Georgia Southern University Athletics

Honors and Awards
GS President’s List Spring 2023
GS Dean's List Fall 2022
2021-22 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS Dean’s List Fall 2021
GS Dean's List Spring 2022
2020-21 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS Dean's List spring 2021
2019-20 Sun Belt Commissioner's List

Senior (2022): Played in 46 sets in 16 matches and made three starts • Posted 66 digs, 12 aces and nine assists • Logged double-digit digs in two matches • Had a season-high 12 digs at Appalachian State (11/5) • Notched three aces in two contests, including in the Sun Belt Tourney vs. Southern Miss (11/17).

Junior (2021): Played 20 sets in 10 matches • Finished with 31 digs and two assists • Logged a season-high 12 digs at ULM (9/24).

Sophomore (2020): Played seven sets in four matches • Posted season highs of 10 assists, four digs and a block at Charleston (1/30).

Freshman (2019): Redshirted the season after an injury forced her out of action • Named to GS Dean's List in the spring.

Prep: Lettered four seasons for coach Dexter Rogers at Palm Harbor University High School • Named 2018-All Pinellas County First Team Setter and All-Tampa Second Team Setter by the Tampa Bay Times • Named All-Tampa First Team Setter by the Tampa Bay Times in 2015, 2016 and 2017 • Collected 621 assists, 280 digs, 74 blocks, 68 aces and 61 kills while leading Palm Harbor to a 22-7 record • Led the Hurricanes to Class 8A FHSAA Regional Finals in all four years of her career • Finished career with 2,400 assists, 680 digs, 220 aces, 180 kills and 123 blocks in 250 sets.

Personal: Born Abby Diana Strong Sept. 14, 2000, in Clearwater, Fla. • The daughter of Andrew and Michele Strong • Has an older sister, Emma, and a younger brother, Grant • Emma plays volleyball at The Citadel and Grant plays both indoor and beach volleyball • Has a distant relative, Les Strong, who played pro soccer in the Premier League for Fulham and Crystal Palace in the 1980s, and another, Sir Roy Strong, who is an art historian and museum curator and was knighted by the Queen of England in 1982.

Major: Management.