2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Kevin Kendall
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- La Mirada, Calif.
- High School:
- La Mirada HS
Notes
Selected in the seventh round (No. 202 overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the New York Mets ... Three-year starter at UCLA, serving as a primary shortstop (2018-19) and center fielder (2021) ... Career slash line of .309/.375/.419 including a career-best .356 average in 2021 ... Pac-12 leader in hits per game (1.6) in 2021.ย
2021
Pac-12 All-Conference Team honorable mention ... Appeared in 56 games during his redshirt junior season (all starts), missing just one of the team's games ... Slashed .356/.413/.498 over 247 at-bats with 58 runs scored, 88 hits, 17 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 37 RBIs, and 18 walks ... Added 10 stolen bases on 16 attempts ... Ranked first on the team in ABs, R, H, 2B, 3B (tied), SB and second in batting average ... Led the Pac-12 Conference in hits per game (1.6) while ranking second in total hits, fourth in runs scored, and sixth in batting average ... Established new career highs in games, starts, average, ABs, runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBIs, slugging, walks, HBPs, and OBP ... Made 39 starts in center field, 11 at second base, and six in left field ... Was primarily UCLA's leadoff hitter, appearing atop the order in 54 of 57 games (also started onceย apiece in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots in the lineup) ... Batted .404 with runners on base and .413 with runners in scoring position ... Had 15 two-out RBIs and 16 productive outs over the course of the year ... Batted .323 (42-130) in Pac-12 competition ... Started all four of UCLA's postseason games at the Lubbock Regional, going 7-19 (.363) with three doubles and six runs scored ... Was on a tear in April, batting .400 (24-60) for the month with three home runs and 16 RBIs ... Was a key figure in UCLA's 20-0 victory over Utah on Apr. 16, going 4-5 and posting career-highs in home runs (two) and RBIs (seven); only one other Bruin had multiple RBIs in that contest ... Named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for Apr. 11-18 after going 10-17 (.588) with three home runs and 10 RBIs in a midweek game against LMU and the weekend series against Utah ... First Bruin with seven RBIs in a single game since Apr. 21, 2017 (Michael Toglia) ... Batted safely in 47 of 56 games, and was held hitless in consecutive games just once all season ... Reached base safely in 52 of 56 games ... Had a team-high 29 multi-hit games, and also led the Bruins individually in two-hit games (19), three-hit games (eight), and four-hit games (two) ... Added seven multi-RBI games, tied for fourth-most on the team ... Ranked second on the team for the year in longest hit streak (14 games) and longest reached base streak (34 games) ... During his 14-game hitting streak from Feb. 23 to Mar. 20, batted .400ย (24-60), posted seven multi-hit performances, and raised his average 160 points ... Was 7-14 in the Washington series from Apr. 1-3, including a 4-5, two-RBI finale ... Over a stretch from May 14-23, had multiple hits in four straight and six of seven games ... Was 3-4 with a triple and four RBIs against Nevada on May 18 ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12+ units passed).ย
2020
Missed the season due to injury ...ย Named to the Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units).ย
2019 (Summer)
Spent his summer in the Cape Cod League with Falmouth ... Had 13 hits in 69 at-bats for a .188 batting average ... Collected two home runs, one double, and eight RBIs ... Went 2-3 with a home run against Hyannis on Jul. 29 ... Had two hits, including a home run, and drove in three on Jul. 19 against Wareham.ย
2019
Played in 44 games, including 33 starts, as a true sophomore ... All 33 starts came at shortstop ... Slashed .258/.331/.298 with five doubles and 13 RBIs in 124 at-bats ... Drew 11 walks and struck out 29 times ... Was 9-9 in stolen base attempts, the lone Bruin with an 100% success rate (4+ attempts) ... Batted .321 with runners on base and .308 with runners in scoring position ... Had seven multi-hit games, including a trio of three-hit performances ... Reached base in 11 straight games from Mar. 17 to Apr. 9 ... Started off the year in a 2-23 slump, hit .297 from then on (30-101) ... Went 7-11 over a three-game stretch from Mar. 17-23 ... Went 3-3, reached base four times, and scored a career-high four runs against Arizona on Mar. 22 ... Stole two bases in a pair of games ... Hit .368 in Pac-12 play (21-57), fourth-best on the team ... Went 3-5 with a double, matching a season-high with two RBIs against Sac State on Mar. 3 ... Appeared in three postseason games, collecting one hit in four at-bats ... Had hits in five straight games from Mar. 29 to Apr. 5, and had hits in eight of nine from Mar. 17 to Apr. 6 ... Went 4-8 overall in the Sac State doubleheader on Mar. 3 ... Raised his batting average 59 points during the Arizona series after going 5-9 against the Wildcats ... Started all three games at Arizona State, going 4-9.ย
2018
Played in 45 games, making 40 starts at freshman โฆ Started final 35 games at shortstop โฆ Hit .278 with 37 runs scored and 20 RBIs โฆ Finished tied for second on the team with 13 stolen bases and finished top-10 in the Pac-12 โฆ Totaled 11 extra-base hits with three home runs, six doubles and two triples โฆ Ended season with a .391 slugging percentage and a .352 on-base percentage โฆ Drew 16 walks and five hit by pitches โฆ Registered 15 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games โฆ Hit .311 in 27 Pac-12 games with 24 runs scored and 15 RBIs โฆ Led team and tied for second with eight stolen bases during conference play โฆ Tallied four doubles with two home runs in conference play โฆ Finished conference season with a .427 slugging percentage and a .373 on-base percentage โฆ Hit first career home run and scored three times at Loyola Marymount on April 3 โฆ Went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, three runs and a home run against USC on April 20 โฆ Set career-high with four hits and scored four times vs. USC on April 21 โฆ Recorded a triple and a double with three RBIs against Oregon on May 18.
2017 (Summer)
Earned All-West Coast League honorable mention for Port Angeles in the West Coast League โฆ Hit .301 with seven doubles, one triple, 10 RBIs and 12 runs scored โฆ Slugged .410 with a .383 on-base percentage with 11 walks.
High School
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at La Mirada High School (La Mirada, Calif.) under head coach Jimmy Zurn โฆ Ranked No. 50 in the 2017 Perfect Game USA Top High School Prospects in the state of California โฆ Ranked No. 314 in the 2017 Perfect Game USA Top 500 High School Prospects โฆ 2017 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region First Team โฆ 2017 Whittier Daily News Baseball Player of the Year โฆ 2017 All-Press-Telegram second team โฆ 2016 Perfect Game Rawlings third team Underclass All-American โฆ Named to the 2016 PG/Evoshield National Championship All-Tournament Team โฆ 2016 All-CIF SS Division II first team selection โฆ Named Whittier Daily News All-Area first team selection in 2016 โฆ Selected to 2016 Press Telegram Dream Team First Team โฆ Two-time first team all-league selection โฆ Won back-to-back league titles at La Mirada โฆ 2015 Area Code Games underclass participant โฆ As a senior at La Mirada HS, ย hit .416 with 20 runs, 12 RBIs and a .623 slugging percentage โฆ As a junior led team to league title as he hit .453 with 28 runs, 30 RBIs and a .616 slugging percentage, while only striking out five times in 31 games โฆ As a sophomore played in seven games hitting .500 with one double and two RBIs.
Personal
Full Name: Kevin Andrew Kendall โฆ Parents are Steve and Tamara Kendall โฆ Has one brother, Michael โฆ Decided to attend UCLA because it's the No. 1 public University in the world and one of the top baseball programs in the country. โฆ Admires former New York Yankee infielder Derek Jeter, NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady โฆ Lists his hobbies as Netflix, spending time with family and friends, going to the beach ... Majoring in sociology.ย
Career Highs
At-Bats: 6 (eightย times)
Runs: 4 (twice)
Hits: 4 vs. USC (three times)
RBI: 7 vs. Utah (4/16/21)
Doubles: 1 (28 times)
Triples: 1 (five times)
Home Runs: 2 vs. Utah (4/16/21)
Stolen Bases: 2 (six times)ย
