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Kendall Grimm
17  Kendall Grimm
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Overland Park, Kan.

High School:
Olathe East

Height:
5-8

Position:
OF

Bats/Throws:
L/R

Kendall Grimm Photo Gallery

Honors and Awards: First team All-Big Ten (2012) ... Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree (2010)

Career:
Fourth all-time at Wisconsin in career stolen base percentage (.805) ... tied for fourth in stolen bases (33)

2012: Finished the season tied for first in runs scored (18) in Big Ten single-season play at UW ... ranked second in batting average (.407) and stolen bases (8) ... third in OBP (.514) ... tied for sixth in hits (24) ... finished fourth in Big Ten batting average (.407) ... recorded a career-high five at bats against Western Illinois (4/10) ... posted career-best three runs at Illinois (4/14) ... career-high two doubles and five RBI against Indiana State (4/25) ... posted career-best seven-game hitting streak (3/3-3/16)

2011:
Tied for seventh-best single-season stolen base percentage at UW (.833) ... in doubleheader against Green Bay, went 3-for-6 with a double, two RBI, one stolen base and one run (5/4) ... crushed a three-run home run, her third on the year, going 2-for-3 and tying a career-high three RBI in comeback win over Minnesota (4/20) ... in doubleheader against North Dakota, went 2-for-6 with a double, a triple, one RBI and one run scored (4/7) ... tied career-high in stolen bases and recorded career-high in runs with two in each category, going 1-for-3 with a double and RBI in a comeback win over Michigan State (4/3) ... went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a double and two stolen bases against Loyola Marymount (3/16) ... drew career-high two walks and one stolen base against Florida State (3/6) ... went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run against Utah (3/6) ... recorded second home run of the season while going 1--for2 with one walk and one RBI against Utah (3/5) ... went 3-for-4 with a home run, the first of her career, and added a double and two RBI against Missouri State (2/19)

2010:
Tied for ninth-best stolen base percentage in one season at UW with .800 (8-10) ... among freshman all-time at UW, tied for fourth with eight stolen bases ... tied for fifth with eight sacrifice hits ... tied for eighth with an .800 stolen base percentage ... played in 50 of 51 games and led team in sacrifice hits ... career-high three RBI and tied career high with three hits, going 3-4 with double against Minnesota (5/12) ... stole career-high two bases against Northern Illinois (4/20) ... tied career-high with two walks against Ohio State (3/27) ... tied career-high with two walks against Prairie View A&M (3/14) ... hit first triple of career vs. Rutgers (3/12) ... went 1-for-3, scoring one run and tallied two RBI against San Diego (3/5) ... career-high three hits against Florida Gulf Coast (2/20) ... hit first double of career against California (2/12)

High School:
A two-time state champion ... was a two-time first-team NFCA South Central Region and second-team NFCA All-American honoree in 2008, 2009 ... a three-time first-team all-state selection and four-time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... named first-team all-city as a senior, junior and sophomore ... named to the first-team All-Sunflower League as a senior, junior and sophomore ... first-team all-metro as a junior and senior and second-team all-metro as a sophomore ... as a senior, batted .570 with a .606 on-base percentage ... hit .576 as a junior with a .618 on-base percentage ... as a sophomore, posted a .364 batting average and a .450 on-base percentage ... as a freshman, hit .327 with a .391 on-base percentage ... head coach was Jeff Hulse ... was as a member of the Principal's Honor Roll and won the Academic Excellence Award as well as the Outstanding Achievement and Excellence Award in choir

Personal:
Parents are Lynda and Michael Grimm ... cousin, Abby Taylor, played four years of field hockey at the University of Virginia ... hobbies include singing, watching movies, eating and theatre ... major is environmental science

Career Offensive Statistics
Season GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA BB SO Avg. OBP SLG OPS HBP TB SH SF
2010 50/50 137 15 35 3 1 0 12 8-10 11 27 .255 .320 .292 .612 2 40 8 0
2011 50/48 131 16 34 7 2 3 13 10-12 14 36 .260 .338 .412 .750 2 54 0 1
2012 52/46 132 28 44 3 0 0 12 15-19 16 23 .333 .425 .356 .781 5 47 7 0
Totals 152/144 400 59 113 13 3 3 37 33-41 41 86 .283 .425 .353 .778 9 141 15 1
Career Defensive Statistics
Season PO A E FLD Pct.
2010 49 3 2 .963
2011 37 2 5 .886
2012 73 1 2 .974
Totals 159 6 9 .948
Career Highs
At Bats 5 vs. Western Illinois, April 10, 2012
Runs 3 at Illinois, April 13, 2012
Hits 3 (6x) MR vs. Michigan, May 5, 2012
Doubles 2 vs. Indiana State, April 25, 2012
Triples 1 (3x) MR vs. North Dakota, April 7, 2011
Home Runs 1 (3x) MR vs. Minnesota, April 20, 2011
Runs Batted In 5 vs. Indiana State, April 25, 2012
Walks 2 (9x) MR at Nebraska, May 12, 2012
Strikeouts 3 at Nebraska, March 24, 2010
Stolen Bases 2 (4x) MR at Nebraska, May 12, 2012
Hitting Streak 7, March 3-16, 2012
Season Highs
At Bats 5 vs. Western Illinois, April 10, 2012
Runs 3 at Illinois, April 13, 2012
Hits 3 (3x) MR vs. Michigan, May 5, 2012
Doubles 2 vs. Indiana State, April 25, 2012
Triples N/A
Home Runs N/A
Runs Batted In 5 vs. Indiana State, April 25, 2012
Walks 2 (4x) MR at Nebraska, May 12, 2012
Strikeouts 2 (2x) MR at UIC, April 3, 2012
Stolen Bases 2 at Nebraska, May 12, 2012
Hitting Streak 7, March 3-16, 2012