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2025 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 24
Kayden Dunn
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- INF
- Hometown:
- Brantley, Ala.
- High School:
- Brantley HS
Bio
Sophomore (2024)
Checked into 47 games with 29 starts and 35 at-bats … Finished with a .543 slugging percentage (25th in the league), .480 on-base percentage and .286 batting average … Led Troy in putouts (199) – ranked 15th in the SBC – with 212 chances for a .986 fielding percentage (16th in the conference) … Turned eight double plays, which was 20th in the SBC … Peaked at Coastal Carolina (March 17), going 2-for-3 at the plate for two RBIs, one home run and two runs … Had a four-game hit streak from March 17 – March 23 with hits against JMU, Coastal Carolina and Auburn … Sat 14th in the SBC with a 1.023 OPS … Slammed first homer of 2024 against Morehead State for two runs and two RBIs … Season-high 15 putouts against South Alabama (April 26)
Freshman (2023)
Saw action in 39 games with eight starts… Finished the season five hits and a double… Successful on 1-of-2 on stolen base attempts… Picked up a pair of hits on three at-bats against Florida Gulf Coast (2/25)… Set a career-high of 11 putouts against South Alabama (5/6)… Earned her first collegiate start against Belmont (2/10).
High School
Two-time Alabama 1A Hitter of the Year (2021, 2022) … Named the Alabama 1A Hitter of the Year following her junior year at Brantley High School where she hit .556 with 21 home runs; led the state and set the Brantley high run record … Hit .490 with 18 home runs as a senior … In the shortened COVID season, hit .659 with six home runs and batted .418 with 11 homers as a freshman for the Bulldogs … Helped lead Brantley to the 2018 and 2021 Alabama 1A state title ... Ranked 17thnationally among first basemen by Extra Innings Softball … Also played volleyball and basketball; two-time all-county in basketball
Personal
Born June 25, 2004 … Daughter of Taisha Dunn … Uncle is Troy Hall of Fame quarterback Brock Nutter … Twin brother, Kai, plays football at Butler CC … Majoring in sport management
Checked into 47 games with 29 starts and 35 at-bats … Finished with a .543 slugging percentage (25th in the league), .480 on-base percentage and .286 batting average … Led Troy in putouts (199) – ranked 15th in the SBC – with 212 chances for a .986 fielding percentage (16th in the conference) … Turned eight double plays, which was 20th in the SBC … Peaked at Coastal Carolina (March 17), going 2-for-3 at the plate for two RBIs, one home run and two runs … Had a four-game hit streak from March 17 – March 23 with hits against JMU, Coastal Carolina and Auburn … Sat 14th in the SBC with a 1.023 OPS … Slammed first homer of 2024 against Morehead State for two runs and two RBIs … Season-high 15 putouts against South Alabama (April 26)
Freshman (2023)
Saw action in 39 games with eight starts… Finished the season five hits and a double… Successful on 1-of-2 on stolen base attempts… Picked up a pair of hits on three at-bats against Florida Gulf Coast (2/25)… Set a career-high of 11 putouts against South Alabama (5/6)… Earned her first collegiate start against Belmont (2/10).
High School
Two-time Alabama 1A Hitter of the Year (2021, 2022) … Named the Alabama 1A Hitter of the Year following her junior year at Brantley High School where she hit .556 with 21 home runs; led the state and set the Brantley high run record … Hit .490 with 18 home runs as a senior … In the shortened COVID season, hit .659 with six home runs and batted .418 with 11 homers as a freshman for the Bulldogs … Helped lead Brantley to the 2018 and 2021 Alabama 1A state title ... Ranked 17thnationally among first basemen by Extra Innings Softball … Also played volleyball and basketball; two-time all-county in basketball
Personal
Born June 25, 2004 … Daughter of Taisha Dunn … Uncle is Troy Hall of Fame quarterback Brock Nutter … Twin brother, Kai, plays football at Butler CC … Majoring in sport management
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