Hall of Fame
GABRIELLE SNYDER - Softball 2014-2017
A two-way standout who is the Dayton softball career batting average record holder, Gabrielle Snyder was named NFCA All-Region all four seasons of her college career. She was selected first team as a junior, second team as a senior, and third team as a freshman and sophomore. Snyder was also First Team All-Atlantic 10 three times, after being selected to the All-Rookie team as a freshman.
Snyder was A-10 Player of the Year as a senior in 2017. She is the UD career record holder in batting average (.399) and doubles (58), and is second in career hits (222), third in slugging percentage (.607), tied for third in career on-base percentage (.444), fourth in triples (9) and sixth in RBI (97).
The Indianapolis native batted .370, .396, .382 and a then-school-record .429 in her four years. A tremendous defender in centerfield, she also pitched, with career marks of 31 wins and 23 losses over 53 starts with a career ERA of 3.93. Her best season in the circle by far was 2016, when she was 8-2 with a 1.69 ERA.
Snyder played on teams that were a combined 122-91-1, and 55-26-1 in the A-10. Dayton won its first Atlantic 10Â regular season championship in 2015 with a 20-2 record, and then finished second in 2016 with a 14-5-1 mark.
A pre-med major, she was First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American as a senior. She also earned First Team A-10 All-Academic Team honors three times.
Dr. Snyder graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 2022. She is an Emergency Medicine Physician at Good Samaritan and Bethesda North Hospitals in Cincinnati.
