Indiana Softball's All-American Taryn Kern Enters Transfer Portal

Monday, Extra Inning Softball reported Indiana softball's Taryn Kern entered the transfer portal. The All-American has not yet commented on her decision.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Monday, Extra Inning Softball reported Indiana softball second baseman and All-American Taryn Kern has entered the transfer portal following her standout freshman season.

The Hoosiers under the direction of sixth-year head coach Shonda Stanton finished their season with a 44-18 overall record and 18-5 Big Ten record along with their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011 in which they fell to Tennessee 7-3 in the regional finals.

Kern, the D1Softball.com First-Team and Freshman-Team All-American led the Hoosier starters batting a .404 as she totaled 63 hits, 23 home runs and 68 RBI. She led the Big Ten in eight statistical categories including slugging percentage (.930), on base percentage (0.575), OPS (1.505), walks (45), hit by pitch (23), runs scored (68), RBI and home runs. 

Her 23 home runs on the season ties Louisville's Taylor Roby for second in the nation behind Tennessee's Kiki Milloy with 25 homers.

These monster numbers led Kern to become the Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Year and also earn a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American Second-Team honor, the highest of her two teammates Brianna Copeland and Taylor Minnick, who earned Third-Team awards. 

Stanton said in a previous interview Kern is up there with one of the best she's coached during her time at Indiana and also when she served at the helm with Marshall for 18 seasons.

Kern has not announced her decision to enter the transfer portal on any of her social media channels, nor has the Indiana softball program commented on her decision. 

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