2024 (Fifth-Year)
• Started in-goal for all 19 games in 2024
• Led the Buckeye defense in six shutouts and only allowed multiple goals in five of 19 games
• Notched 68 saves on the season
• Moved into first place in program history for shutouts
• Sits in eighth place in Ohio State history with 288
• Added a career-high 11 saves in the November 1 match against Maryland
• Was named Big Ten Defensive POTW on September 4 and 16
• Earned National Defensive POTW honors on September 4
2023 (Senior)
• Started all 20 games during her senior season in 2023 and finished with a 14-6 record, .725 save percentage, 66 total stops and a 1.27 goals-against average.
• Made five or more saves in a game four times; her season-high effort of eight stops came against eventual NCAA runner-up Northwestern (9/22)
• Registered six shutouts
2022 (Junior)
• Started all 19 games as a junior in 2022 and finished the season with a 1.12 goals against average, .790 save percentage and 79 total saves
• Had a Big Ten-leading six shutouts
• Her goals-against average was fourth and save percentage ranked sixth
2021 (Sophomore)
• Started the final 13 games of the spring 2021 season and had a 7-6 record with a 2.34 goals-against average, .621 save percentage and 41 total stops
• Registered back-to-back shutouts vs. Indiana (April 2 and April 4)
• Set her career high with seven saves vs. No. 2 Iowa and No. 5 Northwestern during the regular season
2020 (Freshman)
• Started nine times in the fall of 2021 and finished with 35 stops, a .625 save percentage and 2.97 goals-against average
• Started the season with a shutout of Ball State and added a season-high seven stops against than-No. 1 Iowa
Honors & Awards
2024: Academic All-Big Ten, NFHCA All-West Region Second Team
2023: OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten
2022: OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten
2021: OSU Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten
2020: OSU Scholar-Athlete
More on Abby
• Team captain and a first-team all-region selection as a senior in 2019
• Led Shenendehowa Central to the Section 2 championship game for the fourth consecutive year
• Named a Northeast Region Player to Watch, All-New York selection and voted Most Honored Player by her high school teammates
• Two-time member of the U16 Futures Champions and played on the AAU Junior Olympics silver medal squad and U19 Futures national champions
• Was a NYSPHA Scholar-Athlete
• Her career goal is to become an architect
• Her mother, Gail, was a two-time All-American in field hockey and lacrosse at Temple and is the director of athletics at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
• Is a construction systems management major
2024 Field Hockey Roster
Danson, Abby
Jersey Number 75
Abby Danson
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Hometown:
- Clifton Park, N.Y.
- Last School:
- Shenendehowa Central
- Major:
- Construction Systems Mgmt
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