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Kendall Veach Season 2019

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Kendall Veach Season 2019

PositionINF/C
Height5-9
YearSenior
HometownSelma, Ala.
B/TR/R

HONORS AND AWARDS:
2019 Softball America All-America Second Team
2019 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team 
2019 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete 
2019 All-SEC Second Team
2019 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll 
2019-20 Athletic Director's Honor Roll
2018 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

2017 SEC All-Tournament Team
2017 Puerto Vallarta Challenge All-Tournament Team
2017 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 


2019 | SENIOR SEASON:
Appeared in and started all 60 games behind the plate for Auburn … led the team with 20 home runs, which was the second most by a Tiger in a single season … her 116 total bases also led the team … tied with Tannon Snow for the team lead with 48 RBI … slashed .289/.699/.394 for the season … her .699 slugging percentage led the team … had a .989 fielding percentage with 341 putouts for the season … threw out 10 would-be base stealers … limited opponents to only 14 stolen bases on the season, which was the lowest in school history … opened the season with a 4-for-4, two-home run, five-RBI performance against Tennessee State (2/8) … went 2-for-2 with two solo home runs against Michigan State (3/9) … named to the All-SEC Second Team … selected to the NFCA All-Region First Team … went 3-for-3 against South Carolina (4/14) … had at least one hit in every SEC series … led all Power Five players with eight intentional walks … had a team-high nine home runs against SEC opponents … drove in a team-high 20 runs in games played against SEC teams … batted .390 when leading off an inning … had a team-high 22 two-out RBI

2018 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Made 57 starts at three positions: first base, third base and catcher … began the season with 31 starts at third base and eight starts at catcher before switching the first base on April 4, to finish the season … touted a .237 clip … laced 36 hits while driving in 22 runs … tallied seven doubles and seven homers … scored 27 runs while holding a .434 slugging clip and .348 on-base percentage … went 8-for-10 in stolen base attempts … made 227 putouts with 85 assists … tallied eight multi-hit efforts … secured two RBI and two runs vs. Tennessee Tech (2/10) … drove in three runs vs. Delaware (2/16) … had a season-high three hits with four runs scored and a home run vs. Oregon State (2/24) … held a seven-game hit streak from March 3 to March 10 … went 2-for-5 with a run scored at LSU (3/9) … went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a homer at Chattanooga (5/6) … drove in a run on a sacrifice fly in NCAA Regional vs. Florida State (5/19)

2017 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Started all 61 games and first and third base ... scorched 42 hits, including 10 doubles and team-highs with 12 home runs and four triples ... tallied 44 RBI and crossed the plate 34 times ... slugged at a .542 clip and touted a .355 on-base percentage ... guided team with 510 putouts and had a .987 fielding percentage ... laced 15 hits in SEC play, 10 that went for extra bases, including four homers ... hit .321 against left-handed pitchers on the season ... touted a .316 average with the bases loaded ... racked up 14 multi-RBI games and had at least two hits in 11 contests ... responsible for nine game-winning plays, including seven via RBI ... blasted career-best two solo home runs in season-opening triumph over Oklahoma (2/9) ... smashed roundtrippers in both matchups against SIUE (2/16 & 2/17) ... notched career-high four RBI and added a double versus North Dakota (2/23) ... crushed a home run, drew two walks and scored twice against Liberty (3/2) ... went 2-for-2 with three RBI in a tilt with Alabama State (3/8) ... drilled six hits in three multi-hit games that included two triples, two home runs, seven RBI and four runs in a series sweep of Georgia (3/31-4/2) ... notched a triple and totaled three RBI in series finale against Missouri (4/16) ... belted home run and added a double in series-clinching victory at South Carolina (4/22) ... reached base three times via two walks and a two-run double at Alabama (5/5) ... clubbed game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning in an SEC Tournament victory versus Kentucky (5/11) ... totaled four hits, including a triple, three runs and an RBI in NCAA Regional bouts with East Tennessee State (5/19) and Cal (5/21)

2016 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Appeared in 23 games and started one ... held a .263 batting average and reached base safely at a .548 clip ... racked up five hits, including a double, and added five RBI ... scored six runs and drew seven walks, including being hit by five pitches ... made career debut in a pinch-hitting role against Appalachian State (2/11) ... roped a single and scored a run in a matchup with Appalachian State (2/14) ... went 1-for-1 and saw action at third base versus DePaul (2/20) ... drew two walks and had an RBI in a contest with Indiana State (2/28) ... scored runs against Tennessee State (3/9) and at Samford (3/16) ... went 2-for-2 with a double, two RBI and crossed the plate once at Arkansas (4/15-4/16) ... laced a single in a pinch-hitting spot against Florida State (4/20) ... drew a walk in a game with Texas A&M (5/6)

HIGH SCHOOL:
Lettered five years at John T. Morgan Academy under head coach Ed Miller ... had the highest batting average and was the team MVP of the varsity team in 2012, 2013 and 2014 ... batted .557 in 2014 with 39 hits, 63 RBI and no strikeouts ... also hit 14 home runs that year ... part of 2011 AHSAA 4A State Championship team ... played travel ball with Birmingham Thunderbolts ... was also part of the track and field team at Morgan Academy, becoming a state champion in the shot put and breaking the AISA record

PERSONAL:
Daughter of Donald and Deborah Veach ... has one brother, Hunter ... great uncle, Alvis Veach, played baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Giants in the 1940s ... enrolled in the College of Education

KENNYVEACH16

Freshman
2016

Infield
5-9 / -
KENNYVEACH17

Sophomore
2017

Infield
5-9 / -
KVEACH18

Junior
2018

Infield/Catcher
5-9 / -