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  Abbey Arnold

Abbey Arnold

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Dana Point, Calif.

High School:
St. Margaret's

Height:
5-7

Position:
P

General: Miami’s all-time strikeouts leader and owner of three of the top four single-season whiff totals in school history ... needs just six more appearances to become Miami’s all-time leader in that category as well.

2001: Tied her own school single-season records with 40 appearances and 153 strikeouts, both of which she set her freshman year ... pitched 198.2 innings, the second most in the program’s history ... struck out 11 batters in a game against Radford (2/17/01), San Jose State (3/9/01) and Akron (4/7/01), tying a career high ... threw two-hit shutouts against Dayton (3/3/01) and Northern Illinois (3/27/01) and three-hit shutouts versus Eastern Illinois (3/16/01) and Akron (4/6/01) ... also went 2-for-3 at the plate in the Dayton game ... threw three scoreless innings to earn the save in Miami’s 7-2 win over Ohio (4/20/01) ... earned Softball NIT All-Tournament Team recognition after going 1-2 with a 1.22 ERA while striking out 19 in 23 innings ... named to the MAC Academic Honor Roll.

2000: Teamed up with twin sister, Amber, to hurl one of Miami’s four season shutouts against UNC Wilmington … pitched a team-high 147.0 innings … struck out 123 batters, which ranks third on the school’s all-time list … struck out a season-best nine batters en route to a 3-1 win over Belmont … tied her season high for strikeouts in a 6-5 loss to Western Michigan … spearheaded Miami’s 3-1 win over Kent State, giving up three hits and one earned run in seven innings … gave up three hits and two earned runs in 7.1 innings in a 3-2 loss to Iowa State … named to the MAC Academic Honor Roll.

1999: Shattered Miami’s single-season strikeout record, sitting down 153 batters ... the previous record was 121 set by Kristy Burch in 1990 ... her 153 strikeouts also helped Miami break the team single-season strikout record with 283 ... the previous record was 204, established in 1997 ... her 40 appearances is the most by any Miami pitcher in the history of the program ... tallied 11 strikeouts in a 3-1 loss at Kent ... recorded 10 strikeouts in a 2-1 win over Bowling Green ... earned Miami’s first win of the season against Ole Miss ... also picked up crucial conference wins against Central Michigan, Bowling Green and Kent State ... led the pitching staff in wins, innings pitched, appearances, starts, complete games and strikeouts.

Prior to Miami: Led team to the CIF quarterfinals ... earned team MVP honors all four years ... garnered league MVP honors her junior and senior seasons ... named to the all-CIF team all four years ... posted a 0.03 ERA and .400 batting average as a senior ... also helped her ASA team to first-place finishes at the Winter Start-Up, Thanksgiving and Batbuster tournaments ... ASA team placed second at the Colorado Fireworks and Junior Olympic National tournaments ... also named MVP of the basketball team.

Personal: Born February 7, 1980 ... daughter of Marlene and Mason Arnold ... twin sister, Amber, also pitches for Miami ... sport organization major.

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