Kendall Potts Season 2019

HONORS

• Fall 2019 AD Academic Honor Roll
• Spring 2020 SEC Honor Roll

CAREER
Appeared in 117 games at Baylor and Texas A&M ... Recorded 266 strikeouts and a 37-21 record.

2020 (SENIOR)
Appeared in 11 games, with nine starts… Tallied 38 strikeouts in 48.1 innings pitched… Threw 5 innings against No. 5 Arizona, allowing three earned runs on three strikeouts (2/20)… Went 6.2 innings vs. No. 3 Oklahoma striking out seven on two runs… Pitched two complete games against St. John’s (2/14) and Kansas (3/1)… Threw 6.2 innings combined against No. 10 Kentucky.

2019 (JUNIOR)
Made 32 appearances in the circle, including 22 starts, in her first season in Aggieland ... Posted a 3.14 ERA with a 12-13 record and 11 complete games ... Led the pitching staff with 86 strikeouts ... Held a 3.24 mark and 5-7 record in SEC action.

2017 (JUNIOR AT BAYLOR)
Appeared in five games in 2017 before suffering a season-ending injury.
 
2016 (SOPHOMORE AT BAYLOR)
Appeared in 35 games in 2016, recording 82 strikeouts in 105.1 innings as she held opposing hitters to a .203 average … posted a team-best 1.93 ERA and 13-1 (.929) record, the highest single-season winning percentage in program history.
 
2015 (FRESHMAN AT BAYLOR)
Earned a spot on the 2015 All-Big 12 Freshman Team after finishing the season with an 8-3 record including a 2-0 ledger in conference play … ranked second on the team in innings pitched (94.2) and strikeouts (57) as a freshman … a two-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll member.
 
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
A four-year letterwinner at Mansfield Legacy High School under Aggie Softball alumna, Michelle Mayfield … helped her team to a 94-27 record during her four-year career and four playoff appearances, including a district championship as a sophomore in 2012 … posted a 1.86 ERA and averaged 12.4 strikeouts per appearance in the circle as a senior while hitting .492 … earned a spot on the All-District 15-4A first team in 2014 … named to the Dallas Morning News All-Area team twice, including a first-team selection in 2014 ... named the District 5-5A Pitcher of the Year in 2012 as a sophomore … a three-time Academic All-District honoree … played club ball for Houston’s Impact Gold.
 
PERSONAL
Her sister, Katelyn (26), played softball at Midwestern State and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi … earned her undergraduate degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies at Baylor University and is pursuing her master’s in Sport Management at Texas A&M … plans to become a collegiate pitching coach after graduation.

 
POTTS UP CLOSE:
 
Favorites:

• Favorite class subject: Art
• Favorite Quote: “To limit your abilities is where you place it”
• Favorite softball player of all time: Jennie Finch
• Favorite athlete (any sport): Noah Syndergaard
• Favorite professional team (any sport): Mets
• Favorite social media site: Instagram
• Favorite emoji: The smiley face with hands
• Favorite type of music: Rock, Alternative Metal and Indie
• Favorite food: Chick-fil-a
• Favorite binge watching TV show: Friends
• Favorite book: A Song of Ice and Fire
• Favorite movie: Captain America: Winter Solider
• Favorite animal: All of them except for bugs minus butterflies
• Favorite part about the sport of softball: Buckling knees with change-up
• Favorite thing about A&M: Yells + Wildcat
• Favorite Aggie tradition: Warhymn and T-Sips
• Favorite Karaoke song to sing: Fool – Fitz and the Tantrums
• Favorite place to vacation: Any beach outside of Texas

 
Miscellaneous:

• My nickname is: Kung Fu Kenny
• One word to describe me when I’m on the field: Old
• One word to describe me away from the field: Old
• The person who has had the greatest impact on my athletic career: Coach Evans
• The accomplishment (athletic or non-athletic) that I am most proud of: Coming back from not playing in two years
• The person I would most like to meet: Sebastian Stan
• People have told me that I look like (name a celebrity): Rhonda Rousey 
• The most famous athlete I have met: Noah Syndergaard or Jennie Finch
• The most famous non-athlete I have met: Paul Walker or Dimebag Darrell
• The song title that best describes me: Don’t Call it a Comeback
• Best pump-up song: Closure – Asking Alexandria
• Music instruments that I play: Hairbrush microphone
• Languages (other than English) that I speak fluently are: Sarcasm
• When I was little, I dreamed of being a: College softball player
• Early bird or night owl: Both depending on time of the year
• Few people know that I: I hate banjos and Pink Floyd. I also used to be a catcher and slapper
• My best non-athletic talent(s): Drawing
• My most prized possession: My fur babies
• My most annoying habit: I cry easily
• My pet peeve(s): Forks scraping teeth/plate
• My superstitions: No double French braids during games, warm up ball in the right shoe, mouth piece box in left. Cleats double knotted
• If I had a million dollars, I would: Flip houses for profit
• Three things on my bucket list are:
  • Travel the world
  • Do a pull-up
  • Flip a house
• Being at A&M has taught me: Have fun in the moment
• Best piece of advice for your freshman teammates: enjoy every second
• After I graduate, I plan to: To become a pitching coach
• I am most thankful for: The opportunity to be here

 
Teammate who…

• The teammate who will surprise people the most this year: Jourdyn Campbell
• The teammate who can always make me laugh: Gabby Moreno
• The teammate who dominates in the weight room: Payton McBride
• Teammate most likely to be on People’s “Best Dressed” list: Taudrea Sinnie
• Teammate most likely to become president: Morgan Smith

 
Teammate who would be the best candidate for:

• American Ninja Warrior: Dani Elder
• The Amazing Race: Gabby Moreno
• The Bachelorette: Kelbi Fortenberry
• Project Runway: Taudrea Sinnie
• Shark Tank: Gabby Moreno
• The Voice: Madi Jatzlau

4/4/20