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Jersey Number 12
Kendall Grover
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mooresville, Ind.
- High School:
- Mooresville
Major: Education Sciences
Career Honors:
Career Honors:
- 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year
- 2025 NFCA Second Team All-Region (Third Base)
- 2025 All-OVC First Team
- 2025 OVC All-Tournament Team
- 5x OVC Player of the Week (March 4, April 22, 2024; Feb. 24, March 10, April 21, 2025)
- 2x CSC Academic All-District (2024, 2025)
- 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year
- 2024 NFCA Third Team All-Region (Third Base)
- 2024 All-OVC First Team
- 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year
- 2023 NFCA Second Team All-Region (Third Base)
- 2023 All-OVC First Team
- 2023 OVC All-Newcomer Team
- 2023 OVC All-Tournament Team
- Honors:
- 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year
- 2025 NFCA Second Team All-Region (Third Base)
- 2025 All-OVC First Team
- 2025 OVC All-Tournament Team
- 3x OVC Player of the Week (Feb. 24, March 10, April 21)
- College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
- Statistics:
- Started all 56 games at third base
- Hit .416 (72-for-173) with 49 runs, 34 RBI, 18 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 33 walks,
- Held a .728 slugging percentage and .516 on-base percentage
- Recorded 23 multi-hit games, a team-high, and nine multi-RBI games
- Held a perfect fielding percentage with 35 putouts and 116 assists
- Notables:
- Became first place in conference history to win OVC Player of the Year in back-to-back years and only second player to have won the award twice in conference history
- Recorded a pair of doubles at Texas and had a single against UCF during NCAA Regionals
- Led the OVC in batting average, on-base percentage, OPS, hits, runs scored, doubles and walks
- Ended season ranked in several EIU Career Top 10 categories including slugging percentage (.630 / 1st), doubles (51 /2nd), batting average (.370/ 3rd), home runs (25/ 4th), walks (70 / 6th), runs (123/6th), RBI (106 / 8th) and hits (194 / 9th)
- Honors:
- 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year
- 2024 NFCA Third Team All-Region (Third Base)
- 2024 All-OVC First Team
- 2x OVC Player of the Week (March 4, April 22)
- College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
- Statistics:
- Played and started in 56 of 57 games at third base
- Hit .354 (68-for-192) with 47 runs, 46 RBI, 18 doubles, 10 home runs and 20 stolen bases
- Recorded 21 multi-hit and 12 multi-RBI games
- Notables:
- Led the OVC in home runs and ranked second in league in RBI, doubles, hits and runs scored and third in stolen bases
- Had season high four hits in a 4-for-4 game against Tennessee Tech
- Recorded five three-hit games coming against Bryant, Southeast Missouri, IUPUI, SIUE and Morehead State
- Tallied a season-high seven RBI during a 3-for-3, four runs scored game at IUPUI
- Honors:
- 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year
- 2023 NFCA Second Team All-Region (Third Base)
- 2023 All-OVC First Team
- 2023 OVC All-Newcomer Team
- Statistics:
- Batted .350 (34-for-85) with 27 runs, 27 RBI, 15 doubles, one triple five home runs, 21 walks and 13 stolen bases
- Held a .432 on-base percentage and .554 slugging percentage
- Recorded 15 multi-hit and five multi-RBI games
- Notables:
- Led team in batting average, doubles and stolen bases
- Ranked in the top ten in the OVC in all three categories
- First career hit came in season opener against Grand Canyon
- Recorded a season-high four RBI at UT Martin
- Led team in batting average, doubles and stolen bases
Tim Walton, Korbe Otis, Reagan Walsh, Kendra Falby Postgame Press Conference 5-30-25
Saturday, May 31
Tim Walton, Korbe Otis, Keagan Rothrock Postgame Press Conference 5-29-25
Thursday, May 29
Kendra Falby, Jocelyn Erickson Rawlings Gold Glove Press Conference 5-28-25
Wednesday, May 28
Tim Walton, Kendra Falby, Taylor Shumaker Pre-WCWS Press Conference 5-28-25
Wednesday, May 28
