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2025 Softball Roster

Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Elizabeth Courtney Randolph/USI
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications

17 Kennedy Nalley

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-3
  • Bat/Throw R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Huntingburg, IN
  • Major Marketing

Biography

2025: Started all 39 games appeared in as a senior...patrolled USI's centerfield...hit .227 with 25 hits in 110 at-bats...scored 11 runs...second on the team with a career-high eight doubles...totaled nine RBIs...walked 11 times...also stole two bases...tallied a pair of outfield assists on defense...totaled four multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games...hit two doubles in the season opener against Saint Louis on February 6...collected a season-high three RBIs against Tennessee State on March 14...notched three hits with two doubles against Southeast Missouri on April 26....named CSC Academic All-District...recognized as an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2024: One of four players to start all 47 games for USI...batted .146 with 15 hits in 103 at-bats with three doubles and a home run...scored 10 times and tallied nine RBIs...swiped two bases during the season...notched five outfield assists......had three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games...recorded two hits, two RBIs and a run in a win against Western Illinois on May 4...also had two RBIs in USI's win against SIUE at the OVC Tournament on May 8...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll...recognized as an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2023: Played in all 44 games for USI, starting 43 contests primarily in left field...hit .200 with 21 hits in 105 at-bats...tallied 16 runs, four doubles, one home run, and nine RBIs...also walked 10 times and stole two bases...made four defensive outfield assists with a .966 fielding percentage...had three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games...posted two RBIs on February 19 against Evansville...hit her only home run and tallied a season-best three RBIs in USI's shutout win against Tennessee Tech on May 6...also had the walk-off hit in USI's other win against Tennessee Tech on May 6, completing USI's largest comeback victory of the season...ended the season with six career triples, which is tied for 12th in program history...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll...recognized as an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2022: Collected Academic All-GLVC after playing and starting in all 62 games for the Eagles…had an impressive freshman campaign, batting .292 in 192 plate appearances with 56 hits, seven doubles, six triples, four home runs, 30 RBI, and 52 runs scored…her six triples ranks most in the conference, 19th in the nation, and marks her 12th most in program history…she had a 0.26 sac bunts per game count, making it most in the GLVC and 14th nationally…scored 0.84 runs per game, marking as seventh best in the conference…walked 23 times and had a .373 on-base percentage…recorded a .975 fielding percentage in 121 chances…did not record an error in 26 chances in any postseason contest…scored two runs in the National Championship elimination round against UT-Tyler.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Southridge High School in Huntingburg, Indiana, where she played basketball and softball throughout her prep career...earned second-team IHSAA Class 1A/2A All-State honors from the ICGSA as a senior in 2021 after earning third-team All-State accolades during her sophomore year in 2019...helped SHS to a section title in 2019 and was a three-time All-Pocket Athletic Conference honoree (2018, 2019, 2021)...was an Academic All-State honoree in girl's basketball as a senior in 2020-21.

TRAVEL: Competed for the Indiana Fusion Elite Premiere travel team.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Clint and Christy Nalley.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2022Freshman

    Utility Player
    5'3"
    17
  • 17

    2023Sophomore

    Utility Player
    5'3"
    17
  • 17

    2024Junior

    Utility
    5'3"
    17
  • 17

    2025Senior

    Outfielder
    5'3"
    17