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Mia Abello

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5'6''
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Freshman
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Houston, Texas
Hometown
The Kinkaid School
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Mia Abello - Field Hockey - Virginia Cavaliers

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2024

  • Scored her first goal of the season in the win against American (9/15)
  • Scored the game-winning goal in the fourth quarter of the 1-0 road victory at No. 9 Duke (9/27)
  • Tallied her third goal against William & Mary (9/29)
  • Named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week after her performances against Duke and William & Mary, her first career conference honor (10/1)
  • Converted two shootout opportunities in the win against Syracuse, including the decider (10/18)
  • Scored the game-winner in the following game, converting a penalty stroke in the 1-0 victory against Miami (Ohio) (10/20)
  • NFHCA NCAA Division I Watchlist

2023 – NCAA Semifinals

  • Started all 21 games, scoring four goals with an assist for nine points
  • Made her collegiate debut against Penn State (8/25). Was the only newcomer in the starting lineup for that game
  • Scored her first collegiate goal on a penalty corner at Saint Joseph’s (9/1)
  • Scored another goal off a corner at Temple while assisting on another, giving her two goals (five points) in her first four games (9/3)
  • Scored the game-winning goal at William & Mary, giving her three-straight games in which she scored a goal (9/8)
  • Scored her fourth goal of the season against Duke (10/06)
  • NFHCA NCAA Division I Preseason Watchlist
  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • NFHCA National Academic Squad
  • Named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll

INTERNATIONAL

  • 2023-24 US Women’s National Team
  • 2022-23 US Women’s National Team
  • 2023 US Junior Women’s National Team
  • Won silver at the 2024 Junior Pan American Championship in British Columbia, helping the US U21 team qualify for the 2025 Junior World Cup (7/13/24)
  • Member of the US U21 Team competing at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile (12/11/23)
  • Won gold with the US U21 Junior National Team at the 2023 Junior Pan American Championship in Barbados, helping the team qualify for the Junior World Championships (4/18)

BACKGROUND

  • 2022 Texas/Oklahoma Max Field Hockey Player of the Year
  • Named an NFHCA First Team All-American in 2022 after earning second-team honors the previous year
  • Four-time All-South Preparatory Conference
  • Competed for the 2022 US Rise National Team, playing in a four-game series against the Canadian U18 squad

Personal

  • Daughter of April and Carlos Abello
  • Older brother, Carlos, plays baseball at Princeton
  • Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences