Biography
Honors: Honorable mention all-MVC (2021)...MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention (2021)...Lady Bears Academic Excellence Award (2019)...Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)...MVC President’s Council Academic Excellence Award (2021)...MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)...MVC Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).
Career Summary: Ended her career with 97 winning games played, which ranks seventh in program history…Played in 125 career games, ranking her 13th all time…Across her career, Hipp scored 720 points, grabbed 439 rebounds and shot .511 from the field…With Hipp in the starting lineup 65 times in her career, the Lady Bears posted a 58-7 record in those games…Her .515 field goal percentage in NCAA Tournament games ranks fifth in program history, while her .714 field goal percentage in the 2019 NCAA Tournament ranks fourth for a single tournament.
2021-22: Senior season was cut short after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the fourth game of the season at USC (Nov. 20)…Scored a season high nine points against North Texas (Nov. 14)…Was part of the Senior Day starting lineup against Indiana State, the final appearance of her Lady Bear career (Feb. 26)… Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.
2020-21: Finished the year as MSU’s No. 4 scorer at 9.2 points per contest, adding 5.1 rebounds while shooting 49 percent from the floor as an honorable mention all-MVC selection...Played in 25 games with 23 starts...Ranked sixth in the MVC in field goal percentage both overall (.490) and in league games (.519)...Finished third in The Valley by pulling down 2.3 offensive boards per game...Scored in double figures 13 times...Had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Bradley (Feb. 20)...Grabbed 10 rebounds at Evansville (March 5)...Scored season-high 16 points against Wake Forest (Nov. 29)...MVC Scholar-Athlete honorable mention pick...Had 13 points in the season opener at FGCU (Nov. 27)...Scored exactly 12 points in five consecutive games from Feb. 13-27...Hauled in five or more rebounds in 15 games...Shot 50 percent or better from the field 14 times.
2019-20: Appeared in all 30 games with 12 starts, averaging 6.7 points and 3.9 rebounds and shooting 54.2 percent from the floor to rank fourth in the MVC...MSU was 11-1 with her in the starting lineup, improving her career record as a starter to 33-4...Went 7-for-7 from the field in MSU’s win at Boise State (Nov. 10), the ninth 7-for-7 or better game in school history and first since 2003...Finished the year ranked 11th in school history with a .524 career field goal percentage...Had a pair of double-doubles, tallying 10 points and 11 rebounds versus Illinois State (Feb. 2) and 11 points and 12 boards against Evansville (Feb. 21)...Scored a career-high 15 points against UNI (Jan. 12) and matched it on March 7 versus Loyola, recording nine double-figure scoring efforts on the year...Had five-plus rebounds in nine games...Shot at least 50 percent from the floor in 19 contests...Improved averages to 8.4 points and 4.8 rebounds in MVC games, and ended the year with 29 assists, 10 blocks and 18 steals.
2018-19: Averaged 4.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game while shooting 49.3 percent from the field in 32 games...Started the final 25 games of the season, helping the Lady Bears to a 22-3 record over that span...Shot 62 percent (38-of-61) during the final 12 games of the season...Scored season highs of 11 points against UNI (March 1) and at No. 13 Iowa State (March 25) in the NCAA second round...Went 5-for-6 in the ISU game with four rebounds in 25 minutes...Tallied nine points and nine rebounds in the MVC finale at Indiana State (March 9), as MSU finished with a 9-0 MVC road record for the first time in school history...Shot 50 percent or better in 17 games...Hit her final three 3-point attempts of the year to finish 3-for-7...Grabbed four-plus rebounds in 12 games...Handed out 39 assists, with a high of four against No. 21 Drake in the MVC Tournament title game (March 17) and at Evansville (March 7), and had multiple helpers in 12 contests...Blocked six shots and swiped 17 steals.
2017-18: Played in every game as a true freshman, averaging 3.5 points and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 54 percent from the field...Became the ninth MSU freshman to shoot above 50 percent for a season with at least 90 field goal attempts...Shot 50 or higher from the floor in 21 of the 30 games with a field goal attempt...Tallied 35 assists, 13 steals and seven blocked shots...Had five assists without a turnover against Northwestern (Dec. 16)...Scored 10 points on 4-for-4 shooting against Wichita State (Dec. 7)...Tallied 10 points with a season-high six rebounds against Drake (Jan. 5)...Dished out multiple assists in 11 games, and had a 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Background: Four-year starter for St. Pius X in Kansas City, helping the Warriors improve their winning percentage each season...Capped stellar prep career with Missouri Class 4 Player of the Year honors as a senior after averaging 14.6 points on 62 percent shooting, 12 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.8 blocks per game...Guided St. Pius X to a runner-up finish in the state tournament in 2017  in the school’s first season in Class 4...Won the DiRenna Award, reserved for the top male and female high school basketball players in the Kansas City area, as a senior, in addition to first-team all-state, all-metro, all-conference and all-district honors...Finished career with school records for field goals (540), rebounds (1,029) and assists (394)...Averaged 14.5 points on 59 percent shooting, 9.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.1 blocks per game as a junior, helping the team to a 26-4 record, second consecutive conference title and third-place finish in Class 3...All-state selection from the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association her final three seasons...All-conference and all-district choice in all four seasons...Averaged 14.1 points, 9.3 boards, 2.9 assists and 2.2 blocks while shooting 56 percent as a sophomore, and tallied 11.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.1 blocks per game during her freshman campaign.
Personal: Abby Hipp is the daughter of Tom and Lisa Hipp...Born Oct. 31, 1998 in Liberty, Mo...Has three brothers, Ryan, Trevin and Andrew...Father played basketball at Siena College...Graduated in May 2021 with an administrative management degree...Working towards her Master's in business administration (MBA).
