Special report on the Florida Gators softball team:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Head Coach Tim Walton announced Friday that two-time NFCA All-American Kendyl Lindaman has joined the Florida softball program. Lindaman, the 2017 & 2018 Big Ten Player of the Year, is a junior catcher that will be eligible to compete during the 2019 season.
“We are extremely excited that Kendyl chose Florida to continue her athletic and academic career.” Walton said. “She is a talented player that is dedicated to improving as a student-athlete and that dedication has been recognized so far with multiple All-American and Academic All-American accolades. We look forward to having Kendyl join the program in January.”
Kendyl Lindaman | 5-10 | Junior | Catcher | Ankeny, Iowa
| 2017 (Freshman – Minnesota) | 2018 (Sophomore – Minnesota) |
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2017 NFCA All-American First Team 2017 All-Great Lakes Region First Team 2017 All-Big Ten First Team 2017 Big Ten All-Tournament Team 2017 Big Ten Player of the Year 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year 2017 NFCA Freshman of the Year Top-3 Finalist 2017 Big Ten All-Defensive Team 2017 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient 2017 NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete
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2018 NFCA All-American Second Team 2018 All-Great Lakes Region First Team 2018 Big Ten Player of the Year 2018 All-Big Ten First Team 2018 Big Ten All-Tournament Team 2018 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America 2018 Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 2018 Academic All-Big Ten
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| High School – Ankeny Centennial | Club – Iowa Premier 18U Gold | |
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Five-time All-Conference and four time All-District member Four-time All-State First Team Selected to play in the PGF High School All-American game (2016) Three-time Iowa 5A Player of the Year Holds the Iowa High School All-Time home run record with 71 home runs Ankeny Centennial High School track shot put record holder Three-time All-Conference honoree in basketball and was a 5A State Champion (2015) |
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Lindaman belted a program-record 20 home runs during her freshman campaign at Minnesota and followed up with 20 more as a sophomore. As a freshman in 2017, she also set the Golden Gophers record for slugging percentage (.899), RBI (tied-76), walks (63) and on base percentage (.598) while also being named Big Ten Freshman of the Week a record eight times.
The Ankeny, Iowa native maintained her dominance at the plate during her sophomore season as she finished ranked eighth nationally and first in the Big Ten in home runs, while she also hit .512 in conference play with a 1.279 slugging percentage.