New Mexico State University Athletics

2018 WAC All-Tournament Team

2019: Played in 35 games, making 20 starts… Batted .258 with a .455 slugging percentage and a .351 on-base percentage… Tallied three hits against Kansas City (4/27)… Recorded three RBI twice against UMKC (4/27) and once at CSU Bakersfield (5/4)… Hit a home run against Creighton (2/8), at UTEP (3/19), against UMKC (4/27) and at CSUB (5/4)… Posted two walks against Oregon (2/21)…

2018: Played in 27 games, making 10 starts… Named to the All-WAC tournament team… Batted .289 with a .438 on base percentage and a .474 slugging percentage… Posted four doubles and a home run while drawing six walks for the season… Tallied three RBI during the WAC Tournament (5/11) while also recording a pair of doubles and a homer…

2017: Played in 26 games… Posted a .206 batting average and a .441 slugging percentage… Hit two doubles and two homers… Recorded 12 RBIs and walked seven times….

2016: Played in 26 games and started two… Went 7-for-27 for a .259 batting average… Scored four runs… Racked up one double and two home runs for a .519 slugging percentage… Garnered nine RBIs… Was hit by a pitch once for a .310 on-base percentage… Went 4-for-10 for a .400 batting average in league play… Scored two runs during WAC play… Had two home runs in conference games… Racked up seven RBIs during league games… Had a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .400 on-base percentage in league play… Collected one putout in league play… Amassed one putout at UMKC in game two on April 30… Racked up a career-high three RBIs two separate times, with both coming from home runs… Collected one double against Incarnate Word on February 13.

High School
Played for Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Eastvale, Calif. for four years under Mike Fitzgerald…   Named Player of the Year and MVP… Helped guide her team to a 2013 softball championship… Held a .600 batting average and .800 OBP... Hit a walk-off home run in the seventh inning to defeat school’s rival.
 
Personal
Full name is Kennedy Iman Johnson, but goes by KJ… Born on Jan. 14, 1997 in Inglewood, Calif.… Parents are Shawn and Monique Johnson… Has one sister… Father ran track at Arizona for four year… Cousin, Brian Hunter, played for the Atlanta Braves…