2018 Softball

8 Kendsey Chappelear

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lavonia, Ga.

Biography

2017:  Made 58 starts in the outfield and hit .303 with eight RBI…Registered two triples and went 11-for-18 in stolen bases…Had a .325 average in conference play and posted a .571 mark, second-best on the team during the ASUN Softball Championship…Compiled six multi-hit and one multi-RBI game…Registered a seven-game hitting streak and reached base in seven consecutive games…Set a new career-high with two walks at Jacksonville…Ranks tied for ninth in the ASUN in triples…Had a season-high two hits and two RBI in the season-opening win over Gardner-Webb…Also had two hits in a game four more times including three times in the postseason…Compiled a .500 batting average in the NCAA Regional highlighted by a two hits versus 25th-ranked Ohio State…Also had hits in the NCAA Regional against 10th-ranked Tennessee and Longwood…Scored one run at 10th-ranked Tennessee.

2016: 
Started in all 58 games with 57 of those coming in center field…Led the team and ASUN with 34 stolen bases in 38 attempts, tying her for eighth-most in a season in school history…Also ranked 34th nationally in stolen bases…Finished the year with a .316 average and was third on the team with 56 hits…Was tied for seventh in the ASUN in runs scored with 37 and tied for ninth in hits…Had 10 RBI while posting a team-high four triples, tied for second in the ASUN, and two doubles…Was fourth on the team with 14 multi-hit games and added two multi-RBI contests…Had a season-long seven-game hitting streak and reached base in 12 consecutive games…Stole a career-high three bases against South Carolina State…Went 4-for-4 with three runs scored against N.C. Central…Posted a career-best three RBI performance in a win over SIU Edwardsville.

2015:
  Became the Spartans’ top base-running option…Saw action in 37 games as the primary pinch-runner…Finished the season with a .333 batting average in six at-bats…Scored 23 runs in 23 different games…Ranked eighth on the team in runs…Scored a pair of runs in the ASUN Tournament…Scored the game-tying run in the 4-1 loss against No. 20 Washington in the opener of the Tuscaloosa Regional in the NCAA Tournament.

High School/Travel Ball:  A highly decorated player from Franklin County High School...A four-year starter...A three-time 3A All-State selection...A four-time All-Region pick...Hit .461 as a senior last fall...Tallied 53 hits, 37 runs, 21 RBIs and 21 stolen bases on the year...Led the Lions to the region championship...Hit .471 as a junior with 23 runs, 17 RBIs and 14 stolen bases...Hit .490 with 37 runs, 22 RBIs and 23 stolen bases as a sophomore...Posted a .423 batting average with 26 runs, 20 RBIs and 22 stolen bases her freshman season...Also lettered four years in track...The 2014 3A state champion in the 400 meters...Was a four-time region champion and three-time state finalist in the 400 meters...A three-time region runner-up and state qualifier in the 200 meters....Also the region champion in the pole vault...Lettered three times in cross country and one in basketball...Played travel ball for nine years including the Georgia Impact Gold...Led the team to fifth place in the 2013 PGF national tournament in California.

Personal:  Born on Jan. 22, 1996…Parents are Kendall and Shannon Chappelear…Has a younger sister, Presley, and an older brother, Hunter….Is majoring in exercise and sport science with a minor in psychology.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015Freshman

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    2016Sophomore

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  • 8

    2017Junior

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    8
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    2018Senior

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