2026 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 4
Gabrielle Debevec
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Antioch, Ill.
- High School:
- Antioch Community HS
Senior - 2026
- Appeared in 40 games, making 11 starts at second base
- Added a pair of multi-hit games against LSU (2/8/26) and Penn State (4/26/26)
- Totaled nine hits and seven runs, with her lone extra-base hit, a double, coming at LSU (2/8/26)
- Scored two runs in game one at Michigan State (4/3/26)
- Drew eight walks on the year
- Lone stolen base of the year came at Minnesota (3/29/26)
- Recorded a .929 fielding percentage, with 21 putouts, 18 assists, and a double play
Junior - 2025
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared in 41 games, making 35 starts
- Recorded 18 hits and 11 runs
- Slashed .214/.250/.323
- Tallied three doubles and six RBI
- Drew nine walks
- Recorded a pair of multi-hit games against Wisconsin (3/15/25) and UNI (3/25/25)
- Logged two RBI against Wisconsin (3/15/25), UNI (3/25/25) and at Rutgers (4/25/25)
- Went 3-for-3 in stolen bases
SOPHOMORE - 2024
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in 42 games, making 15 starts
- Tallied 11 hits and 14 runs on the year
- Posted the walkoff single against Iowa (5/3/24)
- Recorded first career double against SIUE (3/27/24)
- Logged a stolen base against St. Thomas (3/10/24)
- Amassed four sac bunts on the year
- Slashed .216/.235/.298
FRESHMAN - 2023
- Appeared in 10 games
- Scored a run against SIUE (3/28/23)
- Logged a walk and a stolen base against North Carolina A&T (3/3/23)
- Posted a .500 on-base percentage
HIGH SCHOOL
- Illinois Third Team All-State
- Northern Lake County All-Conference selection
- Helped Illinois Chill Gold place 16th at PGF nationals in 2018 and 2019 and 2nd at the Colorado IDT in 2019
- Won a championship at a PGF qualifier in Peoria, Ill.
Illini Softball | Ava Moore Media Availability 1/29/2025
Wednesday, January 29
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Wednesday, January 29
Illini Softball | Head Coach Tyra Perry Availability 1/29/2025
Wednesday, January 29
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