2024 Softball Roster

Taylor Newton
Ella Graham

20 Abby Cunningham

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greenfield, Wisc.
  • High School Whitnall

Biography

Career
» Played 125 games and made 65 starts
» A part of 100 wins at App State, including 26 conference wins
» Smacked 25 hits with 29 of them coming her senior season
» Tallied seven outfield assists with six coming in 2024
» Committed just three errors in her career, good for a .971 fielding percentage
» Made two of the final three outs in the Mountaineers' first ranked win in program history in 2023 
» Slugged five doubles
» Drew 19 walks in her career, good for a .318 on-base percentage

2024: Appeared in 50 of the team's 51 games and made 48 starts ... Totaled 29 hits in 112 at-bats, good for a .259 batting average ... Drove home 13 RBIs, with three coming in the Mountaineers' win over Le Moyne on Feb. 16 ... Plated three runs in the home-opening doubleheader sweep over ETSU on March 11 ... Tallied the game-winning hit at Coastal Carolina on April 12 ... Posted six multi-hit games, including a three-hit outing on Feb. 27 at ETSU ... One of six Sun Belt hitters to post at least 10 sacrifice hits in 2024. 

2023: Appeared in 34 games, starting in 17 of them … tallied nine runs, seven walks, four hits, one double and one RBI … scored four runs in one weekend across three wins against Southern Illinois and Green Bay … secured two of the final three outs from left field in App State’s first ranked win in program history over No. 23 Louisiana, totaling four putouts in the contest.

2022: Appeared in 30 games as a sophomore … Earned seven runs and stole two bases … Tallied one hit and one walk during five at-bats … Posted two RBIs in a win over N.C. Central … Recorded a fielding percentage of 1.000 on four chances … Named an NFCA Scholar-Athlete.

2021: Appeared in 11 games as a freshman, tallying four at bats… Posted a hit and two RBIs in the win over N.C. Central (3/7) and had a season-high two at bats… Scored two runs, one against ETSU and one against Georgia State… Ended the season with a .250 batting average and a .250 slugging percentage and on base percentage… Went 1-for-2 in stolen bases.

High School: Attended Whitnall High School… Named First Team All-Conference and All-Region as a junior and an Honorable Mention All-State selection… Posted a .500 batting average with 39 RBI and six home runs at the end of her junior year… Named Second Team All-Conference as a freshman and sophomore and helped her team to a state championship in 2017… As a freshman, the outfielder earned Rookie of the Year, as well as the Coaches Choice Award as a sophomore... Served as a three-year captain… Played travel ball for BATS Academy, where she was named the Most Improved Player in 2018… Senior season cut short due to COVID-19.
 

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2021Freshman

    Outfield
    5'6"
    20
  • 20

    2022Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'6"
    20
  • 20

    2023Junior

    Outfield
    5'6"
    20
  • 20

    2024Senior

    Outfield
    5'6"
    20