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Baseball player
Abbey Cheek
Third baseman Born: (1997-03-18 ) March 18, 1997 (age 27)
Inman, South Carolina
NFCA Player of the Year (2019)
SEC Player of the Year (2019)
NCAA 1st Team All-American (2019)
NPF Rookie of the Year (
2019 )
All-NPF Team (2019)
Abbey Cheek (born March 18, 1997) is an American
softball player for the
USSSA Florida Pride of the
Women's Professional Fastpitch League (WPF) and an Assistant softball coach at Bethune-Cookman University.
Early life
Cheek attended
Chapman High School in
Inman, South Carolina .
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Playing career
College
Cheek attended the
University of Kentucky where she played for the
Kentucky Wildcats softball team.
[2] She is Kentucky softball's career leader in
home runs .
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[6] Cheek led the Wildcats to four consecutive
NCAA Division I softball tournament appearances from 2016 to 2019, including three appearances in the Super Regionals from 2017 to 2019.
[7] During her senior season, she ranked second nationally with 64 walks and was third with a .602 on-base percentage and .908 slugging percentage. As the Wildcats’ first-ever
SEC Player of the Year , Cheek hit .428 with 13 doubles, 20 long balls, 53 RBI, 54 runs scored and posted an OPS of 1.536. Following the season she was named
NFCA National Player of the Year .
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Professional
Cheek was drafted by the
Chicago Bandits of
National Pro Fastpitch in the third round of the
2019 NPF Draft .
[9] During the
2019 season , Cheek was named the NPF Rookie of the Year.
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References
^ Boynton, Eric (May 7, 2019).
"Chapman alum Abbey Cheek wins SEC softball honor" .
Spartanburg Herald-Journal .
Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
^
"UK's Abbey Cheek Named SEC Player of the Year" . kysportsstyle.com. May 7, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
^ Walker, Alex (April 5, 2019).
"UK's Abbey Cheek named Athlete of the Week" .
WKYT .
Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
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"Kentucky has SEC Softball Player of the Year for first time in program history" .
Lexington Herald-Leader . May 7, 2019.
Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
^ Peck, Jared (May 16, 2019).
" 'A whole 'nother level.' Power player at heart of Kentucky softball's run to NCAAs" .
Lexington Herald-Leader .
Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
^ Sullivan, Josh (April 24, 2019).
"A Player of the Year nod and a three-run homer. It was a big day for UK softball star" .
Lexington Herald-Leader .
Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
^ Peck, Jared (February 7, 2019).
"Talent, experience and one of nation's best players has Kentucky thinking softball world series" .
Lexington Herald-Leader .
Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
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"Kentucky's Cheek garners 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Player of the Year honors" . nfca.org . June 6, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2021 .
^ Kennedy, Bryan (April 16, 2019).
"Abbey Cheek and Katie Reed taken by Bandits in 2019 NPF draft" .
WTVQ .
Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
^
"NPF Awards Banquet Kicks Off 2019 Championship Series" . profastpitch.com . August 14, 2019. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019 . {{
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External links
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