Stefania Abruscato does the postgame interview after a win over Auburn
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Stefania Abruscato Season 2024

#7
PosC/OF
Ht5-7
ClFreshman
HometownSmithtown, N.Y.
B/TL/R

Opendorse

2026 NFCA Midwest All-Region Third Team

2025 Eeaston/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete

2025 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

SEC Freshman of the Week (4/16/24)

2023-24 SEC First-Year Honor Roll

JUNIOR (2026)

  • Appeared in and started 56 of the 57 games this season at catcher.
  • Ranked second on the team in average with a .329 batting average and a .421 on-base percentage. 
  • Finished the season with nine home runs and recorded the second most RBIs on the team with 36. 
  • Logged a .296 average - best on the team - in SEC play and contributed five home runs in 24 games. 
  • Recorded three doubles and five RBIs - both career highs - against Minnesota (March 13).
  • Led the team with the most mult-hit games at 16 - 13 two-hit games and three three-hit games. 
  • Produced her 100th career hit with a home run against Auburn (March 28). 
  • Tallied six home runs in 11 games from March 14 (South Dakota) to March 29 (at Auburn).
  • Finished her junior campaign with a .994 fielding percentage with 2 errors and 320 putouts.
  • Threw out five of 13 runners trying to steal, and ended with 12 assists this season.

SOPHOMORE (2025)

  • Appeared in 56 games with 55 starts.
  • Made 44 starts in right field to go with eight starts in left and three at catcher.
  • Hit .244 with 22 runs, 38 hits, 15 doubles, three home runs, 19 RBI and 15 walks.
  • Slugged .397 with a .328 on-base percentage.
  • Tallied nine multi-hit games with three multi-RBI games.
  • Went on a 10-game reached base streak in 2025.
  • Notched a career-best three hits (3-for-4) with two RBI, a double and a homer against Duke (2/8).
  • Registered a trio of RBI (personal-best) in the victory over Clemson (2/13).
  • Posted another career-high three-hit outing (3-for-4) with three RBI (personal-best), a double and a home run versus Baylor (2/21).
  • Compiled a career-best two doubles (2-for-4, one RBI) in Mizzou's 12-8 victory over No. 15/16 Mississippi State (4/12).
  • Opened the scoring in Mizzou's midweek with Missouri State (4/2), blasting a solo homer to right in the second.

FRESHMAN (2024)

  • Appeared in 48 games with 37 starts (30 at DP, four in left field and three at catcher).
  • Notched 24 hits (.226) with 11 runs, two doubles, two homers and 11 RBI.
  • Slugged .302 with an on-base percentage of .346.
  • Posted a career-best three hits twice in 2024.
  • Made Mizzou debut against NC State (2/9), coming on as a defensive replacement at catcher to go with a single and a run.
  • Brought in a pair of runs with a walk and a double against North Texas (2/17).
  • Went 2-for-4 with two runs in her home state of New York against Fordham (3/26).
  • Knocked the game-winning RBI single to push Mizzou past Hofstra (3/26), 2-1, in nine innings.
  • Blasted her first career homer to close the East Coast Trip at Villanova (3/30)
  • Named the SEC Freshman of the Week (4/16) after she batted .417 with three RBI, three runs and one home run as the Tigers went 3-1 including a series win over No. 9 Florida.
  • Led Mizzou at Drake (4/10), going a career-best 3-for-4 with three RBI to go with two runs. Launched her second career home run in the top of the fourth.
  • Added a 3-for-3 day at the plate with an RBI against South Carolina (5/4).

PREP 

  • 2022-23 New York Gatorade Softball Player of the Year
  • Ranked 13th overall in the 2023 Class, according to Extra Inning Softball 
  • Served as the starting varsity catcher at Hauppauge High School since the seventh grade
  • Four-time New York All-State Honoree
  • Tabbed a 2022 Extra Inning Softball First Team High School All-American after registering a .667 batting average with eight home runs, 35 RBI, 34 steals, 32 runs, and a .805 on-base percentage in 18 games
  • Also, a four-year starter on the Eagles soccer and basketball teams
  • Played club softball for New Jersey Intensity

Personal 

  • Born April 13, 2005
  • Daughter to Thomas and Daniela Abruscato
  • Father, Thomas Abruscato, played college baseball at Adelphi University and went to the College World Series
  • Father, Thomas Abruscato, is currently a three-time state winning head baseball coach at Clarke High School (Westbury, New York)
  • Has two sisters Giuliana, and, Crisalyn
  • Her older sister, Giuliana Abruscato, plays softball at Connecticut
  • Majoring in Health Science: Rehabilitation Sciences at Missouri
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Senior
2027

C
5-7 / -
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Junior
2026

C/OF
5-7 / -
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Sophomore
2025

C/OF
5-7 / -