Kendyl Lindaman

Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-10
High School:
Ankeny Centennial High School
Hometown:
Ankeny, Iowa

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2018 Second Team NFCA All-American
• 2018 & 2017 First Team All-Great Lakes Region
• 2018 & 2017 Big Ten Player of the Year
• 2018 & 2017 First Team All-Big Ten
• 2018 & 2017 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• 2018 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
• 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America
• 2018 Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District 6
• 2018 Academic All-Big Ten
• 2017 NFCA First-Team All-American
• 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• 2017 NFCA Freshman of the Year top-3 finalist
• 2017 Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• 2017 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient
• 2017 NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete

2018 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Started all 58 games at catcher
• Hit .512 in conference play with a 1.279 slugging %
• Ranked eight in NCAA and first in Big Ten with 20 home runs
• Ranked 16th in NCAA and second in Big Ten with a .532 on base percentage and .832 slugging percentage
• Fifth in the NCAA and first in the Big Ten with 0.95 walks per game.
• Recorded 13 multi hit and 14 multi RBI games
• Went 7-for-11 with four runs and two home runs in sweep at Iowa (Apr. 12-13)
• 4-for-8 with six runs and two home runs in sweep against Nebraska at home (Apr. 20-22)
• Was walked seven times each against Illinois (Mar. 30) and Wisconsin (Apr. 25).
• Tallied five RBI in game two of the series against Penn State (May 5)
• Second Team NFCA All-American
• First Team All-Great Lakes Region
• Big Ten Player of the Year
• First Team All-Big Ten
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
• Google Cloud Academic All-America
• Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District 6
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient

2017 | FRESHMAN SEASON
• Started all 61 games at catcher
• Broke single-season program records for home runs (20), slugging percentage (.899), RBI (tied-76), walks (63), on base percentage (.598)
• .426 batting average led Big Ten and finished third in the NCAA for on base percentage. Tied for third in the NCAA in RBI, fourth in RBI, fourth in slugging % and seventh in home runs
• First collegiate game and start at catcher in game versus Maryland (Feb. 10)
• Recorded her first career home run against Texas (Feb. 11)
• Posted her first collegiate triple against UC Davis (Feb. 25)
• Went 3-for-3 with two RBI against No. 8/8 Washington (Mar. 10)
• Went 2-for-3 with 3 runs, six RBI and two home runs, one of which was a grand slam, in the series opener against Illinois (Mar. 31)
• Broke the single-season home run record against NDSU with her 16th of the year (Apr. 26)
• Launched her 20th home run of the season, which was a grand slam, against Illinois in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament (May 13)
• Gave the Gophers a lead in the ninth inning of an NCAA Tournament elimination game against La Tech with an RBI double (May 21)
• NFCA First-Team All-American
• First Team All-Great Lakes Region
• First ever NFCA Freshman of the Year top-3 finalist from the Big Ten
• Big Ten Player of the Year
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• First Team All-Big Ten
• Big Ten All-Defensive team
• Big Ten All-Tournament team
• Became the fourth player in Big Ten softball history to earn both honors in the same season
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week - set record with eight plaudits (Feb. 20, Mar. 20, Mar. 27, Apr. 3, Apr. 10, Apr. 24, May 1, May 9)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (May 1)
• NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete

HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduate of Ankeny Centennial High School (2016)
• Earned five letters in softball
• Held a career .516 batting average, 1.041 SLG%, .676 OBP, 71 home runs, 220 BB, 194 RBI
• Only had 23 strike outs in 695 plate appearances
• Five-time All-Conference and four time All-District member
• Four-time All-State First Team
• Selected to play in the PGF High School All-American game (2016)
• Three-time Iowa 5A Player of the Year
• Holds the Iowa High School All-Time home run record with 71 long balls
• Holds her high school track shot put record
• Three-time All-Conference honoree in basketball and was a 5A State Champion (2015)
• Played for the Iowa Premier 18U Gold.

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Trent and Sara Lindaman
• Has one sister, Taryn
• Majoring in Business and Marketing Education