Abby Settlemyre

Major: Master of Public Health

Accolades:

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:

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.