Florida Gators

Major: Bachelor’s in Education Sciences | Pursuing Master’s in Sport Management

Career Honors:

• 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team
• 2021 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
• 2021 SEC All-Tournament Team
• 2021 All-SEC Second Team
• 2021 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
• 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• 2021 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2021 NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete
• 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2020 SEC Co-Player of the Week (3/17)
• 2020 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 “WatchList”
• 2019 USA Softball Top 50 “WatchList”
• 2019 NFCA All-American Third Team (DP/UT Non-P)
• 2019 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team (DP/UT Non-P)
• 2019 All-SEC First Team
• 2019 SEC Player of the Week (3/26)
• 2019 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week
• 2018 NFCA All-American Second Team
• 2018 All-Great Lakes Region First Team
• 2018 Big Ten Player of the Year
• 2018 All-Big Ten First Team
• 2018 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• 2018 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
• 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America
• 2018 Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District 6
• 2018 Academic All-Big Ten
• 2017 NFCA All-American First Team
• 2017 All-Great Lakes Region First Team
• 2017 All-Big Ten First Team
• 2017 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• 2017 Big Ten Player of the Year
• 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• 2017 NFCA Freshman of the Year Top-3 Finalist
• 2017 Big Ten All-Defensive Team
• 2017 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient
• 2017 NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete

As a Fifth Year Graduate (2021):

• Honors:
  • CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team
  • NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
  • SEC All-Tournament Team
  • All-SEC Second Team
  • USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
  • SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  • NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete
• Active NCAA Career Leader Ranks:
  • Games Played – 268 (T-2^nd)
  • RBI – 244 (4^th)
  • Home Runs – 70 (T-5^th)
  • Walks – 215 (T-2^nd)
• National Ranks:
  • Walks Per Game – 0.70 (30^th)
• SEC Ranks:
  • On Base Percentage – .452 (14^th)
  • Walks – 39 (5^th)
• UF Career Ranks:
  • Batting Average – .341 (8^th)
  • Slugging Percentage – .606 (8^th)
  • On Base Percentage – .471 (T-5^th)
  • Fielding Percentage – .994 (8^th | 642-14-4)
• UF Senior Records:
  • Walks – 39 (8^th)
• Notables:
  • Reached base safely in 53 of the 56 games played this season with a season long 26-game streak.
  • Finished the year on an eight-game hit streak and tallied 10 multi-hit games along with 12 multi[1]RBI games
  • Concluded her career as a Gator ranking inside the top 10 all-time in batting average (.341 – 8th), slugging percentage (.606 – 8th), on base percentage (.471 – t-5th) and fielding percentage (.994 – 8th).
  • Also ranked among active NCAA Career Leaders in games played (268 – t-2nd), RBI (244 – 4th), home runs (70 – 5th) and walks (215 – 2nd).

As a Senior (2020): Season Ended March 11, 2020 Due to COVID-19 After 27 Games Played

• Honors:
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • SEC Co-Player of the Week (3/17)
  • USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 “WatchList”

 

• Active NCAA Career Leader Ranks:
  • Games Played – 212 (3^rd)
  • RBI – 207 (1^st)
  • Home Runs – 62 (2^nd)
  • Walks – 176 (2^nd)
  • Total Bases – 440 (5^th)

 

• National Ranks:
  • Batting Average – .410 (121^st)
  • Hits – 32 (50^th)
  • Home Runs – 7 (46^th)
  • Home Runs Per Game – 0.26 (114^th)
  • On Base Percentage – .525 (59^th)
  • Slugging Percentage – .731 (98^th)
  • Total Bases – 57 (43^rd)
  • Walks Per Game – 0.67 (59^th)

 

• SEC Ranks:
  • On Base Percentage – .525 (14^th)
  • Hits – 32 (9^th)
  • Home Runs – 7 (T-6^th)
  • Total Bases – 57 (9^th)
  • Walks – 18 (T-4^th)
  • Plate Appearances – 99 (T-5^th)
  • Chances – 187 (3^rd)
  • Putouts – 181 (3^rd)
  • Fielding Double Plays – 11 (2^nd)

 

• UF Senior Records:
  • Fielding Percentage – .995 (T-6^th)

 

• Notables:
  • Played and started in all 27 games for the Gators at first base. Hit .410 going 32-of-78 at the plate with 22 RBI, 17 runs, four doubles and seven home runs.
  • Reached bases safely in all 27 games played and produced a 15-game and 10-game hit streak.
  • Drove in the game winning RBI five times, tallied seven multi-hit and three multi-RBI games.
  • Earned the last SEC Player of the Week in 2020 with a pair of standout performances in the Gators final two games of the season against Penn and Florida State.
    • She went 4-for-4 with a pair of timely home runs against the Quakers and the Seminoles. The Ankeny, Iowa native's first home run came in the 1st inning to give the Gators a 1-0 lead against Penn and her second occurred in the 3rd inning of a tied 2-2 game against the Florida State.
      • Lindaman crushed her seventh home run of the season off FSU reliever Kathryn Sandercock to give the Gators a 4-2 lead that it wouldn't give up. This is her second career SEC Player of the Week honor.
  • Produced the third longest hit-streak in program history by a senior. Overall, the 15-game streak is the sixth longest in program history regardless of class. Lindaman also recorded a hit in 25 out of the 27 games played in 2020.
    • Senior Hit-Streaks
      • 20 Games – Megan Bush – Feb. 25 – March 25, 2011
      • 16 Games – Melissa Zick – April 14 – May 10, 2007
      • 15 Games – Kendyl Lindaman – Feb. 8-22, 2020
      • 13 Games – Aja Paculba – Feb. 11 – March 4, 2011
      • 12 Games – Francesca Enea – Feb. 19 – March 7, 2010
      • 11 Games – Ashley Boone – Feb. 16-24, 2001
  • Lindaman also hit .450 (9-for-20) with five runs, two doubles and three RBI over the seven-game stretch that included UNF and the Bubly Invitational.
  • The stats officially don't count but Lindaman belted a two-run home run off of reigning USA Softball National Player of the Year Rachel Garcia in the exhibition with Team USA and close down the Red, White and Blue's lead 5-2.

As a Junior (2019):

• Honors:
  • 2019 USA Softball Top 50 “WatchList”
  • 2019 NFCA All-American Third Team (DP/UT Non-P)
  • 2019 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team (DP/UT Non-P)
  • 2019 All-SEC First Team
  • 2019 SEC Player of the Week (3/26)
  • 2019 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week

 

• NCAA Ranks:
  • Total Bases: 121 (49^th)
  • Walks: .63 (75^th)
  • Home Runs: 15 (50^th)
  • Hits: 65 (116^th)
  • Home Runs Per Game: 0.22 (122^nd)
  • On Base Percentage: .463 (117^th)

 

• SEC Ranks:
  • RBI: 54 (T-7^th)
  • Home Runs: 15 (T-10^th)
  • Total Bases: 121 (7^th)
  • Walks: 42 (10^th)
  • Plate Appearances: 246 (5^th)
  • At-Bats: 197 (T-5^th)

 

• UF Junior Records:
  • At-Bats: 197 (T-10^th)
  • Hits: 65 (T-8^th)
  • Home Runs: 15 (T-4^th)
  • RBI: 54 (7^th)
  • Walks: 42 (T-7^th)
  • On-Base Percentage: .463 (T-10^th)
  • Fielding Percentage: .995 (6^th)

 

• Notables:
  • Played in all 67 games for the Gators at either catcher or the designated player.
  • Her .330 average ranked second on the team only behind Amanda Lorenz's .422 average.
  • Produced a 10-game stretch where she hit eight home runs and registered 19 RBI.
  • Registered her first grand slam as a Gator when she put the team ahead 6-0 in the 4^th inning against Syracuse.
  • Notched her second grand slam of the season against No. 9 LSU and gave the Gators a 4-1 lead in the top of the 7^th inning.
  • Produced the game-winning RBI nine times throughout the season and scored the game-winning run twice.
  • Posted career highs throughout 2019:  At-Bats: 7 at Ole Miss (3/2), Runs: 3 vs. Mercer (3/24), Hits: 3 vs. No. 14/22 Arkansas (4/6), RBI: 6 vs. Mercer (3/23), Triples: 1 vs. No. 19/14 Michigan (2/9), Home Runs: 2 vs. Mercer (3/23), Putouts: 15 at USF (2/10)

As a Sophomore (2018 - Minnesota):
• Started all 58 games at catcher
• Hit .512 in conference play with a 1.279 slugging %
• Ranked eight in NCAA and first in Big Ten with 20 home runs
• Ranked 16th in NCAA and second in Big Ten with a .532 on base percentage and .832 slugging percentage 
• Fifth in the NCAA and first in the Big Ten with 0.95 walks per game. 
• Recorded 13 multi hit and 14 multi RBI games
• Went 7-for-11 with four runs and two home runs in sweep at Iowa (Apr. 12-13)
• 4-for-8 with six runs and two home runs in sweep against Nebraska at home (Apr. 20-22)
• Was walked seven times each against Illinois (Mar. 30) and Wisconsin (Apr. 25).
• Tallied five RBI in game two of the series against Penn State (May 5)

As a Freshman (2017 - Minnesota):
• Started all 61 games at catcher
• Broke single-season program records for home runs (20), slugging percentage (.899), RBI (tied-76), walks (63), on base percentage (.598)
• .426 batting average led Big Ten and finished third in the NCAA for on base percentage. Tied for third in the NCAA in RBI, fourth in RBI, fourth in slugging % and seventh in home runs
• First collegiate game and start at catcher in game versus Maryland (Feb. 10)
• Recorded her first career home run against Texas (Feb. 11)
• Posted her first collegiate triple against UC Davis (Feb. 25)
• Went 3-for-3 with two RBI against No. 8/8 Washington (Mar. 10)
• Went 2-for-3 with 3 runs, six RBI and two home runs, one of which was a grand slam, in the series opener against Illinois (Mar. 31)
• Broke the single-season home run record against NDSU with her 16th of the year (Apr. 26)
• Launched her 20th home run of the season, which was a grand slam, against Illinois in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament (May 13)
• Gave the Gophers a lead in the ninth inning of an NCAA Tournament elimination game against La Tech with an RBI double (May 21) 

High School / Travel Ball:

• Five-time All-Conference and four time All-District member
• Four-time All-State First Team
• Selected to play in the PGF High School All-American game (2016)
• Three-time Iowa 5A Player of the Year
• Holds the Iowa High School All-Time home run record with 71 home runs
• Ankeny Centennial High School track shot put record holder
• Three-time All-Conference honoree in basketball and was a 5A State Champion (2015)