Abby Bettencourt

Abby Bettencourt hits a home run against Penn

Photo by: Jay Ruzicka

Photo by: Brown Athletics

Photo by: Kayleigh Halasz

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Pitcher/Utility
Height:
5-7
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Peabody, Mass.
High School:
Peabody Veterans Memorial

2026: Named Honorable Mention All-Ivy ... Was named Ivy League Player of the Week on May 4 ... Appeared in 42 games, making 36 starts, primarily at first base ... Was second on the team with a .333 batting average ... Led Brown with five home runs and 28 RBI ... Was second on the team with 37 hits and 23 runs scored ... Added seven doubles and two triples ... Upped her batting average to .371 during Ivy League play, leading Brown in hits (23), doubles (5), RBI (18) and tying for the team lead with three home runs ... Was second on the team with seven multi-RBI games, including a team-high two four-RBI games ... Had the second-longest reached base streak on the team at 14 ... Had a hit and an RBI in Brown's win over Colorado State (Feb. 21) ... Posted a team-high 13-game hitting streak from March 19-April 11 ... Drove in two and hit a triple against Stonehill (March 19) ... Had three hits, a home run and four RBI in a series against Columbia (March 21-22) ... Had three hits, a double, two RBI and scored four runs in a doubleheader at Rhode Island (March 25) ... Posted five hits wth two doubles and an RBI in a series at Princeton (April 3-4) ... Went 4-for-6 with a double, home run, three RBI and three runs scored in a doubleheader against Holy Cross (April 21) ... Had seven hits with three doubles, a home run, eight RBI and three runs scored in the series against Penn (May 1-2) ... Hit a solo home run against Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament (May 7) ... Went 2-for-3 with a triple, driving in a run and scoring a run in Brown's win over Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament (May 8).

2025: Named to the Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... Appeared in 44 games, making 39 starts ... Was third on the team with a .287 average ... Led the team with 11 doubles and added 35 hits, one home run, 24 RBI and 17 runs scored ... Had her first-career hit going 2-for-2 with an RBI and run scored against Youngstown State in the season opener (Feb. 21) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and three runs scored at Holy Cross (March 16) ... Hit a double and drove in three runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Stonehill (March 19) ... Hit her first-career home run against Dartmouth (March 22) ... Had two doubles and scored two runs at Penn (March 29) ... Drove in two runs with a double against Cornell (April 4) ... Had three hits with a double, three RBI and a run scored in a doubleheader against Rhode Island (April 9) ... Posted four hits with a double, with five RBI and three runs scored in a three-game series against Yale (April 27-28) ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI against Columbia in the Ivy League Tournament (May 9).

Before Brown: Four-time Team MVP, four-time Boston Globe Athlete of the Year, four-time Northeast Conference Player of the Year and four-time Salem News Softball Player of the Year … 2024 Femaile Moynihan Lumber Student-Athlete of the Year and Will McDonough MIAA Female Athelte of the Year … Finished her career with a 1.07 ERA and a school-record 732 strikeouts in 450.1 innings pitched … Hit .567 with 26 home runs and 110 RBI in her career … Northeastern Conference Scholar Athlete Award … Mother Lauren played softball at Brown from 1993-97, and was a member of the only Brown Softball team to make the NCAA Tournament.

Why Brown?: I chose Brown because I immediately fell in love with the community and atmosphere here on campus. The ability to explore my interests as I see fit with the open curriculum. As well as getting the perfect balance between academics and athletics I was looking for. Brown allows me to live out my collegiate softball dreams while setting up a successful future at the same time.