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Mia Abello
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Position
5'6''
Height
Freshman
Class
Houston, Texas
Hometown
The Kinkaid School
High School
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2024
- Had a defensive save in the road win at Maryland (9/13)
- 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)
- Made her second defensive save of the season in the ACC quarterfinal game against Syracuse (11/5)
- 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