Kendall Bright - 2012 Softball - LIU Post


Kendall Bright
Kendall Bright
#8 Kendall Bright

Position: Second Base
Height: 5-6
Class: Senior
Hometown: Manlius, N.Y.
Previous School: Fayetteville-Manlius

2012: Played in 48 games with 41 starts … batted .238 with 29 hits, 19 RBI and 11 runs scored … batted 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored against Seton Hill (March 8) … batted 2-for-3 against Merrimack and hit a game-winning home run against the Warriors (March 24) … batted 2-for-2 with five RBI and two runs scored against NYIT (April 7) … went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored against Molloy (April 20). 

2011: Daktronics Inc. Third Team All-America … NFCA First Team All-Region … ECC First Team … batted .354 with 62 hits, 58 RBI and 36 runs scored … led the team with 15 doubles while knocking out 12 home runs and adding two triples … was 3-for-3 in stolen bases … led the team with 29 extra base hits … was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer at Merrimack (March 31) … combined to go 3-for-6 with four RBI and two runs scored in a sweep over Molloy (April 3) … blasted her first career grand slam in a 9-8 win against Mercy (April 6) … combined for six hits to drive in 11 RBI with three runs in a sweep at NYIT (April 16) … continued to swing the bat well against the Bears as she knocked two more home runs as the Pioneers cruised to an 8-0 win (April 21) … batted 2-for-3 with a pair of triples to drive in three runs and score twice at Bridgeport (April 30) … batted 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in the NCAA regional against Caldwell (May 15) … was 1-for-2 with a home run in the NCAA Super Regional against Merrimack (May 21).

2010: Played in all 57 games, making 56 starts, mainly at second base with scattered starts at third … batted .296 with 48 hits, 24 RBI and 30 runs scored … recorded 12 doubles and five home runs … batted 25-for-83 (.301) with runners on base … recorded 11 two-out RBI … was 7-for-12 (.583) with runners on third and less than two outs … recorded 12 multiple hit games and six multiple RBI games … had an eight-game hitting streak during the season … batted 2-for-4 and hit the game-winning homer against Lock Haven (March 13) … went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in the matinee game against UMass Lowell (March 28) … batted 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in the nightcap against the River Hawks … was 1-for-3 with a two-run double against Merrimack (April 1) … batted 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI singles against Mercy (April 8) … batted 3-for-4 that included a two-run homer at Queens (April 17).

2009: Played in 33 games, starting nine … was 4-for-18 in pinch hitting situations and was 13-for-31 in advancing runners (.419) … batted .174 with eight hits, including four doubles, five RBI and eight runs scored … batted 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored versus Stonehill (March 9) … batted 1-for-1 with an RBI double against Mercy (March 24) … batted 1-for-1 with a two-run double in the opening game of a doubleheader against St. Thomas Aquinas (April 4).

Prior to C.W. Post: Played five years of softball for the Fayetteville-Manlius Hornets under coach Russ Sampson … named all-league and First Team All-CNY … batted .509 her senior year … the Hornets qualified for sectionals from 2004-07 … also participated in swimming. 

Personal: Older of Mark and Robin Bright’s two daughters … is a downhill ski racer … majoring in physical education.

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