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2024 Softball Roster

Erin Saggese - Belmont Athletics

43 Abi Ledbetter

  • Height 5-10
  • Bats/Throws L/L
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Livingston, Tenn.
  • High School Livingston Academy
  • Position INF

Biography

2023: MVC Defensive Player of the Year...MVC All-Conference Second Team...MVC All-Defensive Team... Produced 35 hits for 11 RBIs... Posted the second most putouts on the team with 257 successful outs at first base...Recorded a season high of three hits against Dayton (3/11)...Posted the team high of 234 putouts in 246 chances for a .976 fielding percentage....Apart of five successful double plays for the team’s high.

2022: Posted season-high 14 putouts versus Austin Peay (3/19)…Recorded season-high two doubles against Morehead State (4/23)…Tallied 273 putouts and four assists for a .982 fielding percentage…Recorded 41 hits, 23 runs and 24 RBIs on the season.

2021: One of only three players to start and play in all 41 games ... Led the Bruins in at-bats, sacrifice flies, putouts and fielding percentage ... Second on the team in hits and doubles ... Opened the season with 12 putouts agaisnt Ole Miss (2/13) ... Matched season-best 12 putouts versus UAB (2/14) ... Went 2-for-2 at the plate against Valparaiso (2/27) ... Recorded a pair of doubles in game 2 versus Jacksonville State (3/7) ... Went 4-for-4 at the plate with a homerun in the series finale at Eastern Illinois (3/13) ... Went 2-for-3 at Austin Peay (3/27) ... Finished with a triple and a double in game one versus UT Martin (4/25) ... Collected lone stolen base of the season in game two against Tennessee Tech (5/1) ... Went 2-for-3 in game one at SIUE (5/7).

2020: One of only four players to start and play in all 19 contests ... Perfect fielding percentage at 1.000 ... Led the Bruins in put outs with a total of 89 ... Logged three or more at-bats on 10 occasions ... Posted four or more putouts 13 times ... Scored a pair of runs on first collegiate double versus Western Michigan (2/14) at the Bruin Challenge ... Notched seven put outs against Northern Kentucky (2/16) during the same tournament ... Tallied an RBI versus Sam Houston State (2/22) at the LSU Purple & Gold Challenge ... Added an RBI at Central Arkansas (2/28) at the UCA Adam Brown Memorial Shamrock Classic ... Recorded a walk at WKU (3/4) ... Went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Indiana State (3/6) at the UofM Tournament ... Matched season-high of seven put outs versus Western Carolina (3/7) at the same tournament ... Smashed first collegiate homerun against UMass Lowell (3/11) ... Earned OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction.

Statistics: 2020 | 2021

Prior to Belmont: Prepped at Livingston Academy under coach Kacy Bennett ... As a freshman, helped LA to the state tournament for the first time in program history ... Led team with 1.000 fielding percentage as a sophomore ... Two-time District 8AA MVP ... Named District 8AA Defensive MVP as a sophomore ... Marine Corps Athletic Excellence Award ... Named to All-Freshman Team ... Also played volleyball at LA ... Earned District 8AA All-District Team nod for volleyball as a freshman.

Personal: Persuing her Master of Accountancy degree ... Hobbies include musicals and traveling ... Lists greatest spors thrill as the feeling after hitting a homerun when you round third and see your teammates at home plate ... Favorite athlete is Freddie Freeman ... Lists favorite movies as Hairspray, Grease and The Little Mermaid ... Favorite singers are Ed Sheeran and Luke Combs ... Lists favorite TV shows as One Tree Hill and Glee

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2020Freshman

    1B/OF
    5'10"
    43
  • 43

    2021Sophomore

    1B/OF
    5'10"
    43
  • 43

    2022Junior

    INF
    5'10"
    43
  • 43

    2023Senior

    INF
    5'10"
    43
  • 43

    2024Graduate Student

    INF
    5'10"
    43