The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Softball
Kendall Veach
- Title:
- Graduate Assistant Manager
- Experience:
- Auburn '19
Former Auburn Tiger standout Kendall Veach is in her first season with the UAB softball team and will serve as a graduate assistant manager for the 2020-21 season.
Veach, a four-time Academic All-SEC earner was a three-year starter for the Tigers where she accumulated 131 career hits, 119 RBI and 39 home runs. The Selma, Ala. native split time between catcher, third and first base in her four seasons acting as the catcher in all 60 of Auburn’s games in her senior season. She was a member of the 2016 SEC Tournament Championship and NCAA Runner-Up squad.
Veach earned SEC All-Tournament Team honors in 2017 and was named All-SEC Second Team and NFCA All-Region First Team in her senior season at Auburn. Her 20 homeruns in 2019 were second most in program history in a single season. Behind the dish she limited opponents to only 14 stolen bases in 2019, the lowest total in school history.
She graduated with her degree in exercise science in 2019 and was drafted seventh overall to the Beijing Shougang Eagles in the 2019 National Pro Fastpitch Draft.
Before she became a staple at Auburn, Veach was a five-year letterman at John T. Morgan Academy in her native Selma. She helped lead the Senators to an AHSAA 4A State Championship in 2011. Veach was also a member of the track and field team where she became a state champion in the shot put.
Veach, a four-time Academic All-SEC earner was a three-year starter for the Tigers where she accumulated 131 career hits, 119 RBI and 39 home runs. The Selma, Ala. native split time between catcher, third and first base in her four seasons acting as the catcher in all 60 of Auburn’s games in her senior season. She was a member of the 2016 SEC Tournament Championship and NCAA Runner-Up squad.
Veach earned SEC All-Tournament Team honors in 2017 and was named All-SEC Second Team and NFCA All-Region First Team in her senior season at Auburn. Her 20 homeruns in 2019 were second most in program history in a single season. Behind the dish she limited opponents to only 14 stolen bases in 2019, the lowest total in school history.
She graduated with her degree in exercise science in 2019 and was drafted seventh overall to the Beijing Shougang Eagles in the 2019 National Pro Fastpitch Draft.
Before she became a staple at Auburn, Veach was a five-year letterman at John T. Morgan Academy in her native Selma. She helped lead the Senators to an AHSAA 4A State Championship in 2011. Veach was also a member of the track and field team where she became a state champion in the shot put.