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2025 (Senior)
Earned Second Team All-MAC honors…Started all 47 games in center field during her senior season…Had a .325 batting average to go along with a career-best 50 hits, including 13 doubles and 9 homeruns…Scored a career-high 32 runs and drew 14 walks…Batted in a career-best 34 runs and stole four bases…Went 4-for-4 with two homeruns, four RBIs and four runs vs. Western Michigan (March 15), Went 2-for-5 with two home runs, four RBIs and two runs at Buffalo (April 19)…Earned CSC Academic All-District Team and Academic All-MAC team honors.

2024 (Junior)
Appeared and started in 48 games in the outfield...Led the Rockets with 13 doubles...Ranked third on the team with a .336 batting average and 24 RBIs...Added 21 runs on 45 hits...Had a season-high two doubles vs. Kent State (April 7), three runs scored at Bowling Green (March 23) , and seven RBIs at the CSF/ LBSU Tournament vs. Princeton (March 8)...Went 5-for-9 (.556) at the plate, including a season-high three hets vs. Miami (May 9), with two doubles and two runs scored at the MAC Tournament...Tied Lacey LeVier's 2008 single-game record of seven RBIs vs. Princeton (March 8)...CSC Academic All-District Team....President's List (4.0 GPA) and Academic All-MAC

2023 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 12 games making four starts...Had a .238 batting and slugging percentage...Connected on five hits with two RBIs...Had one RBI and four assists at Ohio (April 26)...President's List with a 4.0 GPA...NFCA Scholar-Athlete.

2022 (Freshman)
President's List with a 4.0 GPA... Appeared in 24 games, primarily at third base and designated player... First collegiate home run and season-high two hits helped Toledo defeat Bucknell 5-2 (March 13)...Hit .170 (8-for-47)...Had a season-high two RBIs vs. Niagara (March 10).

High School
Four-year varsity letter in softball, three-year letterer in basketball, and one year letterer in volleyball at Ostega High School … Three-year varsity captain for softball and two-year captain for basketball … Earned First Team All-Conference and All-District freshman and sophomore year … Freshman year made second team Kalamazoo Dream Team, and set season and career homerun records with nine homeruns … Sophomore year made the All-District and All-Region team along with Honorable Mention for Kalamazoo Dream Team … Made the Top 10 in MHSAA RBI record book, ranking eighth, with 88 RBI’s in a single season … Set school career HR record with 23 and single season with 14, ranking 17^th in the state records for homeruns … Played for the Sabercats Pastor travel team … In the 16 and under, played total of 50 games and lead in RBI’s with 60 and HR’s with 13 … In the 18 and under, played a total of 44 games and led the team in OPS with 1.651 and SLG with 1.051 … Named All-State Honorable Mention as a senior … Top 10 nominee for Softball Player of the Year … Finished second in MHSAA history for most home runs in a single season with 26 and fifth for most career home runs with 49 … set the school single season home run record again with 26.

Personal
Full name is Kendra Lane VanderLugt … Daughter of Coree and Ryan VanderLugt … Has one brother … National Honors Society member … Volunteered for Adventure Camp leader at Centerpoint Church … Majoring in early childhood education.

Why Toledo? 
I chose to attend Toledo for a few very important reasons. One of these reasons was because of how at home I felt with the campus and with the softball program. I was welcomed with open arms and enthusiasm and immediately felt a connection with the softball coaches. Toledo also offers a number of opportunities for me academically that I know will be great for my future.