2023 Softball Roster
Abby Edwards
- Position:
- P
- Hometown:
- Dwight, Ill.
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Dwight Township HS
- B/T:
- R/R
- Club Team:
- Mizuno Hawks
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2023)
Appeared in 32 games with 13 starts in the circle and four starts as the designated player … Recorded first-career at bat against Sam Houston (2/25) which resulted in a solo go-ahead home run … Set career highs in wins (8), strikeouts (87), and saves (3) … Struck out a career-high 11 batters in 5.2 shutout innings against Morehead State (3/4) … Allowed one run or fewer in five outings where she threw 5.2 or more innings … Threw a season-high 8.1 innings and allowed just one earned run on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts against Illinois (2/26) … Carried a no-hitter into the fourth inning against Penn State (3/21) … allowed just one earned run on three hits with five strikeouts in 7.1 innings of work against the Nittany Lions … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
AS A SENIOR (2022)
Appeared in seven games, making three starts in the circle … Struck out 11 batters in 11.0 innings pitched, aiding to one team shutout … Finished with a 1-2 record … Threw a season-high 3.2 innings vs. Akron (2/11), allowing four hits, one walk and striking out four … Recorded three strikeouts in three innings pitched at Virginia (4/24).
AS A JUNIOR (2021)
Appeared in 26 games in the circle … Finished 5-9 with a 4.30 ERA, totaling 50 strikeouts in 94.1 innings pitched … Team-best seven complete games thrown … earned one shutout … tied a career-high with seven strikeouts vs. Louisville Apr. 3 … Recorded five games with five or more strikeouts.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020)
Appeared in six games inside the circle, starting in four … Finished the 2020 season with a 2-0 record … Threw one complete game in 20.1 innings of work … Struck out 17 batters … Threw a complete game, giving up five hits, one earned run and struck out seven batters against Towson on Feb. 22 … 2020 campaign cut short due to the coronavirus outbreak.
AS A FRESHMAN (2019)
Pitched in 37 games while starting 18 … Earned her first career win after allowing just three runs and striking out three in 6.1 innings against Nicholls State … Tossed a complete-game victory against Saint Francis (Pa.) after striking out two and allowing one run … Threw six innings of one-run ball against UCF … Recorded a complete-game win against Duke while allowing just three runs … Struck out a career-high four batters against Mizzou and Georgia Tech … Finished the year with a team-high six wins while recording a 4.76 ERA in 117.2 innings pitched.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Dwight Township High School where she played softball … Led her team to three-straight conference championships, freshman through junior year … Earned Second Team All-State honors following her sophomore year, before earning First Team All-State accolades at the conclusion of her junior year … Awarded First Team All-Conference honors and was named Team MVP after both her sophomore and junior seasons … Three-year varsity letter winner.
CLUB
Plays travel ball for the Mizuno Hawks … Led her team to a Triple Crown Midwest Championship in 2017 … Competed at PFG Premier Nationals and Triple Crown Nationals in 2016.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Dan and Rachel Edwards … Has two younger siblings, Katy and Samuel.
