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Jersey Number 2
Abby Grace Richardson
- Position:
- Utility
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Brookhaven, Miss.
- High School:
- Brookhaven Academy / Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] CC
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)
2026 | Senior
Has played in all 11 games, making 10 starts in center field, left field and at first base … batting .318 (7-for-22) on the year, which is fourth on the team … second on the team in slugging percentage (.773) and fourth in on-base percentage (.500) … leads the team with 12 runs scored … made her first Division I start at Baylor (2/5) and homered in her first at-bat of the year … finished the day against the Bears 2-for-2 with two RBIs and a walk … doubled home a run vs. Northwestern State (2/6) and collected her first career outfield assist … played two outfield positions and second base vs. Wichita State (2/6) … extended her on-base streak to four games with a walk vs. New Mexico (2/7) … delivered a pinch-hit two-run homer against Rutgers (2/14) … recorded a career-high 10 putouts against North Texas (2/14) … went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles against the Mean Green (2/15). 2025 | Junior
Played in 13 games off the bench … scored the tying run as a pinch runner in the bottom of the seventh vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/8) … pinch hit against Southern Illinois (2/13) and vs. Louisiana Tech (2/22) … pinch hit and tripled for her first career hit and scored with the help of an error on the play against Alabama State (2/28) … later walked against the Hornets … drew her second walk of the season as a pinch hitter against Louisiana (3/5) … scored the winning run in the walk-off victory over No. 1 Texas (3/28) … pinch hit against Missouri (4/12) … scored as a pinch runner at Kentucky (4/26) and against No. 17 Ole Miss (5/3). 2025 | Junior Played in 13 games off the bench … scored the tying run as a pinch runner in the bottom of the seventh vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/8) … pinch hit against Southern Illinois (2/13) and vs. Louisiana Tech (2/22) … pinch hit and tripled for her first career hit and scored with the help of an error on the play against Alabama State (2/28) … later walked against the Hornets … drew her second walk of the season as a pinch hitter against Louisiana (3/5) … scored the winning run in the walk-off victory over No. 1 Texas (3/28) … pinch hit against Missouri (4/12) … scored as a pinch runner at Kentucky (4/26) and against No. 17 Ole Miss (5/3).2024 | Sophmore (At Copiah-Lincoln CC)
Started all 54 games as the Lady Wolves reached the NJCAA World Series for the second straight year… named an NJCAA Third Team All-American and MACC Player of the Year ... selected to the NFCA All-South Region First Team ... also earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-American status … batted .444 (64-for-142) with a 1.000 slugging percentage … led the team with 74 runs and 56 walks … recorded a .601 on-base percentage and stole 14 bases … posted a .931 fielding percentage … set the Copiah-Lincoln career RBI (145) and home run (46) records … set a new single-season school record with 22 homers… recorded seven RBIs, four hits and two home runs on Opening Day against Southeast Arkansas College (2/19) … recorded three hits, three RBIs and two homers vs. Baton Rouge CC (2/24) … posted three RBIs, one stolen base and a homer vs. Rock Valley College (3/11) ... led the game with two RBIs and a home run against Mississippi Gulf Coast CC (3/13) ... walked four times to score twice in a 13-11 victory against Jones College (3/19) ... at Northeast Mississippi CC (3/23) went 2-for-4 with a season-high two doubles … tripled and scored the team’s only run at Pearl River CC (4/3) ... led the game in RBIs and homered at Meridian CC (4/8) ... was intentionally walked four times and scored twice at Holmes CC (4/13) ... went 3-for-3 at East Central Mississippi CC (5/22) with a single, double, home run and two walks … went 3-for-3 vs. Rock Valley College (5/23) at the NJCAA World Series with a homer and three runs scored.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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