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2020 Softball Roster

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Kyle Hess/Kennesaw State Athletics

14 Abby Deane

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Eureka HS
  • Hometown Eureka, Mo.

Biography

AS A SENIOR AT KENNESAW STATE (2020)
Second on the team with a 2.43 ERA ... went 3-1 over eight appearances and seven starts ... had a pair of complete games and shutouts ... allowed 11 earned runs off 20 hits with 19 walks and 17 strikeouts ... opponents only held a .183 average against her ... almost pitched a complete game with 6.2 innings with four hits, one earned run, four walks, and eight strikeouts in the win against Purder Ft. Wayne (2/15) ... on 2/22, dealt six shutout frames with two hits, three walks, and four strikeouts against Rhode Island ... followed that with another complete game effort in her seven-inning shutout against Rider (2/28) ... gave up just three hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

AS A JUNIOR AT KENNESAW STATE (2019)
Saw action in 22 games, making 14 starts ... finished 5-6 on the mound with a 4.70 ERA ... tallied 50 total strikeouts ... tossed a season-high seven strikeouts in her first appearance of the year, recording a 6-5 complete game victory over Morehead State (2/8) ... logged six complete games ... pitched 82.0 innings ... recorded two saves, both against Saint Louis (3/8 and 3/10), throwing four strikeouts and allowing only one hit by the Billikens in a combined five innings pitched.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT KENNESAW STATE (2018)
Made eight appearances, including four starts ... posted a 2-2 record, 2.66 earned-run average, two complete games and a shutout ... Worked 26.1 innings, allowed 24 hits, 14 runs (10 earned), walked five and struck out eight ... made KSU debut vs. Hofstra (2/16) and suffered the loss after pitching one inning and allowing two runs ... notched first win vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/16) after pitching three scoreless innings of relief and surrendering one hit, a walk and striking out two ... made initial start vs. LIU Brooklyn (2/18) and was the winning pitcher after allowing three hits and striking out two ... tossed a career-high seven innings vs. Rutgers (2/23).

AS A FRESHMAN AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (2017)
Appeared in 25 games, starting 18, and recorded an 8-13 record while leading the team with a 3.71 ERA, nine complete games and 117 strikeouts. In 124 2/3 innings, allowed 124 hits, 66 earned runs and walked 61 ... had two double-digit strikeout games, including a career-high 13 in five innings versus St. Bonaventure (3/7) ... had 10 strikeouts versus Northern Iowa (2/11).
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letter winner in softball and also lettered two years in soccer at Eureka High School in Eureka, Mo. ... named all-conference, all-district, all-region, all-state and all-metro in addition to earning Metro Pitcher of the Year as a senior in 2015 ... also selected to the 2016 Junior Olympic Missouri/Illinois All-Star Team, named the 2015 Wendy's Heisman Award school winner, and was nominated for 2016 Gatorade Player of the Year ... holds school records for career shutouts (20) and single-season winning percentage (.950), and is listed in the Missouri state record books for most strikeouts in a seven-inning game with 19 ... posted a 19-1 record, 0.76 ERA ... allowed 14 earned runs in 129 innings and averaged 13.35 strikeouts per game ... struck out a single-season school record 246 batters as a junior.
 
PERSONAL
Born March 3, 1998 in Chesterfield, Mo. ... daughter of Mike and Andrea Deane ... has two siblings, Madison (sister) and Nolan (brother) ... great-grandfather was drafted by St. Louis Browns (baseball) ... paternal grandfather played professional fastpitch softball in 1970’s ... cousin Kenny Wallace is a recently retired NASCAR driver who currently drives dirt cars and works at Fox Sports ... sister, Madison, plays soccer at Missouri Valley College ... father, Mike, played and coached soccer at Southeast Missouri State ... cousin, Tim Wallach, played Major League Baseball with Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers and Anaheim Angels between 1980-95 ... majoring in nursing.
 

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Sophomore

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    5'5"
    41
  • 14

    2019Junior

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    5'5"
    14
  • 14

    2020Senior

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    5'5"
    14