As a Freshman (2023)
Started in 16 of 22 appearances and averaged 50 minutes in the midfield… Netted both of her goals in SEC play: the game-winner against Texas A&M (9/24) and against Ole Miss (10/22)… Assisted in three goals and recorded her first on Aug. 24 against Oregon… Started in her collegiate debut and played 60 minutes in the 6-0 win against Arkansas State on Aug. 17… Finished the season ranked No. 45 on TopDrawerSoccer’s Postseason Top 100 Freshmen list.
Before Arkansas
Club
- Two-time ECNL Ohio Valley All-Conference selection
- Played in the ECNL Tennessee 2021 National Selection Game
High School
- 2022 United Soccer Coaches High School All-American
- 2019 Tennessee 2A All-State
- United Soccer Coaches All-South Region (2021)
- Three-time Tennessee 2A All-East Region (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Three-time Chattanooga Best of Preps, which honors the region’s top student-athletes
- Girls Preparatory School Offensive MVP (2019)
- Played lacrosse and squash, and ran track while also being a Tennessee All-Region basketball player, which earned her the Tennessee Multi-Sport Athlete Award.
Why she chose Arkansas: “The passion for this sport displayed by both the coaching staff and players allowed for an easy decision for me to choose U of A, plus the mascot is a pig! Wooo freakin’ pig!”
Hale on Ball: “Kennedy is immensely talented and has only scratched the surface of what she will be as a player. She has all the attributes of a top attacking player and the desire to be great.”
