Abby Skvarce

Class:
Senior
Position:
C
Height:
5-8
B/T:
L/R
Hometown:
Clarkston, Mich.
High School:
Clarkston

Senior (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 23 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Appeared in 18 games, earning 12 starts at designated player
• Scored a seventh-inning run in U-M's 5-1 comeback win vs. CSU Fullerton (March 5)
• Doubled and tallied a first-inning run vs. St. John's (March 3)
• Posted an RBI single and scored vs. No. 25 Texas Tech (Feb. 29)
• Posted a pinch-hit RBI double vs. No. 7 Florida (Feb. 8)

Junior (2019)
• Appeared in 27 games, with one start at designated player
• Tallied nine hits and nine RBI off 26 at-bats, mostly as a pinch hitter
• Posted a hit, a walk and two runs scored vs. Toledo (April 3)
• Plated runs in both plate appearances in the Nebraska series (March 23-24), including an RBI single in the fourth inning of the finale
• Drove in two runs off a pinch-hit single in the fifth inning vs. South Dakota (March 9)

Sophomore (2018)
• Appeared in 22 games with two starts
• Knocked out a two-run homer in the fifth inning vs. Cal Poly (March 3)
• Posted a two-run double in the fourth innings vs. Notre Dame (Feb. 17)
• Tallied hits in first two pinch-hit appearances of the season, driving in a third-inning run in season opener vs. UAB (Feb. 9)

Freshman (2017)
• Appeared in two games; largely served as a bullpen catcher
• Tallied a pinch-hit single and scored in the Rutgers series finale (May 7)
• Singled to centerfield in first career plate appearance and scored first career run in the series finale vs. Penn State (March 26)
• Made collegiate debut in PSU series finale

Prep
• Graduated from Clarkston High School (2016)
• Honor Roll
• Named to NFCA All-America first team (catcher, 2016)
• Selected to Division I All-State first team (2016) and honorable mention (2014, '15)
• Four-time all-district and two-time all-county (2015, '16) selection
• Established a Clarkston HS record with 82 hits as a senior (2016)
• Led the county on 2016 with a .612 batting average; also posted a .993 slugging percentage, .675 on-base percentage and .996 fielding percentage
• Helped Clarkston win the 2015 MHSAA regional championship
• Played travel ball with the Michigan Bulldogs (2011-14) and Finesse Fastpitch (2014-16)
• Twice selected to play in the Colorado Sparkler All-American game (2013, '14)

Personal
• Abigail Marie Skvarce was born on December 19, 1997
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in general studies
• Daughter of Jeff and Melissa Skvarce
• Has two siblings, Nick and Anna