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- Height:
- 6-2
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- Weight:
- 215
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- Year:
- JR
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- Hometown:
- Goshen, IN
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- High School:
- Northridge
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- Position:
- P/1B
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- Years Coached (at Taylor):
- Northridge
Bio
2018 at Taylor: Continued to be a solid dual threat for the Trojans, coming up big at the plate and on the bump … Knocked five home runs and 48 hits in 47 starts and 58 games played … Finished fourth on the team with a .329 batting average, grabbing an eight-game hitting streak from March 26 to April 12 … Picked up multiple RBI in 10 contests, nabbing 38 on the season … Reached base at a .422 rate, landing 11 multi-hit games … Turned in an excellent offensive night against Mount Vernon Nazarene on May 4, batting 3-for-4 with two home runs … Started in all four Crossroads League Tournament games, batting .462 with a 1.154 slugging percentage and three home runs … Stepped up facing tough competition, going 6-for-15 with two doubles and three RBI against ranked opponents … Took the mound in 16 contests, picking up a pair of wins and 46 strikeouts … Was TU’s starting pitcher in nine matchups on his way to a 3.45 earned-run average … Began the season on fire, retiring the first nine batters faced … Allowed no runs during seven different appearances … Posted a strikeout in 15-of-16 outings, while landing at least four whiffs in five games … Suffocated opposing hitters, holding them to a .220 batting average … Cranked it up in league play, allowing just five earned runs in 23.2 innings of work while facing Crossroads League squads … Named First-Team All-Crossroads League as a hitter.
2017 at Taylor: Made immediate impact on mound and with bat for Taylor during freshman season … Started 50-of-53 games played and posted .344 average with 13 doubles, one triple, five homers and 41 runs batted in … Also recorded .415 on-base clip and .539 slugging percentage … Displayed steady glove at first base to rank second in Crossroads League with .992 fielding percentage … Pushed numbers to .370 average with .556 slugging in league play … Hit .426 with .713 slugging in TU’s 35 victories … Turned in 16 multi-hit games, doing so nine times in last 22 contests … Was Taylor’s best hitter down the stretch with .400 average, five homers, eight extra-base hits and 27 RBI over final 75 at bats … Knocked first career homer on April 8 in 19-9 win over Indiana Wesleyan … Homered in very next game to lead TU past Spring Arbor by 19-11 margin … Also made presence felt on mound by ranking third on TU staff with nine starts … Posted 7.30 earned-run average and 15 strikeouts over 40.2 innings of work on the hill … Flashed potential with three starts of at least five innings, going 3-0 with 2.00 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in those outings … Tossed one-hit shutout in 11-0 win at Mount Vernon Nazarene on April 1, needing only 86 pitches to complete the seven-inning affair … Notched first win in first start with four shutout frames in an 18-0 blowout at Toccoa Falls on February 11 … Named Crossroads League Player of the Week on May 2, after hitting .583 with 1.167 slugging percentage in three games from April 26 through 28 … Selected as Honorable Mention All-Crossroads League performer.
Prep: Three-time varsity letterman for Andrew Brabender at Northridge High … Also played two seasons on basketball team … Played club ball with Indiana Chargers … Earned Best Bat and Best Pitcher Awards for Northridge … Three-time First-Team All-Northern Lakes Conference selection on the diamond … Invited to participate in the Indiana North-South All-Star Game … Four-year Scholar-Athlete and member of Academic Honor Roll … Two-year member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Pat and Dana Kennedy … Majoring in exercise science.
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