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#4 Kennedy Cowden

Kennedy Cowden - Softball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 5-8
B/T L/L
Hometown Powell, Tenn.
Last School Kentucky
Year Sophomore
Kennedy Cowden - Softball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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Awards and Honors

  • 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022 ACC All-Tournament Team
  • 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022 (Georgia Tech): Appeared in 51 games, starting in 26 in the outfield… Batted .247 with 18 hits for four home runs, 15 RBI and 25 runs scored … Maintained a .385 on-base percentage and a .411 slugging percentage while drawing 16 walks … Swiped seven bags on eight attempts … Totaled 52 putouts for a .981 fielding percentage … Third highest number of longballs on the team … Top five on the squad in slugging percentage … – Named to the ACC All-Tournament Team after unloading a career-high two home runs against No. 9 Duke and tallying four RBI through both contests against the Blue Devils and NC State (May 11) … Also set career-high eight total bases against No. 9 Duke … Finished 4-for-7 with a pair of runs scored to bat .571 in the ACC Tournament, slugging at a gaudy 1.429 clip and averaging a .571 on-base percentage … Advanced home on a wild pitch for a walkoff, 2-1 win against Syracuse (March 27) … Five multi-hit games.

2021 (Georgia Tech): Appeared in 35 games, including 30 starts … Started 19 games in the outfield and 11 as DP … Batted .244 on the year with 17 hits, a double and four homeruns for 20 RBI and 15 runs scored … Posted a .417 slugging percentage and a .360 on-base percentage, also stealing four bases … Four games with four or more RBI … Four multi-hit games on the year … Batted .400 or better in eight games … Homered in three straight games for 10 RBI in the first weekend of the season … Went 1-for-2 for four RBI with a three-run homerun in a 10-2 win over Boise State (Feb. 12) … Had a 2-for-3 day at the dish for five RBI with another three-run shot and a steal in a 11-0 win over Radford (Feb. 13) … Went 2-for-3 for four RBI with her first career grand slam in a 10-0 win over Radford (Feb. 13) … Went a perfect 3-for-3 with a three-run homerun and an RBI double for four RBI for a 7-1 win over Virginia (April 30).

2020 (Georgia Tech): (Season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic) Appeared in 21 games, starting 18 … became Tech’s everyday left fielder starting Feb. 21 vs DePaul … 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI against Kentucky (Feb. 21) … went 3-for-3 against Iowa State (Feb 28). … 1.000 fielding percentage on the season.

2019 (Kentucky): Saw action in 38 games primarily as a pinch runner … Tallied 14 runs for the Wildcats.

High School: Helped lead Powell High School to the District and Regional championship for Tennessee high school softball in 2017 … Powell was also the state-runner’s up in 2017, where Cowden hit .468 on the season with a .578 OBP and slugged .972 … Was named the Best Newcomer in her freshman season, and was All-District during the tournament of her junior year.

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