2019 Softball Roster
Settlemyre, Abby

Jersey Number 29
Abby Settlemyre
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hickory, N.C.
- High School:
- Fred T. Foard
Bio
Major: Master of Public Health
Accolades:
AS A GRADUATE (2024):
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2023):
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022):
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021):
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020):
AS A FRESHMAN (2019):
MAJOR:
PREP:
PERSONAL:
Accolades:
- 2024 All-ACC Second Team
- 2023 All-ACC First Team
- 2022 NFCA Scholar Athlete
- 2022 Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
AS A GRADUATE (2024):
- Appeared in 39 games, making 38 starts
- Batted a career-best .391, leading the team in both doubles (10) and triples (2)
- Tallied 43 hits, four home runs, 28 runs, 27 RBIs, 13 walks and four stolen bases
- Had the second-best slugging percentage on the team (.627)
- Led the team in ACC play with a .397 batting average, with 12 of her 27 hits going for extra bases, including six doubles, two triples and four home runs
- Recorded 12 multi-hit games, nine multi-RBI games and held a 13 game on-base streak
- Ranked in the top-10 in the conference in ACC play in doubles, batting average and OPS
- Matched a career-best at the plate at Pitt (4/14/24), going 4-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and plating a career-best four runs
- Had a season-high three RBIs at Pitt (4/13/24), hitting a three-run home run
- Swiped two bases vs. Notre Dame (3/29/24), a season-high
- Fielded three double plays at shortstop
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2023):
- Appeared in 52 games, making 50 starts
- Led the team in RBIs (35), doubles (9), total bases (94) and slugging percentage (.610)
- Had the second-highest batting average (.351) and on-base percentage (.420) and second-most hits (54), home runs (9) and triples (2) on the team
- Held a team-best .435 batting average in ACC play, the fifth-highest in the ACC
- Ranked fourth in the ACC in on-base percentage (.520), seventh in OPS (1.294) and eighth in slugging (.774) during the regular season
- Went 10-for-14 in stolen base attempts
- Turned six double plays at second base
- Tallied 11 multi-RBI games, a team-best, and 13 multi-hit games
- Went 4-of-4 at the plate vs. Pitt (4/9/23)
- Hit a pair of home runs and batted in a career-best four runs vs. No. 15 Duke (3/18/23)
- Plated a career-best three runs at Coastal Carolina (3/14/23)
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022):
- Appeared in 29 games, making 10 starts, primarily at first base and as a pinch runner and hitter
- Tallied first hit of the season vs. App State (3/30/22)
- Recorded five runs, three hits and a stolen base
- Had a perfect fielding percentage in 48 chances with 46 putouts and two assists
- Missed a portion of the season due to injury
- Named a Top-10 Scholar-Athlete, an award given to to the five male and five female student-athletes with the highest cumulative GPA among all graduating student-athletes
- Student-Athlete Advisory Council Member
- All-ACC Academic Honor Roll
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021):
- Missed season due to injury
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
- UNC Chi Alpha Sigma inductee
- Recognized as an Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
- Selected by the Carolina softball coaches as the 'Virginia Augusta Leadership Award' recipient, awarded to the player that displays leadership qualities on and off the playing field
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020):
- Started all 24 games at shortstop
- Recorded a .294 batting average with a team-best of 20 hits and 18 stolen bases
- Logged five doubles and a home run for a .412 slugging percentage
- Turned five double plays
- Recorded a nearly perfect fielding percentage with only one error in 81 chances
- Went 3-of-4 at the plate vs. UNCG (2/23/20)
- Tallied three hits with two runs scored vs. Pittsburgh (3/1/20)
- Stole 2 or more bases four times, including three vs. Elon (2/26/20)
- Recognized as an Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete and a Tar Heel Scholar-Athlete
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
AS A FRESHMAN (2019):
- Started all 58 games at shortstop
- Recorded a .306 batting average with 38 hits, scoring 25 runs and driving in 14
- Drew 16 walks for a .380 on-base percentage
- Slugged .387 with three triples and a home run and double each
- Led Carolina with five sac-bunts
- Collected 86 outs and assisted 111 from the middle infield
- Stole 10 bases in 13 attempts
- Had three hits at Pitt (3/30/19) and Louisville (4/27/19)
- Drove in two runs four times, including a two-run home run vs. No. 17 Michigan (2/15/19)
- Hit triples in back-to-back games vs. Northwestern (2/15/19 & 2/16/19)
- Swiped two bases at Louisville (4/27/19)
- Selected as UNC Strength & Conditioning 'Newcomer of the Year' honoree
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
MAJOR:
- Graduated in May 2022 with a degree in human development and family studies
PREP:
- Named the 2017-18 North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year
- Earned four varsity letters at Fred T. Foard
- Earned all-conference, all-district and all-state honors
- Helped her team to four conference championships
- Selected the conference, district and state Player of the Year as a senior in 2018
- Recorded a .698 batting average with eight triples, 26 stolen bases and 41 runs scored as a senior
- Named the Offensive, Conference, District and State Player of the Year as a junior in 2017
- Reached base in nearly every plate appearance as a junior, batting .717 with a .952 on base percentage and not a single strikeout
- Named Defensive Player of the Year in her first two seasons then Offensive Player of the Year as a junior
- Spent five seasons with the Carolina Curve
- Joined the Carolina Cardinals-Chandler squad that won back-to-back 18U ASA National titles in 2016 and 2017 after winning the ASA State Championship and finishing third at ASA 18U Nationals in 2015
- Batted .560 during the regular season then ran an impressive .720 average at ASA Nationals in 2017
- Also competed in swimming as a freshman and basketball as a sophomore.
PERSONAL:
- Born on October 12
- Daughter of Sara and Shawn Settlemyre
- Sister of Kendall, Addison and Rylee
- Older sister, Kendall, played softball at USC-Upstate
- Graduated from Fred T. Foard Suma Cum Laude with a weighted GPA of 4.62
- Member of the Technical Honors Society and Beta Club
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