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Abby Gentry

Position:
Infielder/Catcher
Height:
5-5
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Bryant H.S.
Hometown:
Benton, Ark.

PRONUNCIATION

HONORS & AWARDS

2025 Summit League Player of the Year
2025 All-Summit League First Team
2025 NFCA All-Region 1st Team (Mountain Region)
2025 DI Softball Top 100 Mid-Major Rakings Performer (No. 69)
2023-24 & 2024-25 Summit League Academic Honor Roll

2025: Appeared in 54 games starting 53 predominantly at third base … hit .427 behind 70 hits with 16 doubles, one triple and nine home runs … racked up 56 RBIs and scored 37 runs … had 23 multi-hit games including two four-hit performances against Northern Iowa (March 8) and South Dakota (May 8) … named Kwik Star Summit League Softball Peak Performer of the Week (April 21) behind a 7-for-9 performance that included a home run, a double and a triple a with nine RBIs and scored three times in a series against NDSU … named The Summit League Player of the Year with a team-leading and conference best batting average of .464 while also leading the league in RBIs with 24 … finished second the Summit in hits (26) and fifth in on-base percentage (.530), doubles (6) and slugging percentage (.714) … also tabbed All-Summit League First Team ... named an NFCA 1st Team All-Region performer as she finished the season season ranked among the top 60 individuals in Division I softball in batting average (.427), doubles (16), hits (70) and RBIs (56) … several offensive totals ranked among single-season best in program history ... had SDSU's highest Division I batting average, and second overall, of all-time ... also second all-time in on-base percentage (.503) ... RBI and hit totals third all-time in a single season, 115 total bases were fourth ... 16 doubles were fifth, .701 slugging percentage was sixth, 28 walks were eighth and 37 runs scored were 13th.

2024: Appeared in 28 games with 25 starts … starting four games behind the plate, eight at first, eight at third and five as a designated hitter … had 12 hits with two doubles and a triple behind a .182 average with eight RBIs … threw out two runners on two attempts behind the plate.

Before SDSU: A standout for a 2023 state championship team in Bryant High School … helped lead Hornets to a Class 6A championship, defeating current SDSU teammate Akayla Barnard’s Cabot High School, for team’s first state title since 2012 … graduated as one of Arkansas’ top offensive players in state record book … finished career in top 10 of Arkansas Activities association history in 16 offensive categories including third in career batting average (.545), runs scored (149) and season hits (65) … ended prep tenure with 163 hits, 149 runs scored, 43 doubles, six triples, 32 home runs and 119 RBIs … had 42 walks to 11 strikeouts in 97 games played … played third base for Bryant as a sophomore, shortstop as a junior and catcher as a senior … was a two-time All-State performer, All-Arkansas Preps First Team honoree, to go along with three all-conference selections … As a junior broke six of her high school’s single-season records in spring of 2022 by batting .631, recording 65 hits, scoring 58 runs, had an on-base percentage of .664, slugging 1.164 and registering an OPS of 1.829 … broke three of her own records as a senior improving season records of on-base percentage (.692), OPS (1.987) and slugging percentage (1.295) … As a senior hit .590 with 14 home runs, 13 doubles, 48 runs, 36 RBIs and stole 14 bases … plans to major in exercise science at South Dakota State University.