Abby Deane

Photo by: Jeff Kellum

Position:
Pitcher
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Eureka, Mo.
High School:
Eureka H.S.

Before SDSU: Graduated from Eureka High School (Eureka, Mo.) in 2016 … a three-year letterwinner in softball for the Wildcats while also lettering two years in soccer … named All-Conference, All-District, All-Region, All-State and All-Metro in addition to earning All-Metro Pitcher of the Year honors in 2015 (2015-16 school year) … Eureka HS Defensive MVP (2015) and Athlete of the Month (August 2014) … played on the 2016 Junior Olympic Missouri/Illinois All-Star Team and was the 2015 Wendy’s Heisman Award school winner … nominated for 2016 Gatorade Player of the Year … named St. Louis Post Dispatch Athlete of the Week for Oct. 15, 2015 … holds Eureka HS school records for career shutouts (20), single-season winning percentage (.950) … listed in Missouri State record books for most strikeouts in a seven-inning game with 19 (district championship game in 2014-15) … as a senior posted a 19-1 record with a 0.76 ERA … allowed just 14 earned runs in 129 inning pitched and averaged 13.35 strikeouts per game (with only 12 walks for the season) … had a school record 246 strikeouts (breaking a previous school record of 222 strikeouts set during junior season) … opponents hit just .126 against … tossed three no-hitters (including one in playoffs) with one perfect game … Academic Honor Roll and Renaissance Academic Club member all four years.

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.