Baseball: A Salute to Senior Tony Kennedy – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/7/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Tony Kennedy has adapted and adjusted well to playing three positions in college second base, third base and outfield and he is closing his career with a terrific senior season. He is hitting.337 with three home runs and a personal-best 17-game hitting streak. Tony has a career average of .328 and he has scored 91 runs. Here is some more good stuff to know about Tony:
- Tony will have played in more than 150 games and started more than 110 at the conclusion of this season.
- He will also have set career single season highs in hits and runs scored as a senior.
- He has been one of the team’s best base stealers, with 27 steals in 34 attempts.
- He hit the game-winning RBI in a win over Penn State last year that sent the Buckeyes to the Big Ten tournament, which they won.
- Tony is a four-time OSU Scholar-Athlete and a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.
- Tony’s advice to younger players: “Live in the moment and don’t take for granted the opportunity you have to play the game you love because not many people get to do it after college.”
- He will graduate with a degree in business information systems next month.
Tony Kennedy…today’s senior hero of the day!
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