Rutgers-Camden Athletics

A transfer from New Jersey Athletic Conference rival Ramapo College, Kendall Lafferty became the Scarlet Raptors’ starting catcher during her first year with the Rutgers-Camden softball program.
 
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2023-24 scholastic year…Dean’s List student Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters at Ramapo College…NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete…Member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List student for the 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring and 2024 Fall semesters.
 
Softball 2024: Played in 41 of the Scarlet Raptors’ 42 games, starting 40 as the Raptors’ catcher…Hit .228 with two doubles, eight runs and nine RBIs…Had five walks for a .261 on-base percentage…Added three sacrifices and three stolen bases in as many attempts…Finished second on the team with 161 putouts…Added 24 assists…Threw out 11 potential base stealers…Had three multiple-RBI games, including two RBIs in both ends of a March 15 doubleheader against St. Norbert and Saint Joseph’s…Went 3-for-4 with one run, three putouts and one assist in her Raptor debut, the season opener against Carroll (March 9)…Tied for the second-longest hitting streak on the team, hitting in nine straight games (9-for-25, .360) from March 15-26…Went 2-fpr-3 with a double against New Jersey City (Game Two, March 30) and 2-for-2 with one run, one sacrifice and two RBIs against Neumann (Game Two, April 25)…Had season highs of 10 putouts against both Alvernia (Game One, March 19) and Kean (April 30 in the NJAC playoffs)…Notched her high of three assists against Wesleyan (March 12).
 
Pre-Rutgers: Played two seasons at Ramapo College, appearing in seven games, going 1-for-3 (,333) and compiling a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage (eight chances, six putouts, two assists)…Played in four games as a freshman in 2022, making her debut against Stevens (April 13) and going 1-for-1 for her first collegiate hit…Played both ends of a doubleheader against John Jay (April 27), handling seven total chances (five putouts, two assists) without an error, while going 0-for-1 at the plate…Appeared in three games in 2023, going 0-for-1 against John Jay on March 7, and notching one putout in one chance against Nebraska Wesleyan (March 11).
 
High School: Softball letterwinner at Cherokee High School…Graduated in 2021.
 
Club Team: South Jersey Gators