Kristen Kennedy and Shellie Broyles-Raymond will be inducted into the Western New Mexico University Athletic Hall of Fame this fall during the Homecoming festivities on October 1.
Kennedy played four solid years for the Lady Mustangs from 2000-04. She holds one of the top career scoring averages of 80.25, she holds the top low mark for a scoring average in a season of 77.7 from the 2003-04 season. She played in 99 rounds for her career, compiling two rounds under par, a low round of 72 and posted an incredible 1,698-535 win-loss record (.760). She had 22 finishes inside the top-10, with nine coming in the top-five and two tournament victories. She was an All-American during her time at WNMU. In her first season, the team placed third at the NCAA Championships, as she finished 15th. Her sophomore year she helped lead the team to first at the NCAA West Regional Championship coming in a tie for sixth. The team placed fourth at the Championships that year and she tied for 22nd. Her junior year the Lady Mustangs placed fifth at Regionals and she tied for eighth and in her final season, WNMU was fourth at Regionals with Kennedy tying for second. Kennedy went as an individual that year and tied for sixth at the Championships.
Broyles-Raymond had big seasons all four years in playing for the Lady Mustangs posting 33 home runs, 243 hits, 55 doubles, 11 triples and 159 RBI in playing 203 games. Her names shows up all over the WNMU record books, landing in the top-10 in several categories including fifth for most assists in a season (112, 2002), third for highest batting average in a season (.431, 2003), fourth for highest slugging percentage in a season (.755, 2003), seventh in on-base percentage for a season (.473, 2003), tied for the most games started in a season (63, 2003), most at-bats in a season (204, 2003), third most runs in a year (56, 2003), most hits (88, 2003), tied for most doubles (23, 2003) and tied for most triples (6, 2002). Needless to say, her 2003 senior campaign was an incredible one. She hit .431 that season with 88 hits, 13 home runs, 56 RBI, 23 doubles, two triples and slugged .755. Nationally that year she ranked 46th in batting average, 26th in doubles per game and 27th in slugging percentage. She always had strong RBI seasons, even as a freshman compiling 21, before jumping to 45 as a sophomore, 37 as a junior and then 56 as a senior. Her home runs grew throughout her career, posting 10 combined in her first two seasons to hit 10 as a junior and 13 as a senior. She also rarely struck out, totaling just 26 over her final two seasons in 375 at-bats that included 34 walks. She was an All-American and helped lead WNMU to some big win seasons including 32 as a freshman, 34 as a sophomore, 42 as a junior and 53 as a senior year that even included wins over New Mexico State and the University of New Mexico.