2025 Softball Roster
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Richardson, Abby Grace
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Jersey Number 2
Abby Grace Richardson
- Position:
- Catcher/Infield
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Brookhaven, Miss.
- High School:
- Brookhaven Academy / Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] CC
Bio
Awards / Honors
2025 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete2025 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
2024 NJCAA Third Team All-American
2024 CSC First Team Academic All-American
2024 NFCA First Team All-South Region (Junior College)
2024 MACC Player of the Year
2023 NJCAA Tournament MVP
2023 NJCAA Third Team All-American
2023 NFCA First Team All-South Region (Junior College)
2025 | Junior
2024 | Sophomore (At Copiah-Lincoln CC)
2023 | Freshman (At Copiah-Lincoln CC)
Started all 59 games for the NJCAA National Champion Lady Wolves … named an NJCAA Third Team All-American along with picking up First Team All-Region and All-Conference honors … batted .395 (70-for-177) on the year with a team-leading .927 slugging percentage … led the team with a Copiah-Lincoln single-season-record 80 RBIs and 24 home runs … home runs were double that of the next closest on the team … hit a grand slam in the national championship-clinching game and was named the NJCAA World Series Tournament MVP and Offensive MVP … posted a .981 fielding percentage while splitting time at catcher and shortstop, recording just four errors on the season … stole 17 bases and collected 18 doubles … went 2-for-3 in her collegiate debut against Baton Rouge CC (2/5) with a double and a homer … was a combined 4-for-5 with five RBIs in a doubleheader against Dyersburg State CC (2/10) … drove in a season-high five RBIs vs. Central Alabama CC (2/18) … went 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs against Kirkwood CC (2/23) … hit a three-run homer at Baton Rouge CC (3/6) … went 2-for-3 at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC (3/15) with a pair of RBIs … homered as part of a 2-for-3 day against Jones College (3/21) … drove a pair of doubles while going 3-for-5 at East Central (3/29) … doubled three times to drive in three runs at Mississippi Delta (4/1) … hit two homers against Meridian CC (4/12) … put together a season-long eight game hitting streak (4/18-5/2) that saw her total 17 RBIs in that span … sparked the streak with a double and a homer at Southwest Mississippi CC (4/18) … totaled four RBIs with two doubles and a homer in the doubleheader against Hinds CC (4/25) … tallied three doubles vs. Pearl River CC (5/14) … hit two homers at Jones College (5/15) … batted .350 (7-for-20) at the NJCAA World Series (5/23-27) while collecting 10 RBIs and five extra-base hits … doubled in a 2-for-4 day vs. Jones College (5/26) at the NJCAA World Series … homered four times in the final three games of the World Series … went 2-for-3 with two homers and four RBIs vs. Jones College (5/26) … hit a grand slam in the national championship-clinching game vs. Jones College (5/27).High School
Played at Brookhaven Academy where her team won the first state title in program history in 2021 … team also claimed three consecutive district titles and was the state runner-up in 2018 … was a four-time all-state selection and five-time First Team All-District honoree … began playing varsity in seventh grade and was the 2017 Offensive Player of the Year and 2018 MAIS Defensive Player of the Year … hit .491 with a 1.086 slugging percentage as a freshman … drove in 68 runs and collected 16 homers that year while posting a .920 fielding percentage that earned her Conference Player of the Year honors in 2019 … named District Player of the Year in 2020 after hitting .491 and slugging .940 … selected as the Daily Leader’s All-Area Offensive Player of the Year in 2021 with a .597 batting average and 1.254 slugging percentage while posting a .973 fielding percentage … named team MVP and Offensive Player of the Year as well … hit .449 as a senior while slugging 19 home runs for a 1.191 slugging percentage … drove in 50 RBIs and was walked 53 times … earned Daily Leader MVP and All-Area Offensive Player of the Year and was named an MAIS All-Star in 2022 … also posted a career-best .982 fielding percentage that season … closed her career earning 2022 Career Most Valuable Player honors … played travel ball for Mississippi Elite … also played basketball and was a two-time all-district selection.Community Service/Academics
A member of the National Honor Society and Science National Honor Society in high school … active with the Science Club and History Club and was a highest honor graduate … member of the 25+ ACT Club.Personal
Born Abby Grace Richardson on May 25 in Brookhaven, Mississippi … daughter of Terry and Renee Richardson … mother played softball at Copiah-Lincoln CC … has a brother, Hunter, who also played baseball at Copiah-Lincoln CC and Jones College … majoring in interdisciplinary studies.Career Highs (Through 2025)
At-Bats: 1, 6x, last, Missouri (4/12/25)Hits: 1, Alabama State (2/28/25)
Runs Scored: 1, 7x, last, Ole Miss (5/3/25)
Triples: 1, Alabama State (2/28/25)
Walks: 1, 3x, last, at Southern Miss (3/26/25)
Hitting Streak: 1 game, Alabama State (2/28/25)
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