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Arkansas catcher Kennedy Miller named Freshman All-American

Arkansas catcher Kennedy Miller has landed on Softball America’s Freshman All-America Team after a terrific season.

Arkansas softball catcher Kennedy Miller was named to the Freshman All-America team by Softball America Tuesday.

Miller batted .331 with eight home runs and 36 RBIs in 52 games for the Razorbacks in 2024. Her .331 clip was second on the team behind only Reagan Johnson’s .380 mark in 55 games.

Against SEC opponents, Miller batted .273 with three home runs and 10 RBIs in 24 games. She was named SEC Freshman of the Week after batting .545 with two home runs in the Razorbacks’ series victory at Auburn to begin conference play back in mid-March.

A Georgetown, Texas, native, Miller had an on-base percentage of .400 and a slugging percentage of .574. She started all 52 games she played in for coach Courtney Deifel’s team, which advanced to the Regional round of the NCAA Tournament earlier this month before being eliminated by Villanova.

Behind the plate, Miller had only one error for a .997 fielding percentage. She helped Arkansas to a 37-18 season, which included a 14-10 mark in the SEC.

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Arkansas freshman Kennedy Miller smacks RBI-double for the win

The Arkansas softball team continued to get clutch hits on Thursday to rally past South Dakota State, 4-3.

Freshman Kennedy Miller continues to impress during her first season at the collegiate softball level, again coming up with a key hit to help No. 16 Arkansas take down South Dakota State on the first day of the Wooo Pig Classic at Bogle Park.

After falling behind in the count 1-2, in the bottom of the fourth inning, the young catcher ripped an RBI-double to left-center field, plating senior Rylin Hedgecock for what would prove to be the game-winning run.

The 5-foot-8 Miller, a native of Georgetown, Texas, now leads the team with a .467 batting average, after beginning the year with 14 hits in her first 30 at-bats.

After the Jackrabbits took a 1-0 first-inning lead, Arkansas bounced back big in the bottom half of the inning.

Red-hot sophomore leadoff hitter Regan Johnson got things going with a quick single, followed by junior Bri Ellis‘ team-leading sixth home run of the year, a two-run blast to center. Senior Cylie Halvorson‘s sacrifice fly made in 3-1 after one.

South Dakota State (8-10) scored another run in the second, then tied it at 3-3 in the top of the fourth. Hedgecock lined a two-out double to get things rolling in the Arkansas fourth, which led to Miller’s heroics.

Senior Morgan Lienstock replaced sophomore starter Robyn Herron in the circle for the Razorbacks, after SDSU sophomore Keira Carollio led off the second inning with a homer.

Leinstock went 2.2 innings, allowing just one run, while striking out five. Sophomore lefty Hannah Camenzind (4-0) pitched the final 3.1 innings and retired all 10 batters she faced to earn the win.

Arkansas (14-3) will continue its current 17-game homestand with a doubleheader Friday, facing Southeast Missouri State at 3 p.m., then Florida Atlantic at 5:30 p.m. Both games will be available on the SEC Network+, with former Razorback Sydney Parr Lee and Dorian Craft calling the game.

WATCH: Arkansas Softball commit hits a mammoth home run

It appears that the “Bogle Bombers” legacy will continue for years to come.

It appears that Arkansas softball will “reload” instead of “rebuild” once the elder “Bogle Bombers” hang up their cleats at the end of their collegiate careers.

[autotag]Kennedy Miller[/autotag], an Arkansas Softball pledge for the Class of 2023 from Georgetown High School in Georgetown, Texas, showcased her power in a 9-6 win over Liberty Hill on Tuesday night by smacking a home run over the scoreboard in left field.

Miller committed to Arkansas early in her 11th grade year, announcing her intentions to play for head coach [autotag]Courtney Diefel[/autotag] and the Razorbacks in September of 2021.

According to her recruiting page on SportsRecruits.com, Miller can play first base, third base, and catcher. Her current stats are not available at the time of this post.

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