Abbie Squier Season 2021

Honors & Awards

• Team Captain (2024)
• NFCA Second-Team All-Midwest Region (2022)
• First-Team All-Big Ten (2022)
• Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2022)
• Co-Big Ten Player of the Week (2/14/22)
• Academic All-District (2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022, 2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Nebraska Gold Academic Medallion (2022, 2023) 
• Six-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll Member
• 2023 Team Captain
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Redshirt Season (2024) 

• Redshirted in 2024 following offseason surgery
• Still served as one of four team captains

Junior Season (2023) 

• Started 57 games in left field 
• Had a career-high 27 RBI
• Had two hits, three runs and three RBIs at the Houston Invitational 
• Finished 3-for-6 at the Rock Chalk Challenge
• Went 3-for-8 in the opening conference series against Purdue 
• Had two homers in game two against Iowa 
• Hit .500 with five hits, one double and one home run with five RBI in the series sweep at Indiana
• Went 4-for-9 with three RBI in the Ohio State series 
• Hit a homer against No. 22 Wichita State in game three of the NCAA Regional

Sophomore Season (2022)

• Started all 57 games in left  field 
• Had career-highs in runs (44), hits (60), doubles (10) and home runs (7)
• Tallied eight hits, four RBIs, one double and two home runs at the UNI-Dome Classic 
• Recorded a hit in four of the five games at the UNI-Dome Classic and hit .500 on the weekend
• Added four hits, five runs and 2 RBI at the Troy Cox Classic
• Was 4-for-8 in the three-game series at Kansas 
• Recorded two homers in the win against South Dakota 
• Tallied five hits at the Rock Chalk Challenge 
• Added two hits, two RBI and two runs in the win over Creighton 
• Hit .500, going 5-for-10 in the Rutgers series with two homers and three RBI
• Added four hits including a double and two RBIs in the Minnesota series 
• Went 4-for-9 with one double at the Wisconsin series 
• Tallied three hits including a double and an RBI at the Ohio State series 
• Hit .444 with four hits including three doubles and one RBI in the Indiana series 
• Added two hits and an RBI against Ohio State at the Big Ten Tournament 
• Tallied one hit in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game against No. 23 Michigan 

Freshman Season (2021)

• Played in 28 games with 10 starts
• Started seven games in left field, two games in right field and one as the designated player
• Also appeared as a pinch runner seven times, a pinch hitter seven times and a defensive replacement four times
• Made her debut as a pinch runner in the win over Indiana
• Started both games of the Michigan State doubleheader
• Went 1-for-2 with her first two career runs in game one
• Drove in the first run of her career in game two
• Saw her first action as a pinch hitter in game two against Purdue
• Earned her first career start as the designated player in the final game of the Rutgers series and found her way on base with a hit-by-pitch
• Appeared in two of the four games at No. 24 Minnesota
• Started the final two games of the Maryland series in left field
• Had a hit in both starts, including a two-run single
• Went 1-for-3 with an RBI in game two of the Iowa series
• Doubled in the series finale with the Hawkeyes
• Made her final start of the season in game two of the Northwestern series

Before Nebraska

• Was a three-year letterwinner for Southwest High School
• Ranked No. 95 in the 2020 signing class by Extra Inning Softball
• Finished her career with a batting average of .490 and a slugging percentage of .994
• Helped the Silver Hawks to four district championships and four state tournament appearances, which included a state title in 2018 and a runner-up finish in 2017
• Batted .495 with 18 home runs and finished with an on-base percentage of .604 as a senior
• Was a third-team NFCA All-American in 2018 after hitting a career-best .516 with 15 homers and 65 RBIs
• Hit .467 as a sophomore
•  Named to the Lincoln Journal Star Super State team three times, which included first-team honors in 2018 and 2019
• Was named to the Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska team as a junior and a senior
• Was a team captain and named best teammate in 2018 and 2019
• Was voted the most outstanding player as a senior
• Lettered in track and field, basketball and academics
• Was a member of the 2018 and 2019 Class A Girls Track and Field Championship Teams
• Was the 2018 shot put runner up, before claiming the state title in 2019
• Was named the Lincoln Southwest Female Athlete of the Year in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• Played club for the Driven Academy Locos under Mike Barrett for six seasons before moving to Iowa Premier Gold
• Helped Iowa Premier Gold and coach Greg Dickel win the 2019 PGF Platinum National Championship

Personal

• Born on Nov. 9, 2001
• Is the daughter of Jon and Michelle Squier
• Has one sister, Katie, who is a student at UNL
• Majoring in finance