2026 Softball Roster

12 Kendall Grover

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mooresville, Ind.
  • Highschool Mooresville
  • Instagram kendallgrover39

Biography

Major: Education Sciences

Career Honors:
  • 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year
  • 2025 NFCA Second Team All-Region (Third Base)
  • 2025 All-OVC First Team
  • 2025 OVC All-Tournament Team
  • 5x OVC Player of the Week (March 4, April 22, 2024; Feb. 24, March 10, April 21, 2025)
  • 2x CSC Academic All-District (2024, 2025)
  • 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year
  • 2024 NFCA Third Team All-Region (Third Base)
  • 2024 All-OVC First Team
  • 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year
  • 2023 NFCA Second Team All-Region (Third Base)
  • 2023 All-OVC First Team
  • 2023 OVC All-Newcomer Team
  • 2023 OVC All-Tournament Team
As a Junior (2025 - Eastern Illinois):
  • Honors:
    • 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year
    • 2025 NFCA Second Team All-Region (Third Base)
    • 2025 All-OVC First Team
    • 2025 OVC All-Tournament Team
    • 3x OVC Player of the Week (Feb. 24, March 10, April 21)
    • College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
  • Statistics:
    • Started all 56 games at third base 
    • Hit .416 (72-for-173) with 49 runs, 34 RBI, 18 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 33 walks,
    • Held a .728 slugging percentage and .516 on-base percentage
    • Recorded 23 multi-hit games, a team-high, and nine multi-RBI games
    • Held a perfect fielding percentage with 35 putouts and 116 assists
  • Notables:
    • Became first place in conference history to win OVC Player of the Year in back-to-back years and only second player to have won the award twice in conference history
    • Recorded a pair of doubles at Texas and had a single against UCF during NCAA Regionals
    • Led the OVC in batting average, on-base percentage, OPS, hits, runs scored, doubles and walks
    • Ended season ranked in several EIU Career Top 10 categories including slugging percentage (.630 / 1st), doubles (51 /2nd), batting average (.370/ 3rd), home runs (25/ 4th), walks (70 / 6th), runs (123/6th), RBI (106 / 8th) and hits (194 / 9th)
As a Sophomore (2024 - Eastern Illinois):
  • Honors:
    • 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year
    • 2024 NFCA Third Team All-Region (Third Base)
    • 2024 All-OVC First Team
    • 2x OVC Player of the Week (March 4, April 22)
    • College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
  • Statistics:
    • Played and started in 56 of 57 games at third base
    • Hit .354 (68-for-192) with 47 runs, 46 RBI, 18 doubles, 10 home runs and 20 stolen bases
    • Recorded 21 multi-hit and 12 multi-RBI games
  • Notables:
    • Led the OVC in home runs and ranked second in league in RBI, doubles, hits and runs scored and third in stolen bases
    • Had season high four hits in a 4-for-4 game against Tennessee Tech
    • Recorded five three-hit games coming against Bryant, Southeast Missouri, IUPUI, SIUE and Morehead State
    • Tallied a season-high seven RBI during a 3-for-3, four runs scored game at IUPUI
As a Freshman (2023 - Eastern Illinois):
  • Honors:
    • 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year
    • 2023 NFCA Second Team All-Region (Third Base)
    • 2023 All-OVC First Team
    • 2023 OVC All-Newcomer Team
  • Statistics:
    • Batted .350 (34-for-85) with 27 runs, 27 RBI, 15 doubles, one triple five home runs, 21 walks and 13 stolen bases
    • Held a .432 on-base percentage and .554 slugging percentage
    • Recorded 15 multi-hit and five multi-RBI games
  • Notables:
    •  Led team in batting average, doubles and stolen bases
      • Ranked in the top ten in the OVC in all three categories
    • First career hit came in season opener against Grand Canyon
    • Recorded a season-high four RBI at UT Martin

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