Upcoming Event: Softball versus Salt Lake Community College on September 23, 2025 at 4 p.m.
4 p.m.
Softball
vs Salt Lake Community College
2023 Softball Roster
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Dayton, Abby
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Jersey Number 16
Abby Dayton
- Height:
- 5-3
- Custom1:
- L/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Riverside, Calif.
- High School:
- Norco HS
Bio
2024: NFCA Third-Team All-American...NFCA All-Pacific Region First-Team...All-Pac-12 First-Team...one of only four Utes to be in the starting lineup for all 57 games...became the second Ute to win the Pac-12 Regular Season Batting Title with a .444 regular season clip...finished the year with a league-best .431 average, the highest by a Ute since 1994 and 15th in the country...led the conference with six triples, tied for 13th in the nation...crafted the league's second-best on-base percentage at .521...also finished in the top 10 in the Pac-12 in hits (72) and walks (27)...reached base safely in 33 games from Feb. 23 - April 7...owned a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 79 chances...cobbled together a 14-game hit streak from March 3 - March 23...logged at least three hits in nine different games, a team-best...put up multiple hits in four straight contests on March 23 - 24...cracked four hits, including the game-winning homer, and knocked in four runs on March 2 vs. Wisconsin...went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base during Utah's Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal win over No. 22 Oregon.
2023: NFCA All-Pacific Region Third-Team...All-Pac-12 First-Team...twice named All-Pac-12 Freshman of the Week...batted .368 with 43 hits in 47 games, scoring 24 runs, driving in 16 and swiping nine bases without being caught...collected three hits and scored twice on 3/18 at Arizona...added two doubles, four RBIs and scored another run on 3/19 against the Wildcats...in a doubleheader against Arizona State on 4/8, Dayton went 7-for-7, scored twice, drove in three runs and stole a base...put together a 13-game hit streak from 4/30 - 5/28...scored five runs over three games at NCAA Regionals.
Prior to Utah: Competed in two sports at Norco High School, lettering in softball and volleyball...a four-year varsity starter for the softball team...twice named all-league and earned an all-state selection in 2021...helped lead the team to national, state and CIF championships in 2019...as a junior, put together a 25-game hitting streak and barreled-up eight home runs...led the team in on-base percentage and stolen bases as a freshman...ranked as the #18 player in the class of 2022...played travel ball for the Batbusters, coached by Mike Stith.
Personal: Daughter of Martin and Amanda Dayton and has three siblings, a sister named Kimberly and two brothers named Warren and Kyle.
2023: NFCA All-Pacific Region Third-Team...All-Pac-12 First-Team...twice named All-Pac-12 Freshman of the Week...batted .368 with 43 hits in 47 games, scoring 24 runs, driving in 16 and swiping nine bases without being caught...collected three hits and scored twice on 3/18 at Arizona...added two doubles, four RBIs and scored another run on 3/19 against the Wildcats...in a doubleheader against Arizona State on 4/8, Dayton went 7-for-7, scored twice, drove in three runs and stole a base...put together a 13-game hit streak from 4/30 - 5/28...scored five runs over three games at NCAA Regionals.
Prior to Utah: Competed in two sports at Norco High School, lettering in softball and volleyball...a four-year varsity starter for the softball team...twice named all-league and earned an all-state selection in 2021...helped lead the team to national, state and CIF championships in 2019...as a junior, put together a 25-game hitting streak and barreled-up eight home runs...led the team in on-base percentage and stolen bases as a freshman...ranked as the #18 player in the class of 2022...played travel ball for the Batbusters, coached by Mike Stith.
Personal: Daughter of Martin and Amanda Dayton and has three siblings, a sister named Kimberly and two brothers named Warren and Kyle.
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