April 16 high school spring sports Players of the Week profiles 2015
By Northeast Ohio Media Group staff on April 16, 2015 4:17 PM
SOFTBALL
School: Holy Name.
Year: Senior.
Positions: Catcher and shortstop.
Height: 5-8.
College: Walsh University.
What Abbey did last week: Helped the team go 6-1 last week, with five of those games in Myrtle Beach, S.C. She had a huge week, hitting .667 with four home runs, three triples and 16 runs batted in.
Three Questions with Abbey
Q: Who was the biggest reason for you getting into softball?
A: “My older sister played softball for many years and I loved going to the games. I started playing when I was 8-years-old and knew it was a sport I wanted to play in college.”
Q: Who is a softball player that you looked up to?
A: “Back when I started playing for MC Madness, Jenna Yost was a catcher on the older Madness team. Our teams practiced together and she helped me develop into a better catcher. Jenna Yost was someone I always looked up to and learned from. I gained a lot of fundamentals and skills from her that I use every time I play softball. I am now lucky enough to have her as my high school assistant coach.”
Q: If you could play on any softball field, which one would you choose?
A: “If I could play on any softball field, I would play on the College World Series field in Oklahoma. ”
– Mark Kern