Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
NFCA Mideast All-Region (Third Team)	2022
All-BIG EAST (First Team)	2022
All-BIG EAST (Second Team)	2021
BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team	2021
NFCA Selected Top Performance of the Week	2022: February 28
BIG EAST Player of the Week	2022: February 28
BIG EAST Honor Roll	2020: February 10, March 2; 2022: February 14, April 25
Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete	2020-21, 2021-22
BIG EAST All-Academic Team	2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team	2021-22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022

Career: Played three seasons for the Wildcats from 2020-22 and was a two-time All-BIG EAST selection, including earning first team all-conference honors as a senior in 2022 … Was also named a third team NFCA Mideast All-Region selection that year … Helped Villanova win the first two BIG EAST titles in program history her junior and senior seasons … Named to the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team in 2021 when she had two home runs and nine runs batted in during the conference tournament … When she graduated at the end of the 2022 season was ranked in the top 20 in school history in seven different offensive categories … Ranked sixth in OPS (.933), seventh in slugging percentage (.537) and tied for 10^th in walks (46) … Was also 11^th in on-base percentage (.396), 12^th in doubles (35), 17^th in batting average (.322) and tied for 20^th in home runs (15) … Led the BIG EAST in doubles with 16 as a senior … As a senior set a single season school record with 132 assists at shortstop … Started all 119 career games she played in … Slashed .322/.396/.537 with career totals of 123 hits, 54 runs scored and 69 runs batted in … Had 35 doubles, one triple and 15 home runs while drawing 46 walks and striking out 63 times … Was hit by a pitch three times and had three sacrifice flies … Stole five bases in seven tries … Played shortstop and third base and recorded 154 putouts, 237 assists and 36 errors for a .916 fielding percentage … Was tied for 10^th in school history with 14 career double plays turned at the time of her graduation … Named an Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete her junior and senior seasons … Three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and six-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Named to the PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team her senior year … Villanova went 83-52 (.615) during her career and won the 2021 and 2022 BIG EAST titles while advancing to NCAA regional play both seasons … Was part of teams which recorded the program’s highest winning percentage in conference play in a single season (.882, 15-2, 2021) and the most conference wins in a single season in the Villanova record book (16, 2022).
 
2022: First team All-BIG EAST selection and a third team NFCA Mideast All-Region performer … Had a dominant season as one of the top offensive threats in the Villanova lineup … Led the BIG EAST with 16 doubles, a total which was tied for fourth in a single season in school history … Drew the seventh most walks in a season (25) in the Wildcats record book and had the 10^th-most total bases (100) … One of three players on the team to start all 56 games during the season … Put together a .326/.412/.571 slash line while leading the team in slugging percentage and ranking second in batting average and on-base percentage … Tied for second on the team with nine home runs and 31 runs batted in while ranking third with 28 runs scored … Drew 25 walks, was hit by a pitch twice and struck out only 28 times in 204 plate appearances … Had two sacrifice flies and stole two bases in three tries … Collected 14 multi-hit games and had eight multi-RBI games … Her 12-game hitting streak from February 12-26 was the team’s longest during the season … Batted .500 (19-for-38) with five multi-hit games, four doubles, four home runs and six walks during the streak … Had a season-high three hits in wins over Saint Joseph’s (3-for-4, two runs) and Fairleigh Dickinson (3-for-4, home run, two RBI) during her hitting streak … Hit two home runs in a game for the first time in her career against Gardner-Webb on the same day as the Fairleigh Dickinson contest … Homered and drove in three runs against Florida A&M during the T-Mobile Tournament … During the BIG EAST regular season batted .320/.407/.560 in 23 games while helping Villanova set a record for its most conference wins in a season (16) … In two games at the Orlando Regional in the NCAA Tournament went 3-for-6 with a double, a run scored and an RBI … Also drew two walks and reached base in five of her eight plate appearances … Played shortstop in all 56 games of the season (55 starts) and handled a heavy workload with a Wildcats pitching staff that generated a high volume of ground balls … Set a single season school record with 132 assists, breaking the mark of 127 assists set by Sarah Wall in 2005 … Her fielding totals for the year included 74 putouts, 132 assists and 17 errors in 223 total chances (.924 fielding percentage).
 
2021: Started all 36 games she played in and was named a second team All-BIG EAST selection in addition to earning a spot on the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team … Batted .302/.346/.516 on the season and had 17 extra-base hits … Went 38-for-126 at the plate and tied for second on the team in doubles despite missing 16 games during the season … Scored 17 runs and had 25 runs batted in … Hit five home runs … Drew eight walks, was hit by a pitch once and struck out 23 times … Stole one base in two tries and had one sacrifice fly … During regular season BIG EAST play was one of four Villanova hitters to bat over .300 and was 13-for-41 (.317) while tying for the team lead with six doubles … Recorded 11 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games on the season … In five games during the BIG EAST Championship batted .368 (7-for-19) with three runs scored, nine RBI and two home runs … Her grand slam on the opening day of the tournament against DePaul highlighted a 9-1 victory which eliminated the defending champions … Delivered an RBI single, an RBI double and a two-run homer against Butler the next day which advanced the Wildcats to the final day of the tournament where they won two games against Connecticut to clinch the program’s first-ever conference title … Helped Villanova clinch the second seed in the conference tournament with a terrific series against Connecticut on the final weekend of the regular season … Went 5-for-10 with four doubles during a three-game sweep, including back-to-back games with two doubles to finish the series … After missing just over a month of action returned with two hits and three RBI in a win over St. John’s on April 24 … Went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI at Seton Hall … Also had three hits in a non-conference game at George Washington earlier in the year … Her 36 games played included 28 starts at shortstop, five at third base and three as the designated player … Tallied 43 putouts, 68 assists and 14 errors in the field.
 
2020: One of six players on the team to start in all 27 games … Flourished in her first collegiate season and batted .346 (28-for-81) with a .436 on-base percentage and a .494 slugging percentage … Tied for the team lead with seven doubles and 13 walks on the year … Also ranked second in on-base percentage and third in batting average and slugging percentage … Her 28 hits were sixth among BIG EAST batters … Had nine runs scored and 13 runs batted in to go along with seven doubles, one triple and home run … Stole two bases without getting caught … Ranked second on the team with nine multi-hit games and had the team’s second-longest streak of reaching base safely (10 games) during the season … Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll on February 10 after the opening weekend of the season and again on March 2 … Went 6-for-14 with two doubles, three RBI and four walks during the season’s first weekend … That included a two-hit and two-RBI game against San Diego State, as well as a three-hit outing versus Nicholls … Hit her only home runs of the season in a win over San Diego State on March 4 … Doubled twice and drove in two runs in a 9-1 win over Kent State … All 27 of her starts came at shortstop, where she recorded 37 putouts, 37 assists and five errors in 79 total chances.
 
Spring-Ford Area High School: Earned four varsity letters in softball as a catcher and a shortstop … Was a four-time all-state and four-time first team PAC 10 selection … Named the Mercury All-Area Player of the Year her junior and senior seasons … Winner of the Outstanding Female Athlete award as a senior when she batted .632 with 51 runs scored, 39 runs batted in, 14 doubles, seven triples and eight home runs … Achieved a 95 of above grade in all of her classes all four years.
 
Personal: Born 9/17/98 in Royersford, Pa. … Younger of two daughters of Todd and Marcie Kern … Has an older sister, Amanda … Chose to attend Villanova for the opportunity to receive a great education while continuing to play the game she loves … Criminology major.