Around the Horn with Emily Currie
2/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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Emily Currie is a television nut. She loves it, whether it’s watching it, talking about it, or being on it.
And as a member of the Alabama softball team, she’s had more than a few opportunities to perform in front of a televised audience. Her most memorable turn on the tube came during the 2003 Women’s College World Series, an event televised by her favorite network, ESPN. A self-proclaimed SportsCenter nut, Currie grabbed her 15 minutes of fame on the immensely popular highlight show when she nearly knocked herself out at the plate in the first round of the World Series against Arizona. With runners on first and third and one out, Currie made contact fouling the ball back into her face where it hit just above her right eye.
“I was just thinking ‘I hope my face isn’t shattered,’” said Currie. Actually I was scared because I thought I was blind. I couldn’t see because of all the blood. I had a lot of people come up to me and ask about it because they saw me on TV. When we were in the airport coming back from Oklahoma people were saying, ‘Oh my gosh I saw you on television, how are you?’ It was amazing to know how many people actually watched it.”
Currie recalls another time on an Alabama road trip that she says might just be her single most memorable moment on the road, at least as far as television goes.
“We were flying back from somewhere and we ran into Aaron Buerge (of ABC’s The Bachelor) in the airport and then we learned he was on our flight. I got to have my picture taken with him and was so excited because that was when I was really into that show,” said Currie.
Whether Alabama is making a quick road trip to Birmingham or flying to the West Coast, Currie can always be found with her portable television in hand, constantly giving updates on whatever sporting event she can pick up.
And now as she embarks on her senior season, Currie is hoping to help lead the Crimson Tide back to the World Series where she can finish her career and ride off into the sunset on ESPN.
