#3 Abbie Young

HONORS & AWARDS
2020 GHSA Class AAAA State Champion
2020 GHSA Region 7-AAAA Champion

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021)
Appeared in 20 games in 2021...Made 13 starts in two positions in the lineup...Got starts behind the plate and as the designated player...Finished with a .196 (9-for-46) batting average...Added a pair of doubles, one triple and three RBI...Scored five runs in as many games during the 2021 season...Those runs came against Southeast Whitfield (Sep. 13), Northwest Whitfield (Sep. 14), Pickens (Sep. 23 and 24) and Fayette County (Oct. 12)...Set season highs in each offensive category in 2021, including at-bats (46), hits (9), runs (5) and walks (5)...Tied her season high for RBI with three...Also set game highs for hit by pitch (one against Northwest Whitfield), walks (two against Fayette Co.), and tied game highs for at-bats (4), runs (1) and doubles (1)...Went 2-for-4 in game two of a doubleheader on Sep. 14
against Northwest Whitfield...Added a double and a triple in that contest...Recorded a hit in each game of the three-game series against Ridgeland...Went 3-for-9 and drove in a run over that stretch...The three game hit streak over that span is the longest of her career...Drove in runs against Southeast Whitfield (Aug. 30 and Sep. 13) and Ridgeland (Oct. 5)...Reached base safely in six of her first seven plate appearances of the season...Finished with a .964 fielding percentage on 28 total chances over the course of seven games.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2020)
Appeared in ten games as a freshman...Made two starts against Pickens (Sep. 22) and Ridgeland (Oct. 8)...Batted .308 (4-for-13) in a limited number of plate appearances...Posted a .357 on-base percentage in her debut season...Drove in three runs on the year...Her RBI came against Ridgeland (Oct. 8) and Mays (Oct. 19)...Posted a 3-for-4 line in her second career start against Ridgeland on Oct. 8...Set game highs for hits (three) and RBI (two) in that game...Scored a run in her first high school game...Appeared as a pinch runner against Cedartown on Sep. 8 and scored the fifth of ten runs, leading Heritage to a 10-0 run rule victory over the Bulldogs...Went 3-for-7 and finished with a .429 batting average in five games against Region 7-AAAA opponents...In her first taste of GHSA playoff action she went 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI in the first round of the Class AAAA State Tournament...Finished with a .923 contact rate in 14 total plate appearances...Was perfect in the field with a 1.000 fielding percentage on 11 total chances...Recorded a career high seven putouts against Mays.