UNC Wilmington Athletics

2021 Season: One of four players to start all 38 games ... split time between second base and the outfield ... ranked fifth on the team with .266 batting average ... tied for fifth in the Colonial Athletic Association with 14 stolen bases ... ranked second on the team with 28 runs scored ... fourth on the team with 34 hits ... earned No. 9 play on ESPN's SportsCenter Top 10 with diving catch against East Carolina on Apr. 7 ... posted eight-game hitting streak from Mar. 5-20 ... recorded first home run of college career with inside-the-park homer at Charleston in series finale on Apr. 18 ... posted three-hit efforts against Ohio (Mar. 13) and at Elon (Apr. 3) ... member of CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters.

2020 Season: Started 20-of-21 games as a sophomore ... Seahawks' leading hitter with .338 batting average ... led CAA with 18 stolen bases in 19 attempts ... finished season by stealing 13 consecutive bases without being caught ... tallied at least one hit in 14 games, including seven multi-hit efforts ... stole at least one base in six consecutive games from Feb. 21-28 ... went 3-for-4 with two runs scored against George Washington on Feb. 22 ... scored three runs and stole three bases against Toledo on Feb. 28 ... drove in two runs and had 2-for-4 effort against Georgetown on Mar. 6 ... swiped season-high four bases and went 2-for-3 against Brown on Feb. 22 ... recipient of CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll for fall and spring semesters.

2019 Season: Appeared in 20 games as a freshman with six starts ... hit .233 with four runs batted in ... scored 10 runs ... went 4-for-6 with two triples, two runs scored and three RBI against Howard on Feb. 16 ... authored two-hit performance against Rhode Island on Feb. 17 with two runs scored and a run batted in ... scored two runs against Canisius on Mar. 15 ... recipient of CAA Commissioner's Academic Award for the fall and spring semesters.

Prior to UNCW: Three-year letter winner at Southeast Guilford before playing senior season at Providence Grove ... four-time all-conference selection who collected 143 hits in scholastic career ... led Southeast Guilford to conference title in 2015 in addition to winning conference championship as a senior at Providence Grove ... batted .592 as a senior with 45 hits ... also stole 31 bases in 31 attempts while posting a .667 on-base percentage ... honored as 2017 News and Record Player of the Year ... also garnered District 5 Player of the Year notice as a senior ... also played volleyball during scholastic career. 

Personal: Full Name: Gabriella Neal Hessenthaler ... older sister, Anna, played for the UNCW softball team from 2016-19 ... born in Liberty, N.C. ... daughter of Wendy and Fritz Hessenthaler ... majoring in Business Administration.