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36 Abby Hay

  • Position 1B/C
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Columbia, Mo.
  • High School Rock Bridge HS

Biography

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2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

2024 NFCA Southeast All-Region Second Team

2024 All-SEC Second Team

SEC Player of the Week (4/23/24)

2023-24 SEC First-Year Honor Roll

SOPHOMORE (2025)

  • Appeared in 41 games with 37 starts at first over her sophomore season in 2025. 
  • Compiled 15 runs, 16 hits, seven doubles, three homers, 15 RBI and 29 walks.
  • Slugged .381 with a .395 on-base percentage over the campaign.
  • Notched five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games in 2025.

FRESHMAN (2024)

  • Appeared in 40 games in 2024 including 33 starts at first base.
  • Was third on Mizzou, batting .306 with 30 hits, 16 runs, four doubles, a triple, five homers and 23 RBI.
  • Slugged .520 (.419 on-base percentage).
  • Paced the Tigers in SEC play, batting .318 with 14 hits, nine RBI, six runs and three home runs for her first career All-SEC Team honors. Hay also slugged .591 (.423 on-base percentage).
  • Hit .750 over the weekend SEC series with No. 9/9 Georgia (4/19-20). Recorded an extra-base hit in all three games.
  • Recorded her first career triple in game one of the series with Georgia (4/19). Finished with a career-best matching 2-for-2 day with a run and a walk.
  • Named SEC Player of the Week (4/23) finishing with a .636 (1.182 slugging percentage/.692 on-base percentage) mark over the week. Posted a hit in each game including multi-hit games in all three games of the Georgia (4/19-20) series.
  • Belted a solo home run in the second inning of the 2024 NCAA Columbia Regional win over No. 13/15 Washington (5/18).
  • Finished the 2024 NCAA Columbia Regional (5/17-19), batting .353. Knocked a double and a homer for four RBI with a .588 slugging percentage.

Prep

  • Three-time All-Conference team
  • Three-time All-District team
  • Three-time All-Region team
  • Three-time All-State team
  • Lettered in baseball and softball
  • Won 2020 Class 5 State Championship
  • Member of the Bru Crew
  • Volunteered for the Food bank and United challenge
  • Played for Select Fastpitch club team

Personal 

  • Born January 8, 2005, in Columbia, Missouri
  • Daughter of Amy and John Hay
  • Has one brother, Zack Hay
  • Father, John Hay, was an All-Big Eight (1992) catcher on the Mizzou baseball team (1989, 1991-93)
  • John Hay was also a two-time Academic All-American (1992 - Third Team, 1993 - First Team) and a team captain in 1993
  • Mother, Amy (Smethers) Hay, was a three-time (1991, 1992, 1993) All-Big Eight golfer at Mizzou (1991-94)
  • Studying Parks, Recreation, Sport and Tourism: Sport Management at Mizzou

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2024Freshman

    1B/C
    5'11"
    36
  • 36

    2025Sophomore

    1B/C
    5'11"
    36
  • 36

    2026Junior

    1B/C
    5'11"
    36