2016 Baseball Roster
Sean Kennedy
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Dayton, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Springboro HS
- High School:
- Springboro
Awards and Honors:
2017 ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region First Team
2017 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
2017 Ball State Most Valuable Player
MAC West Division Player of the Week (April 17, 2017)
MAC West Division Player of the Week (April 24, 2017)
2016, 2017Â MAC Baseball Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
2016, 2017 Academic All-Mid-American Conference
2016 Mid-American Conference All-Defensive Team
2015, 2016 Ball State Defensive Player of the Year
2014 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team
Kennedy's Statistics
CAREER | 2017 GBG | 2016 GBG | 2015Â GBG | 2014Â GBG
2017 (Sr.): One of three players to start all 58 games … made starts at all four infield positions – first base (8), second base (28), shortstop (12) and third base (9) … in league only games, he led the MAC in four key categories – batting average (.404), hits (40), doubles (10) and total bases (70) … also ranked among the top three players in two other categories – slugging (.707) and RBIs (30) … set a program record with 17 total bases in the win over Bowling Green on April 15 … in that game, he went 5-for-5 with three home runs, a triple, a double, and nine RBIs … team season-best 16-game hitting streak snapped May 12 … he had a 3-for-4 day at Oregon State with an RBI … propelled Ball State to a 5-3 win over Purdue with a lead-off home run in the top of the 12th inning.
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2016 (Jr.): Started all 58 games on the infield with 45 starts at third base, eight at second base and five at shortstop … finished third on the team with 110 assists … batted .438 with four RBIs over four games at the Chanticleer Classic to earn MAC West Player of the Week honors … provided the game-winning hit, a sixth inning RBI single, in the 4-3 win versus Cincinnati on March 5 … tallied a solo home run in the 7-1 win at No. 6 LSU on March 11 … scored three times and provided the game-winning RBI bases loaded walk in Ball State’s 17-14 come-from-behind win over Ohio on April 2 … finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored in the win over Northern Kentucky on April 26 … went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs against Indiana State on May 11.
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2015 (So.): Appeared in 53 games with 52 starts, mainly at third base … tabbed the team’s Defensive Player of the Year … notched a .943 fielding percentage with 40 putouts, 22 assists and only four errors … reached base safely in 13 straight games in late March … registered his first collegiate home run against West Virginia on Feb. 28 … tied his season best with three RBIs vs. Elon on Feb. 21 … put up back-to-back three-hit games against Rutgers and Bowling Green in mid-March … finished 2-for-4 with a double, triple, RBI and three runs scored in win over Valparaiso on March 31 … went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored and three walks at Eastern Michigan on April 18.
2014 (Fr.): Appeared in 56 games with 54 starts … ranked third on the Cardinals with 18 multi-hit games … managed four multi-RBI contests … tallied a season-best eight game hitting streak and reached base safely in a 20-game stretch during the season … ended the year by reaching base safely in five straight contests … fourth on the team in batting average and third in on-base percentage … third on the team in hits and tied for fourth in total bases … finished with a season-high four hits vs. Eastern Michigan on April 5 … season-best three RBIs vs. Eastern Michigan on April 5 … first career hit in first collegiate game at USC Upstate on Feb. 15 … first career extra base hit was a double vs. Dayton on Feb. 17 … first career triple vs. Buffalo on March 28.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letter winner at Springboro High for Coach Mark Peffrey … helped team to a sectional title as a sophomore … all-conference as a junior and senior … all-area as a junior … managed a .414 batting average as a senior along with 36 hits, 12 doubles, three home runs, and 18 RBIs … managed a .976 slugging percentage as a senior … Springboro’s Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior … all-state as a senior … all-area academic team as a junior and senior … two-year letter winner in basketball … Springboro’s Defensive Player of the Year.
PERSONAL: Son of Jeff and Lisa Kennedy … born Feb 5, 1995, in Kettering, Ohio … father played football for Indiana … one sister … full name Sean Ryan Kennedy.
