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Amy Kendall - Softball - University of Kentucky Athletics 29

AmyKendall

  • class Sophomore
  • High school Northrup
BIO

2003 – Started 32 games in the pitcher’s circle and 17 in the infield or as designated player … Led the pitching staff in all statistical categories … First career hit in very first game (1/31 vs. Illinois State) … First career home run against Eastern Kentucky 4/2 … Second on the team with 3 home runs … Hit a two-run home run 4/18 vs. Auburn to tie game and force extra innings … Went 4-7 with 2 runs, 2 doubles, a home run and 5 RBIs in final two games of the season against Western Kentucky (4/30) and #23 Iowa (5/3) … As a pitcher, went 1-1 with a 1.62 ERA at the Stanford Invitational … Went 2-1 with a 1.71 ERA the next week at the Houston Invitational … Pitched first career shutout against Morehead State 3/12 … Second shutout of the year in a four-hit performance against Louisville 4/23 … Named Player of the Game by Fox Sports on April 27 against Arkansas after picking up the win and going 3-4 with 4 RBIs.

High School – 2002 Indiana Miss Softball … Holds 15 different Indiana state high school pitching records … Was 26-4 as a senior with 397 strikeouts and a 0.34 ERA … Career 106-19 record with a 0.29 ERA, lowest in Indiana high school history … Also batted .439 with four home runs and 31 RBI as a senior … Named First-Team All-State and All-Conference four consecutive years … 1999 Second-Team and 2000 Third-Team Louisville Slugger High School All-American … Member of National Honor Society.

Personal – Born on May 25, 1983 … Parents are Timon and Miriam Kendall … Has one sister, Lisa (23) … Hobbies include traveling and collecting koalas …Chose UK because she loved the coaches, the team and the city of Lexington.

Kendall’s Career Hitting Stats
Year AVG GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-SBA
2003 .210 51/49 143 5 30 6 0 3 22 45 .315 8 2 55 0 .261 0 0 0-0
Kendall’s Career Pitching Stats
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO OPP/AVG WP
2003 4.16 11-23 40 32 29 2/0 0 229 279 184 136 73 102 .296 19

kendall.jpgThe Kendall File
Favorite Movie: The Last of the Mohicans
Favorite TV Show: “Sportscenter” and “Pardon the Interruption”
Most memorable softball moment: Being named the 2002 Miss Softball in Indiana, as well as the Class 3A Mental Attitude Award winner.
If I could be stranded on a deserted island with one person it would be: Orlando Bloom or Heath Ledger
If I won the lottery the first think I would buy would be: A Dodge Viper SRT-10
If I were to go on vacation for a month I would most want to go to: Machinac Island
If I could trade places with one person tin the world for one week it would be: Lance Armstrong

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