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2012 Softball Roster

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8 Kelsey Mendenhall

  • Position 3B
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Tooele High School
  • Hometown Tooele. UT

Biography

2010: Named to the Daktronics 1st team All West Region team....Also named 1st team All-PacWest Region team...on 3/24/10 was named NFCA National Player of the Week...was named PacWest Player of the Week on 3/3/10...finished with a .362 BA...had 10 HR's to lead the team...also led team in walks (32), hit by pitch (12), sac flies (5)....48 RBI's and 13 doubles along with .500 OB%  and .667 slg% were good for 2nd most on team...finished two games each with 2 HR's vs. BYUH on 2/23/10 & vs. Grand Canyon University on 4/11/10...started and played on all 53 games possible.


2009:  Turned in a phenominal freshman season, starting 48 games...her .390 batting average was second among team...ranked third on the team in hits (53) and home runs (6)...and second in RBI's (36)...and led the team in slugging percentage (.632) and on base percentage (.481)...had seventeen multi-hit games and posted three hits in a game twice...went on a fifteen game hitting streak to lead the team...finished with a .968 fielding percentage while playing 1B (30 games) and 3B (11 games)...picked up Second team All-PacWest and Second team NFCA Daktronics All-West Region honors.

HIGH SCHOOL:  Won four region championships and three state softball titles at Tooele High School in Tooele, UT...was named to the 3A All-State First team in 2006 and 2007 and the 4A All-State First team in 2008....played with current teammate Lauren Folta.

PERSONAL:  Chose Dixie State because of the great environment, small size, and softball team...daughter of Mike and Nan Mendenhall and has one younger sister, Marrissa and a younger brother, Josh...Played for the four time Utah ASA State Champions TC Thunder, coached by her father...Team also won the Triple Crown World Series in 2007...Selected and invited to the Adidas Top-100 Futures National camp in 2007.

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld%
2009.... .390 53-48 136 27 53 7 4 6 36 86 .632 17 8 14 0 .481 1 4 5-10 246 25 9 .968
2010.... .362 53-53 141 45 51 13 0 10 48 94 .667 32 12 19 0 .500 5 3 6-9 54 71 15 .893
2011.... .354 47-47 127 42 45 11 0 11 41 89 .701 33 5 14 0 .497 2 1 3-3 119 72 16 .923
TOTAL... .369 153-148 404 114 149 31 4 27 125 269 .666 82 25 47 0 .493 8 8 14-22 419 168 40 .936

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2009Freshman

    IF
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2010Sophomore

    3B
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2011Junior

    3B
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2012Senior

    3B
    5'4"
    8