Annistyn, Elizabeth, Emma and Ken Clarke.

By Mike London

Salisbury Post

SALISBURY — Tennessee softball player Emma Clarke spent an hour of her Thanksgiving break at Go Burrito!, her favorite local eating place, and was gracious to the patrons who recognized her.

Not a lot of them did because Clarke usually was sitting down. You don’t realize she’s 6-foot-1 until she stands up. Then you can appreciate the height and length that helped her enjoy one of the greatest high school careers in Rowan County history.

Clarke was the first Rowan female ever to be honored by the NCHSAA as the state’s athlete of the year. That was for the 2023-24 school year after four years of non-stop success at West Rowan in volleyball, basketball and softball.

“It feels weird now to only be playing one sport,”

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