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2016 Baseball Roster

28 Jimmy Kenny

  • Year Senior
  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Fairfield, N.J.
  • High School West Essex Regional

Biography

Career: A third-team all-state pick who has appeared in 86 games, making 83 starts and hitting .318 … Has driven in 58 runs and has crossed the plate 45 times while slugging 17 doubles, four triples and a home run.
 
2015: Named to the New Jersey Colligate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Division II/III All-State Third Team … Started all 33 appearances, hitting .359 with a .511 slugging percentage (eighth in league), 32 RBI, 13 doubles (tied-sixth in conference), two triples and a home run … Also fourth in doubles/game (0.39), fourth in RBI/game (0.97) and tied for fifth in sacrifice flies (four) in the NJAC … Had 12 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games … Hit three doubles, driving in four runs and scoring three times during a 17-7 victory against Keene State (3/14/15) … Went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 14-10 win against Ripon (3/17/15) … Drove in three runs with three hits against Montclair State (4/10/15) … Went 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored during an 8-4 victory at St. Joseph’s-Long Island (4/14/15) … Went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI in a 15-12 win against New Jersey City (4/25/15).
 
2014: Started 34 of his 35 appearances, hitting .265 … Posted 15 RBI and scored 15 runs … Recorded nine multi-hit games … Tied for eighth in the NJAC with seven sacrifice bunts … Recorded two hits and scored a pair of runs during a 6-5 win against Suffolk (3/15/14) … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a 5-3 victory against Worcester State in the first game of a doubleheader (3/16/14) … Drove in two runs with a hit in the night cap to help secure a 9-3 win … Collected a pair of singles against Drew (3/31/14) … Knocked in a run on two hits and scored once during a 3-2 win at Richard Stockton (4/6/14) … Hit an RBI-double and crossed the plate himself at Ramapo (4/7/14) … Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a pair of runs scored in an 11-7 triumph against Centenary (4/9/14) … Was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI during a 6-0 win against The College of New Jersey (4/10/14) … Tallied two hits, scoring and driving in a run to help defeat The College of New Jersey in the NJAC Tournament, 8-3 (5/2/14).
 
2013: Saw action in 18 games (16 starts) as a rookie, recording a .353 batting average with 11 RBI and seven runs scored … Named the NJAC Rookie of the Week (March 11, March 18) and the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Rookie of the Week (March 20) … Started in his first appearance, picking up a hit against Western Connecticut (3/3/13) … Went a combined 4-for-7 with two RBI and two runs scored during a 15-0, 9-4 sweep against Manhattanville (3/10/13) … Blasted two RBI-triples, part of a 3-for-4, three-RBI effort in an 11-3 victory against U.S. Merchant Marine (3/13/13) … Drove in five runs during a 10-5 win against Worcester State (3/16/13) … Recorded two hits in a 3-2 victory against Clarkson (3/19/13) … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored during a 7-2 win against Richard Stockton (3/30/13).
 
Prior to William Paterson: Was a first-team all-Group, all-county and all-conference selection at West Essex Regional H.S., hitting .481 and knocking in 28 runs as a junior … Won the conference and sectional finals in 2011 while hitting eight home runs to break the school single-season record … Team finished No. 1 in New Jersey in 2010 after winning the county, conference, sectional and state championships … Finished with a .320 average, two home runs and 42 RBI as a sophomore, earning second-team all-conference and third-team all-county accolades … Played summer ball with Wladyka and Baseball U.
 
Academics: Majoring in sociology. 

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Historical Player Information

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    2013Freshman

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    5'11" 175 lbs
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    2014Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'11" 175 lbs
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  • 28

    2015Junior

    Outfielder
    5'11" 175 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2016Senior

    Outfielder
    5'11" 175 lbs
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