Gabbie Plain
Pitcher
Born: (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998
Sydney, Australia
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Gabrielle "Gabbie" Plain is an Australian, former All-American college softball pitcher for Washington. In her freshman year, Plain led the Huskies to a runner-up appearance in the 2018 Women's College World Series, where they lost to Florida State, 2–0 in the finals.[1][2] Plain represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

College career

During the 2021 season, Plain led the Pac-12 in wins, strikeouts, complete games, and strikeouts per seven innings while finishing third in ERA. She began the year 23–0, the longest undefeated start to a season in Washington history. Following an outstanding season she was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and a first-team All-American.[3][4]

Plain was a four-time All-American at Washington.[5][6] She became the second player in Washington softball history, and the 40th in NCAA Division I softball history to do so.[7][8][9] She finished her career at Washington with 108 wins, a 1.52 ERA and 1,068 strikeouts.[10] Plain became the second Husky in program history to record 1,000 career strikeouts as well as the fourth Husky with 100-plus career wins.[11]

Team Australia

Plain represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12] She allowed an earned run, 10 hits, five walks and struck out one batter in six innings. Australia placed fifth and was unable to medal for the first time in an Olympic softball tournament.[13][14]

Career Statistics

Washington Huskies
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2018 22 5 32 26 17 8 0 166.1 99 29 24 43 181 1.01 0.85
2019 24 2 38 27 16 12 4 186.0 98 38 33 43 246 1.24 0.76
2020 10 2 18 10 6 2 2 66.0 52 30 26 21 94 2.75 1.10
2021 32 4 44 37 26 13 3 237.1 146 56 49 49 337 1.44 0.82
TOTALS 88 13 132 100 65 35 9 655.2 395 153 132 156 858 1.41 0.84

References

  1. ↑ "Wash WCWS Stats". NCAA.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Brunt, Cliff (1 June 2018). "Gabbie Plain leads Washington past top-seeded Oregon in Women's College World Series". The Spokesman-Review. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Plain Earns Pac-12 Pitcher Of The Year". gohuskies.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Three Huskies Named All-Americans". gohuskies.com. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "College life is just perfect for Gabbie". Softball Australia. 8 May 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Grasley, Todd (1 October 2018). "How The Huskies Found Pitching Gem Gabbie Plain Down Under". FloSoftball. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Husky Softball Records & History" (PDF). Gohuskies.com. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Loh, Stefanie (18 May 2018). "Meet Gabbie Plain, UW softball's Australian ace who's given the Huskies some much-needed depth". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  9. ↑ Vorel, Mike (15 March 2019). "Washington's Gabbie Plain just threw back-to-back no-hitters (but don't tell Gabbie Plain)". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Klingler, Plain Named NFCA All-Americans". gohuskies.com. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Plain Records 1,000th Career Strikeout in 5-0 Win Over No. 19 Oregon". gohuskies.com. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Australia Officially Names Plain To Olympic Team". gohuskies.com. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Plain". Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 21 March 2022.



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