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Jersey Number 33
Kenna Wilkey
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-8
- Custom2:
- R/R
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Braidwood, Ill.
- High School:
- Redd Custer HS
- Prev School:
- Northwestern
Bio
SENIOR (2022)
PRIOR TO HOUSTON
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Named to The American All-Conference Second Team.
- Tabbed The American Pitcher of the Week after twirling 13.0 scoreless innings with 16 strikeouts at East Carolina (4/8 & 4/10).
- Made 27 starts in 34 appearances.
- Recorded second-most wins by a pitcher (9).
- Led the team with 16 different three-plus strikeout games, 11 different five-plus strikeout games and four different seven-plus strikeout games.
- Struckout a season-high nine batters twice (Northwestern State, 3/12; East Carolina, 4/10).
- Threw the most pitches (2313), one of two pitchers to throw 2000+ on the year.
- Has two years of eligibility remaining.
PRIOR TO HOUSTON
- Played three seasons for the Wildcats in the Big 10.
- Posted a career-3.25 ERA in 77 appearances with 42 starts and 33 wins.
- Struck out 275 batters in 318.2 career innings.
- Went 20-7 as a freshman in 2018 and 11-2 with a 2.77 ERA as a sophomore in 2019.
- As a batter, hit .248 in 218 at-bats with 50 RBI, 10 home runs and five doubles.
- Hit .264 as a freshman with sx home runs and 32 RBI.
- Did not pitch in 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Has five combined academic all-conference honors between softball and basketball.
- Two-sport star who entered her senior softball season with over 700 strikeouts in the circle and a better than .500 average at the plate.
- In softball, is a two-time all-state and all-conference selection.
- Led Reed Custer to the sectional title in 2014 and regional titles twice.
- Played five years of club with Beverly Bandits Premier, winning the 16u Boulder Independence Day Tournament in 2015.
- As a freshman pitcher in 2014, threw a shutout and drove in the game's only run to beat previously undefeated Monteno in tournament play.
- Squad also won the 16u PGF national championship and 18u Surf City Classic in Huntington Beach, Calif..
- In basketball, is a two-time all-conference, all-area and all-state award winner.
- Also is a 1,000-point scorer in basketball in just three seasons.
- Enters her senior year with 1,036 points, 582 rebounds and 194 steals from the post position.
- Once scored 30 points including a buzzer-beating winner in a triple-overtime victory to open the Interstate 8 Conference tournament.
- Honor roll member for seven semesters.
- Ranked fifth in her entire Class of 2017.
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Wayne (Tad) and Tracy Wilkey.
- Mother played college softball from 1988-91.
- Played on the same club team as fellow Northwestern Class of 2021 members Mac Dunlap and Rachel Lewis.
- Helps coach middle school softball in her school system.
- Chose Northwestern over Ohio State, Illinois, Arizona State, Louisville, Illinois State, Syracuse and Seton Hall.
- Major is Human Communication Sciences.
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Antoine Jean, Malachi Lott
Friday, May 23
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Connor McGinnis, Andres Perez
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 9, Kansas State 2
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 13, Arizona 4
Thursday, May 15
