with 10 points and a huge block ... Was stellar on the defensive end with two blocks and a steal against USC (1/22) ... Drained three 3-pointers, going 3-for-4 from beyond the arc at Purdue (1/29) ... Reached double figures with 12 points against No. 2 UCLA (2/11).
JUNIOR (2024-25): Captured Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Played in all 32 games, starting seven ... Averaged 4.7 points, including shooting 40.0 percent from beyond the arc ... In her Spartan debut, scored six points with three rebounds and two blocks against Oakland (11/5) ... Set a new career high with three steals, adding six points vs. Yale (11/8) ... Played a career high 25 points, scoring six points against Eastern Michigan (11/11) ... Against Detroit Mercy (11/20), scored a season-high eight points, going 2-for-3 from beyond the arc ... Had her MSU career high with 12 points, going 4-for-8 from beyond the arc against DePaul (12/8), adding a career-tying three blocks ... Scored six points in a season-high 27 minutes vs. No. 21/25 Iowa (12/15) ... Tied her career high with three assists against Purdue (1/1) ... Scored eight points, going 3-for-6 from the field against RV/RV Washington (1/12) ... Tied her Michigan State career high with 12 points, going 4-for-9 from long range, at Rutgers (1/15) ... Had her fourth-straight game with at least two 3-pointers, scoring six points with a season-high four rebounds at Illinois (1/19) ... After not scoring for two games, scored 12 points, going 4-for-6 from beyond the arc at Northwestern (2/2) ... Scored nine points, going 3-for-7 from beyond the arc against Wisconsin (2/12).
REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE AT OHIO STATE (2023-24): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in 27 games ... Was second on the team in 3-point percentage (.418) ... Scored a career-high 22 points against Ohio (12/5), making a career-high seven field goals and going 6-of-10 (.600) long range ... Pulled down a career-high five rebounds against Oklahoma State (11/22).
REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN AT OHIO STATE (2022-23): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Helped Ohio State to its first Elite Eight appearance in 30 years ... Played in 31 games in her first collegiate season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Newark, leading the Wildcats to a runner-up finish in the 2021 OHSAA Division I Championships ... Led Newark to the state semifinals in 2020 before the playoffs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Four-star recruit in the class of 2021, rated as the 23rd overall guard and 59th overall player in the class 2020 Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association Division I All-Ohio first team.
PERSONAL: Born January 16, 2003 ... Attended West Virginia for one semester before transferring to Ohio State for the spring semester in 2022 ... She is the daughter of J.R. and Kari Shumate ... Father, RJ Shumate, is as an assistant coach for the Miami (Ohio) women's basketball team ... Has a brother and sister playing basketball overseas. ... Majoring in environmental economics.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 22, two times, last vs. ISU (12/21/25)
Field Goals: 7, two times, last vs. ISU (12/21/25)
Free Throws: 2, two times, last at Penn State (2/22/24)*
3-Point Field Goals: 7, vs. Indiana State, (12/21/25)
Rebounds: 6, vs. Mercyhurst, (11/4/25)
Assists: 3, four times, last vs. Montana (12/19/24)
Blocks: 3, five times, last at Minnesota (2/22/26)
Steals: 4, vs. Michigan, (2/1/26)
Minutes: 35, vs. Maryland, (2/4/26)
*Ohio State
SENIORS (2025-26): Captured Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Played in all 32 games, starting four ... Against Mercyhurst (11/4), scored 14 points adding a career-high six rebounds ... Reached double figures with 14 points, going 4-for-5 from beyond the arc in 18 minutes against Youngstown State (11/12) ... Scored six points with two rebounds and two assists against Eastern Illinois (11/20) ... In her first start of the season, played a career-high 32 minutes vs. Clemson (12/30) at the Baha Mar Nassau Championships (11/30) ... Tied her career high with 22 points, setting a Cherokee Invitational a career high with seven treys against Indiana State (12/21) ... Added six points at Indiana along with a block in a road win at Indiana (1/1) ... One of four Spartans to reach double figures with 11 points, going 3-for-6 from long range against Illinois (1/4) ... Was a huge part of MSU's comeback at Oregon (1/11) with 10 points and a huge block ... Was stellar on the defensive end with two blocks and a steal against USC (1/22) ... Drained three 3-pointers, going 3-for-4 from beyond the arc at Purdue (1/29) ... Reached double figures with 12 points against No. 2 UCLA (2/11).
JUNIOR (2024-25): Captured Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Played in all 32 games, starting seven ... Averaged 4.7 points, including shooting 40.0 percent from beyond the arc ... In her Spartan debut, scored six points with three rebounds and two blocks against Oakland (11/5) ... Set a new career high with three steals, adding six points vs. Yale (11/8) ... Played a career high 25 points, scoring six points against Eastern Michigan (11/11) ... Against Detroit Mercy (11/20), scored a season-high eight points, going 2-for-3 from beyond the arc ... Had her MSU career high with 12 points, going 4-for-8 from beyond the arc against DePaul (12/8), adding a career-tying three blocks ... Scored six points in a season-high 27 minutes vs. No. 21/25 Iowa (12/15) ... Tied her career high with three assists against Purdue (1/1) ... Scored eight points, going 3-for-6 from the field against RV/RV Washington (1/12) ... Tied her Michigan State career high with 12 points, going 4-for-9 from long range, at Rutgers (1/15) ... Had her fourth-straight game with at least two 3-pointers, scoring six points with a season-high four rebounds at Illinois (1/19) ... After not scoring for two games, scored 12 points, going 4-for-6 from beyond the arc at Northwestern (2/2) ... Scored nine points, going 3-for-7 from beyond the arc against Wisconsin (2/12).
REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE AT OHIO STATE (2023-24): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in 27 games ... Was second on the team in 3-point percentage (.418) ... Scored a career-high 22 points against Ohio (12/5), making a career-high seven field goals and going 6-of-10 (.600) long range ... Pulled down a career-high five rebounds against Oklahoma State (11/22).
REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN AT OHIO STATE (2022-23): Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Helped Ohio State to its first Elite Eight appearance in 30 years ... Played in 31 games in her first collegiate season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Newark, leading the Wildcats to a runner-up finish in the 2021 OHSAA Division I Championships ... Led Newark to the state semifinals in 2020 before the playoffs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Four-star recruit in the class of 2021, rated as the 23rd overall guard and 59th overall player in the class 2020 Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association Division I All-Ohio first team.
PERSONAL: Born January 16, 2003 ... Attended West Virginia for one semester before transferring to Ohio State for the spring semester in 2022 ... She is the daughter of J.R. and Kari Shumate ... Father, RJ Shumate, is as an assistant coach for the Miami (Ohio) women's basketball team ... Has a brother and sister playing basketball overseas. ... Majoring in environmental economics.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 22, two times, last vs. ISU (12/21/25)
Field Goals: 7, two times, last vs. ISU (12/21/25)
Free Throws: 2, two times, last at Penn State (2/22/24)*
3-Point Field Goals: 7, vs. Indiana State, (12/21/25)
Rebounds: 6, vs. Mercyhurst, (11/4/25)
Assists: 3, four times, last vs. Montana (12/19/24)
Blocks: 3, five times, last at Minnesota (2/22/26)
Steals: 4, vs. Michigan, (2/1/26)
Minutes: 35, vs. Maryland, (2/4/26)
*Ohio State
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