Jenifer Kernahan Class: Senior Hometown: Perrysburg, Ohio High School: Perrysburg Position: C/SS Birthdate: 08/19/1981 Experience: 3L B/T: R/R

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Seniors Jody Johnson, Marla Murphy and Jenifer Kernahan celebrate with the MAC Tournament championship trophy (photo by Mike Metzger)

2004: Played in 63 games, making 62 starts ... started an even 50 games at shortstop, 10 at catcher and two in leftfield ... hit .233, fourth on the team ... had a team-high 26 walks and an on-base pct. of .339 ... had four game-winning RBI ... in MAC games, hit .290 with 16 RBI, good for second on the team in the latter category ... also was second on the team with an on-base percentage of .403 in league play ... named the MAC Player of the Week on May 10 after hitting .571 in the Central Michigan series ... went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles in the second game vs. CMU ... hit .471 over the final seven regular-season contests ... had three RBI in a win over Northern Illinois ... drove in two runs in back-to-back games at Eastern Michigan.

2003: Played in all 53 games, making 51 starts at catcher and one as the DP ... hit an even .300 on the year, good for third on the team ... had nine doubles and four homers among her 45 hits ... scored 17 runs and led the Falcons with 35 RBI ... had a .980 fielding pct. ... second on the team with six sacrifice bunts ... hit .313 with a team-high 19 RBI in MAC play ... also led the Falcons with a .537 slugging pct. in conference games ... overall, had 10 multiple-hit games, including three-hit contests vs. Miami (3-for-3 with two doubles) and Cleveland State ... went 4-for-5 in the Miami DH ... that was part of a week in which she hit .500 and was named the MAC Player of the Week (April 14) ... had three RBI vs. both Morehead State and Stony Brook ... had two RBI in nine contests, including three games in a four-game span in the regular season’s final week ... homered vs. Seton Hall, Western Michigan, Akron and Eastern Michigan ... drew 18 walks, second-most on the team ... scored a run in six consecutive games in mid-April ... had a hit in two MAC Tournament games, driving in BG’s lone run in the Marshall contest.

2003 Women’s Soccer: This past fall, played her first season of women’s soccer for BGSU ... a goalkeeper, played seven matches, making two starts ... had a 1-1-0 record and a 1.37 goals-against average in nearly 262 minutes of action ... made 24 saves on the season.

2002: Hit .298 on the year, good for fifth on the team ... played in 37 games, making 33 starts ... had starts at five different positions, including leftfield (17), third base (nine), catcher (three), centerfield (two) and the dp spot (two) ... had a .452 slugging pct., with eight doubles, a triple and two homers ... round-trippers came vs. Notre Dame and Detroit ... scored 14 runs and had 15 RBI ... had a career-best 13-game hitting streak, tying for the team’s best on the season ... hit .460 (23-of-50) with nine runs scored and 11 RBI in the last 16 games of the year ... her 13-game hit streak was snapped in a pinch-hit appearance at UDM ... led BGSU with a .396 batting avg. in MAC games ... also led the team in slugging pct. (.547) while ranking second in on-base pct. (.418) in conference action ... prior to the final 16 games, was hitting .175 with a total of eight hits in 21 games ... raised her season average by 123 points to .298 during those final 16 contests ... ended the season with at least one hit in each of her final 13 MAC games ... had three-hit games vs. Miami and Toledo ... was 2-for-2 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBI at UDM.

2001: Played in 34 games, making 29 starts ... started 15 games in left, six behind the plate and eight as the designated player ... hit .221 on the season, with 13 runs scored, two doubles and seven RBI ... batted .238 in MAC games ... hit her first collegiate homer at Akron ... had nine hits in a 12-at-bat span (.750) in late March ... began that stretch with a 4-for-4 game vs. Liberty, scoring three runs ... went 3-for-4 at Marshall five days later ... scored three runs in each of those games ... drove in a pair of runs in back-to-back games, vs. Liberty and Toledo.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for Perrysburg High ... hit .400 as a senior to help the Jackets to a second-straight Northern Lakes League title ... named to the All-Ohio Second Team ... four-time team MVP and three-time all-district selection ... also earned three All-NLL First-Team honors after earning second-team laurels as a freshman ... member of the NLL’s all-academic team ... finished her career with 11 homers and 88 RBI ... earned three letters as a soccer goalie, earning all-league and all-district first-team honors twice ... helped PHS to district titles every year ... received Archie Griffin Sportsman Award, and also was named the school’s outstanding woman of the year.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Michael and Monica Kernahan ... born August 19, 1981 ... majoring in three-dimensional art (glass) and minoring in ceramics ... has a younger brother ... member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... cousin, Matt LaVrar, played football at Ohio State ... summer-ball teams have included Ohio Pride, Ohio Prodigy, and Taylor Door out of Michigan ... has coached at clinics over the past several years.