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Jersey Number 8
Billy Kender
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bellmore, N.Y.
- High School:
- Mepham
Bio
2025 (Senior): Produced another great season as Bucknell's everyday second baseman with a handful of starts at shortstop ... played and started in all 45 games ... batted .257/..377/.364 ... led team with 45 hits, 12 multi-hit games and 34 runs scored ... drove in 23 runs; hit two home runs ... drew 24 walks ... had a .966 fielding percentage ... went 6-for-12 at the plate with seven RBIs in a three-game series at Davidson ... hit a three-run home run in series finale at Davidson ... had two hits in each of the final four games of the season ... was 10-for-27 with four RBIs and six runs scored in final two series against Army and at Lafayette ... homered in season finale at Lafayette.Â
2024 (Junior): Enjoyed a terrific junior season, repeating as a First Team All-Patriot League second baseman ... started 39 games at 2B, missing seven mid-season contests with a foot injury ... slashed .348/.471/.551 for a 1.022 OPS ... 18 of his 48 hits went for extra bases, including four home runs, two triples, and 12 doubles ... also walked 33 times ... among all Patriot League players ranked third in batting average, fourth in OBP, sixth in OPS, seventh in walks, eighths in doubles, and ninth in slugging and runs scored (43) ... tied a Bucknell record with five runs scored in a win over Villanova ... three games later went 5-for-6 in a win over Lafayette ... went 9-for-13 with three doubles and a homer in a three-game sweep of Lafayette, which clinched a postseason berth on the final weekend of the regular season ... 12 mult-hit games ... homered in back-to-back games against league champion Army, and also went deep against No. 22 Campbell ... tied school record with four walks in a game twice (vs. Campbell and Villanova) ... moved into the leadoff spot after returning from injury in early April and hit .377 the rest of the way ... played an outstanding second base, making only two errors all year and only one in his final 38 games.Â
2023 (Sophomore): Earned First Team All-Patriot League honors in first season as starting second baseman ... started 45 of the team's 47 games and slashed .265/.342/.337 ... 10 multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 day against Lafayette ... delivered two walk-off hits, including the Patriot League Tournament semifinal series ender against Navy ... his two-strike, two-out, two-run single gave the Bison a 7-6 win and a series sweep ... logged a career-high three RBIs in that game ... also singled in the winning run in extra innings against Rhode Island ... first career home run came at Lafayette on Apr. 9.Â
2022 (First Year): Appeared in seven games...picked up one hit at Villanova (4/12)...also scored a run in that game.
Before Bucknell: Lettered four years in football and baseball, and three in basketball at Mepham High School...named Rookie of the Year as a sophomore for football...all-county selection as a senior...all-conference selection as a senior in both baseball and basketball...helped team to county semifinal as the starting QB in football as a junior, and also made the county semifinal as a senior in baseball ... high school teammate of Bison pitcher Tyler O'Neill.Â
Personal: William Thomas Kender...born on 11/20/2003 in Bellmore, N.Y...has one sibling, Ryan...economics major ... member of 2024 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2024 (Junior): Enjoyed a terrific junior season, repeating as a First Team All-Patriot League second baseman ... started 39 games at 2B, missing seven mid-season contests with a foot injury ... slashed .348/.471/.551 for a 1.022 OPS ... 18 of his 48 hits went for extra bases, including four home runs, two triples, and 12 doubles ... also walked 33 times ... among all Patriot League players ranked third in batting average, fourth in OBP, sixth in OPS, seventh in walks, eighths in doubles, and ninth in slugging and runs scored (43) ... tied a Bucknell record with five runs scored in a win over Villanova ... three games later went 5-for-6 in a win over Lafayette ... went 9-for-13 with three doubles and a homer in a three-game sweep of Lafayette, which clinched a postseason berth on the final weekend of the regular season ... 12 mult-hit games ... homered in back-to-back games against league champion Army, and also went deep against No. 22 Campbell ... tied school record with four walks in a game twice (vs. Campbell and Villanova) ... moved into the leadoff spot after returning from injury in early April and hit .377 the rest of the way ... played an outstanding second base, making only two errors all year and only one in his final 38 games.Â
2023 (Sophomore): Earned First Team All-Patriot League honors in first season as starting second baseman ... started 45 of the team's 47 games and slashed .265/.342/.337 ... 10 multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 day against Lafayette ... delivered two walk-off hits, including the Patriot League Tournament semifinal series ender against Navy ... his two-strike, two-out, two-run single gave the Bison a 7-6 win and a series sweep ... logged a career-high three RBIs in that game ... also singled in the winning run in extra innings against Rhode Island ... first career home run came at Lafayette on Apr. 9.Â
2022 (First Year): Appeared in seven games...picked up one hit at Villanova (4/12)...also scored a run in that game.
Before Bucknell: Lettered four years in football and baseball, and three in basketball at Mepham High School...named Rookie of the Year as a sophomore for football...all-county selection as a senior...all-conference selection as a senior in both baseball and basketball...helped team to county semifinal as the starting QB in football as a junior, and also made the county semifinal as a senior in baseball ... high school teammate of Bison pitcher Tyler O'Neill.Â
Personal: William Thomas Kender...born on 11/20/2003 in Bellmore, N.Y...has one sibling, Ryan...economics major ... member of 2024 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
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