Kylee Kennedy

Position Infield

Class Senior

Hometown Topeka, Kan.

High School Shawnee Heights Senior

Height 6'0"

bio stats

2016 (Senior)
Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Appeared in 12 games and made five starts at first base or as the designated player… Batted .250 with four hits, five runs scored and seven RBIs… Drew six walks… Tallied a double and home run… Registered a .500 slugging percentage and .455 on-base percentage… Hit a three-run long ball against Saint Louis (3/20)… Recorded a pair of multi-RBI performances… Drew a season-best three walks against Iowa State (5/12).

2015 (Junior)
Came off the bench in three games in pinch hitting situations… Recorded three at-bats… Registered her first at-bat of the season against Penn State (2/8).

2014 (Sophomore)
Started four games and made 13 appearances for the Jayhawks… Hit .154 (2-for-13)… Collected two RBIs, one apiece at South Florida (3/1) and against Iowa State (5/10)… Recorded six walks on the season.

2013 (Freshman)
A reserve for the Jayhawks… Drilled a pinch-hit two-run home run in her first career at-bat against Southern (2/23)… Added two more RBIs after a pinch hit against North Carolina A&T (3/1).

High School
Four-time letterwinner at Shawnee Heights Senior High in Tecumseh, Kansas, under coach Steve Giddens… An All-State First Team honoree her senior season… Named all-city, all-league and a State Softball Academic Award Winner in her final three seasons… Won the Gold Glove Award her sophomore season… In her junior and senior seasons, led the state in home runs, set the school record for home runs and was team MVP… Awarded the Team RBI Award and served as the team captain… Also lettered twice in volleyball and three times in basketball.

Club
Played one year for KC Jazz under head coach Terry Corp… Finished that season with a .488 batting average, .839 slugging percentage, .518 on base percentage and hit 21 home runs… Selected as Standout Athlete and Elite All-American Player by Colorado Sparkler… Nominated for Elite All-American Softball team in New York… Nominated to play in the All-American Softball Top 100 Showcase in Phoenix, Arizona…. Played six years for Topeka Outburst under head coach Stacy Kennedy.

Personal
Born Kylee Elizabeth Ann Kennedy… Daughter of Don and Stacy Kennedy… Mother, Stacy, played softball at Wichita State and KU… Father, Don, played football at Washburn University… Has four siblings: Spencer, Trevin, Katelyn and Colton.