Christopher Newport University

2025 - Senior Season - Bentley was a first team All-Conference selection by the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference...played in 40 of 43 games, starting all 40, and posted a .292 batting average...logged five doubles and two home runs while driving in 23 runs and scoring 21 times...stole nine bases in ten attempts...made just seven errors at shortstop in 103 chances.

2024 - Junior Season - Played in and started 39 of 41 games for the Captains, supplying solid defense and timely hitting at the shortstop position...scored 23 times and stole nine of ten attempts on the base paths...eight of her 22 base hits went for extra bases, with seven doubles and one triple...drove in 15 runs and reached base a dozen times on walks...drove in four runs in the opening game at Meredith on April 7th, one of three games she registered two base hits in...made 32 putouts and logged 50 assists for the season. 

2023 - Sophomore Season - Saw action in 41 of 44 games for the Captains, making 29 starts ... logged a batting average of .270 with 20 hits in 74 at bats ... crushed five home runs and drove in 18 runs ... two of her five home runs were grand slams, the first  vs. Randolph-Macon at Captains Park on March 18 in the Cross Bay Bash ... Drove in a season-high five runs in the second game of doubleheader vs. Mary Washington on April 21 at Captains Park, with four of the five RBIs coming on the grand slam. 

2022 - Freshman Season - Made 13 appearances during her debut campaign, which ended with Christopher Newport winning the program's first national championship ... Ripped her first career hit with a single at Randolph on March 20 ... Added a double and scored a run at Meredith on April 24 ... Crossed the plate four times during the season, including once in her collegiate debut against Rowan on February 26 ... Chipped in with a pair of RBI after lofting sacrifice flies against Alma on March 5 and William Peace on April 14 ... Scored runs in back-to-back appearances against Muhlenberg on March 13 and Juniata on March 14 ... Finished the year with a .333 batting average and .400 on-base percentage ... Converted eight of her nine chances at shortstop ... Posted a pair of assists in each of her first two career appearances.

At Colgan - Shined as a shortstop during her time with the Sharks … Secured first-team All-District honors as a junior and senior … Helped lead the squad to a pair of district championships in 2019 and 2021 … Also competed in volleyball.
 
Personal - Kendall Paige Bentley is the daughter of Kimberly and David Bentley … Has two brothers, Preston and Parker, and a sister, Nicole … Majoring in psychology.