2019 Softball Roster
Bailey Brownfield
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- UTL
- Hometown:
- Thornville, Ohio
- High School:
- Lakewood
Career
• NFCA All-Mideast Region Second Team (2018)
• NFCA All-Mideast Region Third Team (2019)
• Two-time All-MAC First Team (2017, 2018)
• All-MAC Second Team (2019)
• Academic All-MAC (2018)
• Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2018)
• Two-time MAC East Player of the Week
Brownfield in the Kent State Record Book
• 206 career hits is second most in school history
• .323 career batting average is the seventh best in school history
• 638 career at bats is the fourth most in school history
• 115 career RBIs ranks seventh in school history
• 45 career doubles ranks second in program history
• 219 total games played is the most ever in school history
• 285 total bases is tied for eighth in program history
• 205 games started is tied for fourth most in school history
• Ranks ninth in a single season with 41 RBIs (2018)
• Second with 18 doubles in a single season (2019)
• Tied for 10th with 13 doubles in a single-season (2018)
2019
• Named to the NFCA All-Mideast Region Third Team
• All-MAC Second Team
• Started in all 53 games played in
• Hit .341 (56-for-164)
• Collected 18 doubles, three home runs, 30 RBIs and 15 runs scored
• Led the team in hits (56), doubles (18), RBIs (30) and total bases (83)
• Finished third in the MAC in doubles (18) and 13th in batting average (.341)
• Registered a .970 fielding percentage, the highest in the MAC among third baseman
• Became only the fourth player in school history to record 200 hits
• Began the year on a six-game hitting streak
• Led the team with 13 multi-hit games
• Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against North Texas (Feb. 22)
• Plated the game-tying run on a double in the sixth inning in eventual extra-inning victory over No. 21 Baylor (Feb. 23)
• Scored a career-high three runs at Toledo (March 23)
• In a doubleheader at Lehigh doubled four times in the same day and drove in four runs (March 27)
• Hit a game-tying solo home run against Miami (April 13)
• Registered a 3-for-4 two RBI game against Robert Morris (April 17) and later in the week was 3-for-4 with 2 RBI at Akron (April 20)
• Recorded 200th career hit with a single on Senior Day against Bowling Green (May 4)
• Mashed a home run in the MAC Tournament against Toledo (May 8)
2018
• Named to the NFCA All-Mideast Region Second Team
• All-MAC First Team
• Academic All-MAC
• Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete
• Played in team-high 51 games with 45 starts
• Hit .351 (54-for-154)
• Totaled 13 doubles, two triples, one home run and 41 RBIs
• Double and RBI totals both tied for ninth in program history for a single-season
• Recorded a .966 fielding percentage in first year of action at third-base
• MAC East Division Player of the Week (Apr. 3) and hit .571 (12-for-21) with three doubles, a triple, home run and 10 RBIs
• In MAC-only games hit .413 (31-for-75), which was sixth in the conference and finished third with 24 RBIs
• Led the MAC with 11 doubles in conference-only games
• Went on career-long 13 game hitting streak
• Hit a walk-off single against Oakland (Mar. 11)
• Recorded a season high four hits with two doubles and two RBIs against Toledo (Mar. 31)
• Knocked a walk-off base hit against Toledo (Mar. 31)
• Registered a season-high four RBIs against Buffalo (Apr. 21)
2017
• Named to All-MAC First Team
• Played in 59 games while making 58 starts
• 59 games played is tied for second in program history, while 58 starts is tied for third
• Batted .324 (57-for-176), which was 2nd highest on the team
• Led the team in conference batting average hitting .403 in MAC games
• Team leader with 16 multi-hit games and 15 game reached base streak
• Hit one homerun with 11 doubles and 20 RBIs
• Clubbed lone home run of the year at Ohio in the 11th inning to give the Flashes the go-ahead run in a 1-0 win (Apr. 12)
• Hit a walk-off double in the eighth inning to beat Northern Illinois 6-5 (Apr. 8)
• Doubled in the sixth inning at Central Michigan to bring in the winning run in a 3-2 win (Apr. 2)
• Named MAC East Player of the Week Feb. 27th by batting .636 with 4 doubles and 3 RBIs with a 1.000 slugging percentage at the EMU Madeira Beach Spring Invitation
• Recorded first two-double game against Stony Brook (Feb. 25)
• Went 1-for-3 with one walk in the NCAA Tournament against Oregon State
2016
• Appeared in 56 games with 49 starts
• Batted .271 (39-for-144)
• Scored 19 runs
• Finished season with three doubles, five home runs and 24 RBIs
• Collected first collegiate career hit vs. Memphis (Feb. 12)
• Started collegiate career with eight game hitting streak
• Had first career multi-hit game with a 3-for-4 performance vs. Memphis (Feb. 12)
• Registered first career three-RBI game against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 13)
• Hit first career home run vs. North Carolina Central (Feb. 19)
• Was 3-for-3 with two RBIs against LIU Brooklyn (Mar. 20)
Prior to Kent State
• First Team All-Central District, 2nd Team-All League, Columbus All-Metro Special mention
• Hardest Off Season Worker Award, Academic All-Ohio for Golf
• 4 year letter winner in softball and golf
• Batted .496, had two home runs, three triples, 11 doubles as a senior
Personal
• Daughter of Voniessa and Bret Brownfield
• Has one younger sister, Brenna who also plays softball at Kent State
• Majoring in Sports Administration
• Father Bret, played baseball at Otterbein
