Tyler Kendrick

Class:
Senior
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 170
Position:
INF
Hometown:
Arlington, Texas
High School:
Arlington Martin HS
Last College:
Angelina JC

2017 (Senior): Closed out his collegiate career by serving as SFA's starting shortstop for the second-straight season...Started 56 of the team's 57 games...Batted .283/.374/314 with 63 hits, 43 runs scored, 22 RBI and 25 walks...racked up five doubles and one triple...led the team with nine stolen bases on 12 attempts...Led SFA with 144 fielding assists and finished the season with a .976 fielding percentage...Delivered a season-best three hits on four occasions, the first of which came in a non-conference home loss to UT Arlington (2/19)...Racked up a career-best three RBI on two occasions including in a non-conference home win over Grambling State (3/7)...Scored a season and career-high five runs in a Southland Conference victory at Incarnate Word (3/31)...Ended his season with a 13-game hitting streak that culminated with a 2-for-4 showing in the 'Jacks' Southland Conference Tournament setback to New Orleans (5/25).

2016 (Junior): All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention...Plugged in as the 'Jacks' everyday shortstop in his first season in purple and white...Made appearances in 58 of SFA's 60 games with 55 starts...Posted a slash line of .338/.416/.430...Was one of three SFA players to strike for 70 or more hits...Paced the team with 16 doubles and boasted the 12th-best batting average in the Southland Conference...Debuted for SFA in style, going 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI, a double and two runs scored in the 'Jacks' 12-1 season-opening win at UT Arlington (2/19)...Provided the game-winning, two-run single in SFA's 5-4 extra-inning victory over then-No. 7-ranked Oklahoma State (2/21)...In his third home appearance, posted the first of his three four-hit games in 2016 by going 4-for-4 with a double, an RBI and three runs scored in a 15-1 victory over Sacred Heart (2/28)...Bashed his first SFA home run in a 1-for-3 showing with a career-high three RBI in a 13-4 Southland Conference victory at Abilene Christian (4/30).

Before SFA: Began his collegiate career at Brigham Young University as a freshman before spending his sophomore campaign at Angelina College...put up a slash line of .309/.410/.410 in his one season at Angelina and saw those numbers rise to .360/.455/.432 in conference games...best single-game performance came against Bossier Parish CC when he went 4-5 with a double, three runs scored and a stolen base...cobbled together one of the more memorable prep careers at Arlington Martin HS under the direction of head coach Curt Culbertson...a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter, played shortstop and second base during his prep days...landed First Team All-District and Defensive Player of the Year accolades in 2012...as a senior, lauded as a First Team All-District, Co-District MVP and All-Region Honorable Mention...helped his prep squad capture a pair of Region I crowns and make back-to-back appearances in the state semifinals (2012-13)...posted a slash line of .349/.450/.461 during his pre-collegiate days

Personal: Son of Peter and Beth Kendrick...born in Tacoma, Wash. ...father, Peter, dazzled on the diamond for three years at BYU before being drafted by the MLB's Oakland A's and spending time with AA teams in the Oakland and Milwaukee Brewers' organizations...Peter reached the AAA level with the Brewers and appeared on a pair of AA championship squads by the time his pro career was in the books...will major in kinesiology and minor in biology.