Biography
SOPHOMORE (2018) – NEC Pitcher of the Year… NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team… First Team All-NEC… Appeared in 46 games, including 39 starts and 29 complete games… Went 28-12 with a 2.55 ERA… In 255.2 innings, allowed 210 hits, 117 runs (93 earned) and 69 walks, while striking out 186. Allowed an opposing average of .217… Set SFU season records for wins, appearances and innings while finishing three strikeouts away from an SFU season mark and one win away from the NEC season record… Led the NEC in wins and appearances. Ranked seventh in Division I in wins and 25th in shutouts (8)… In NEC play, went 11-0 with an 0.61 ERA in 11 appearances (10 starts, eight complete games). In 68.2 innings, allowed just six earned runs and struck out 52… Had 11 complete-game appearances without allowing an earned run. Recorded 19 complete-game performances in which she gave up one or less earned run… Six-time NEC Pitcher of the Week (2/26, 3/12, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7)… Threw 7.2 innings vs. Iowa State (2/10), allowing one unearned run and striking out seven… Struck out eight in a seven-inning win at Coastal Carolina (2/11)… Gave up just three earned runs in 6.1 innings at No. 13 Auburn… Struck out 10 and allowed just three hits in seven shutout innings vs. Maryland (2/18)… Followed with seven scoreless innings, giving up just three hits, vs. East Carolina (2/23) and allowing just one run, and striking out seven, in seven innings vs. Ball State (2/24)… Allowed two runs in a complete-game victory at ECU (2/25)… Struck out a career-high 14 and gave up just two hits and two unearned runs in 7.2 innings vs. Omaha (3/2)… Allowed just one run and struck out eight in a complete-game vs. Maine (3/2)… In seven innings vs. Omaha (3/3), gave up just two runs and two hits while striking out nine… Allowed just one earned run in seven innings vs. Purdue (3/9)… Gave up a run and three hits in seven innings vs. Drake (3/10)… Threw three perfect innings in relief at Arkansas (3/17)… Fired a complete-game vs. Iowa State (3/18), giving up two runs on five hits… Allowed just one hit, and struck out five, in five shutout innings vs. Mount St. Mary’s (3/31)… At Maryland (4/11), threw seven scoreless innings, giving up six hits… Fired seven shutout innings, allowing six hits and striking out six, at Wagner (4/14)… In a twinbill at LIU Brooklyn (4/15), threw six shutout innings in game one and allowed one run in five innings in game two, giving up a total of 10 hits… In a doubleheader at Penn State (4/18), threw two complete games, throwing seven innings, giving up two runs, and striking out seven in game one and allowing one run on five hits in game two… Against CCSU (4/21), allowed one earned run and struck out nine in seven innings… In six innings vs. Bryant (4/22), gave up two runs and struck out seven… At Sacred Heart (4/28), threw two seven-inning complete-games and did not allow an earned run. Gave up just three combined hits and struck out 11… Threw five shutout innings at Robert Morris (5/2), giving up just three hits… Held Arizona (5/18) to just one run and two hits in six innings in the NCAA Regional game. Retired 15 of the final 16 batters she faced.
FRESHMAN (2017) – NEC Rookie Of The Year… NFCA All-Region Third Team… Appeared in 35 games in the circle, tied for the third-most in a season at SFU… Ranked 60th in Division I in hits allowed per seven innings (5.3) and 66th in walks allowed per seven innings (1.5)… Went 15-4 with three saves and six complete games in 35 appearances (14 starts). Had a 2.45 ERA in 128.2 innings, allowing 56 runs (45 earned) on 97 hits, striking out 103 batters and walking 27. Held opposing batters to a .204 average… In NEC play, went 3-0 with a 0.31 ERA in eight appearances (one start). In 22.2 innings, gave up three runs (one earned) on eight hits and four walks, while striking out 34 of 76 batters faced. Allowed an opposing batting average of .105… Had six appearances with four or more shutout innings… Threw a No-Hitter against Cleveland State (2/19), going all six innings, with five strikeouts and was one error away from a Perfect Game… In college debut, went six innings and struck out seven batters at Campbell (2/10)… Earned a win against Maryland Eastern Shore (2/11), going five innings and allowing three hits and an unearned run and striking out eight batters… Threw 6.2 shutout innings against Fordham (2/17) to earn the win. Allowed three hits and a walk, while striking out six… Threw 4.1 scoreless frames for a win against UMass (2/26), allowing a hit and striking out one… Went eight innings against Tulsa (3/3), giving up three runs (one earned) on seven hits and recording two strikeouts… Struck out five batters in five innings in a win over Incarnate Word (3/5)… On 3/9, earned two wins with 4.2 shutout innings against Rhode Island (five strikeouts) and going seven innings and allowing one run against Liberty… At Fairleigh Dickinson (4/3), earned the win with five innings, allowing a run on one hit and striking out six… In a win at Bucknell (4/11), went all eight innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits and striking out three… Struck out nine and earned the win in four shutout innings in game one at Central Connecticut State (4/23). Followed with four strikeouts in two perfect innings in game two… Threw 5.2 shutout innings against Sacred Heart (4/29), with six strikeouts, to pick up a win… In the NEC Tournament, threw 3.1 shutout innings and struck out four in the first game against Robert Morris (5/11) and threw three perfect innings for a save in the second game against Wagner (5/12)… In the NCAA Regional game against South Carolina (5/20), threw all seven innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and striking out two.
BEFORE SFU – Trahan played at Kaplan High School for head coach Shay Herpin, leading the Pirates to a state title in 2016… As a senior, Trahan was named a Small School All-American by CBS/MaxPreps.com after recording 301 strikeouts in 163 innings. She went 23-5 with a 0.73 ERA and tallied six No-Hitters. At the plate, Trahan batted .482 with seven doubles, six homers and 28 RBI… Named Louisiana AAA Player of the Year and First Team All-State… Selected by the Acadiana Advocate as its Most Outstanding Player for the second straight year… As a junior, Trahan earned All-State honors after leading Kaplan to the state title game and striking out 197 batters in 137.1 innings. She posted a 0.87 ERA… Trahan led her travel team, the Wichita Mustangs, to a National Championship in 2015.
PERSONAL – The daughter of Glen and Sue Trahan, Abby plans to major in History at Saint Francis.
