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2020 Softball Roster

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44 Jenna Kean

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Junior
  • High School Los Alamitos H.S.
  • Hometown Los Alamitos, Calif.

Biography

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Career (110 GP/82 GS, .297 AVG/.357 OBP/.377 SLG, 5 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 20 RBI, 18-20 SB, .971 fld%)
  • A part-time starter in the outfield, where she has seen time at all three spots
  • Has appeared in 110 games in her career, including 82 starts (37 as a freshman, 37 as a sophomore, eight as a junior)
  • Arizona’s most prolific base-stealer (18-20 in her career)
  • A .297 career hitter, including a .353 mark as a junior

 
2020 (12 GP/8 GS, .353 AVG/.400 OBP/.412 SLG/.812 OPS, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 4-5 SB, 1.000 fld%)
  • Hit an impressive .353 over 12 appearances, including eight starts
  • Set career highs in average (.353), on-base percentage (.400) and slugging percentage (.412)
  • Finished tied for second on the team with four steals in five tries
  • All eight starts came in right field, where she had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage
  • Reached base in seven of the nine games in which she registered a plate appearance
  • Went 2-for-3 with a double vs. Bryant (2/15)
  • Drove in runs vs. Western Michigan (2/8) and SIUE (3/7)
 
2019 (48 GP/37 GS, .313 AVG/.352 OBP/.394 SLG/.746 OPS, 1 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 7-8 SB, .964 fld%)
  • Appeared in 48 games, including 37 starts in right field
  • Hit a career-best .313 in 99 at-bats, sixth-highest batting average on the team
  • Led the team with seven steals in eight tries
  • Had nine multi-hit games, including a season-best 3-for-3 outing vs. Utah (4/6) with a triple and a career-high-tying three RBI
  • Homered vs. Oregon (3/16), her second career home run
  • Posted a career-high two triples, both coming in back-to-back games at Utah (4/6 and 4/7)
  • Drove in three runs on three separate occasions: vs. Oregon (3/16), at Utah (4/6) and at Utah (4/7).
 
2018 (50 GP/37 GS, .271 AVG/.355 OBP/.354 SLG/.709 OPS, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 7-7 SB, .970 fld%)
  • Saw action in 50 games, including 37 starts in the outfield
  • Found her stride late in the season and started 19 of the final 22 games of the season in right field, a period in which she hit .320 (17-for-55) after starting the season 9-for-41 (.220)
  • Thirty three of her starts came in right field, but also saw four starts at DPHit .271 in 96 at-bats
  • Was a perfect 7-for-7 stealing bases, second highest steal total on the team
  • Had three doubles, a triple and her first career home run vs. Grand Canyon (5/5)
  • Recorded eight RBI on the season
  • Drew 13 walks, helping her to a .355 on-base percentage
  • Became one of two Wildcats to record four hits in 2018 when she went 4-for-4 with a double and two runs scored vs. North Dakota State (5/19) in the Tucson Regional, one of her six multi-hit games in 2018
 
High School
  • Four-year letterwinner at Los Alamitos High School under head coach Rob Weil
  • Ranked the 44th best recruit in the country (FloSoftball)
  • Selected to the PGF West All-American Team
  • Competed for the OC All-Stars vs. Team USA and Team Mexico
  • Two-time first-team all-conference performer and second-teamer as a sophomore
  • Hit .600 with five RBI and seven stolen bases as a senior
  • Helped lead team to a 28-3 record as a senior and the D1 CIF Championship
  • In club ball, competed for the Firecrackers, where she helped lead the team to a championship in the Colorado Sparkler
  • Three-time scholar athlete award winner
 
Personal
  • Daughter of Dave and Koreen Kean
  • Born April 6, 1999 in Long Beach, California
  • Has a younger sister, Ashlee
  • In her free time back home, enjoys going to the beach
  • Is undecided in her field of academic pursuit
  • Chose Arizona over UCLA and Georgia because it “felt like home, coaches are amazing and the atmosphere is very comfortable.”

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2018Freshman

    Outfield
    5'8"
    44
  • 44

    2019Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'8"
    44
  • 44

    2020Junior

    Outfield
    5'8"
    44
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