ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis University rising senior catcher Abby Mallo has been recognized as one of the nation's top NCAA Division I mid-major players with her inclusion in D1Softball.com's 2025 D100 Mid-Major Player Rankings.
 
Mallo is No. 35 on the list, which comprises players from outside the "Power 4" conferences.
 
The honor adds to an impressive list of accomplishments for Mallo in the 2025 campaign. She was a National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Midwest Region second-team selection, earned Atlantic 10 Conference co-Player of the Year and first-team All-Conference accolades, and was named Most Outstanding Player of the A-10 Championship after helping lead the Billikens to their first conference tournament title and first NCAA Tournament bid.
 
In addition, Mallo was a four-time A-10 Player of the Week, a three-time selection to the NFCA's "Selected Top Performances" list and a two-time choice in Michella Chester's NCAA "Lineup of the Week."
 
Mallo set Saint Louis and A-10 single-season records with 82 RBIs, ranking fifth nationally. Her school-record 20 home runs equaled the A-10 mark and ranked 23rd nationally. Mallo also landed among the Division I top 30 with a school-record and league-leading 140 total bases (24th) and a conference-best 14 runners caught stealing (26th).
 
Mallo's 20 homers lifted her career total to a school-record 43. She has 166 RBIs, just seven shy of SLU's career standard.
 
Mallo established career highs in nine additional categories in 2025, including team bests in hits (65), doubles (13), slugging percentage (.782) and batting average (.363). She was second in hits and doubles, third in slugging percentage and fifth in batting average in the A-10. Mallo's career-high .456 on-base percentage and 40 runs ranked sixth and eighth, respectively, in the conference.