Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

The College of New Jersey Athletics

Official Home of TCNJ Athletics
The College of New Jersey Athletics logo - link to home

2025 Softball Roster

Arion Owes
© Jimmy Alagna Photography
© Jimmy Alagna Photography
Arion Owes
Arion Owes
© Jimmy Alagna Photography
Derick Zelaya-Rainho
© Jimmy Alagna Photography
Jimmy Alagna

8 Julia Kinnally

  • Position Infield
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Pearl River
  • Hometown Pearl River, N.Y.

Biography

2025 (GRADUATE STUDENT): Named NJAC Player of the Year … NFCA All-Region Second Team selection … Started all 38 games at shortstop … Slashed .376/.408/.632 … Led the Lions and ranked third in the NJAC in RBIs (39) and home runs (6) … Finished second on the team in hits (44), runs (23) and doubles (12) … Opened the season going 1-for-3 with an RBI in a win over Greensboro (2/23) … Put together a nine-game hitting streak from 3/7-3/16 … Hit first home run of the season against sixth-ranked Virginia Wesleyan (3/8) … Tallied career-high six RBIs in win over Neumann (3/12) … Broke the program record for doubles with the 62nd of her career in a win against Arcadia (3/25) … Combined to go 5-for-8 with one double and two RBIs in sweep of Stockton (4/1) … Went 2-for-2 with a double and home run in win against Kean (4/4) … Finished 3-for-3 with a home run and three runs scored against Montclair State (4/13) … Ended the season on a nine-game hitting streak from 4/15-5/3 … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and four RBIs in win over #2 Rowan (4/15) … Added three hits and three RBIs in Game 1 win against William Paterson (4/26) … Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in NJAC Tournament loss to Ramapo (5/3)

2024 (SENIOR): Earned second-team All-NJAC recognition while starting every game at shortstop ... Ranked 4th in the NJAC with a .412 average, also leading the team in RBIs (33), doubles (14), hits (49), and slugging (.563) ... Second in the NJAC in doubles per game (0.38), ninth in RBIs ... Toughest player in the NJAC to strike out, whiffing just three times in 119 at-bats ... Part of four double plays in the field ... Had a 10-game hitting streak early in the season punctuated by five multi-hit outings, including a 3-for-4 effort with a double and two runs against Keystone (3/13) ... Had three hits and three RBIs in doubleheader with Muhlenberg (3/22) and finished 4-for-6 with two doubles, three runs scored, and two RBIs against Arcadia (3/26) ... Put up back-to-back 2-for-3 games in doubleheader with Kean (4/6) ... Went 4-for-7 with three runs and four RBIs in sweep of Rutgers-Newark (4/23) ... Had three hits in 20-inning NJAC Tournament marathon at Rowan (5/6)

2023 (JUNIOR): Had a historic season for the blue and gold, becoming the program's first NFCA All-American since 2019...Named as NJAC Player of the Year...Selected onto NFCA First team All-Region as well as First Team All-NJAC...One of three Lions to be named to the NCAA Regionals All-Tournament team...Twice named as the NJAC Player of the Week...Broke Michelle Carlson's single season doubles record after notching her 23rd in NJAC Championship game against Ramapo (5/14)...Hit .462 (66-for-143) with 25 doubles, two triples and four home runs, while driving in 36 RBIs...Also flashed her glove at shortstop, being nominated for the inaugural Rawlings Glove Glove award...Finished with a total of seven 'three-hit' games on the season...Experienced a 13 game hitting streak during the season...Had a multi-homer game in series against Arcadia (3/28)...Recorded 100th-career hit against No. 15 Rowan (4/11)...Dominated in NCAA Regionals, hitting .471 (8-for-17) with a pair of RBIs and doubles.

2022 (SOPHOMORE): Started all 39 games as a shortstop ... Hit .321 with three home runs and 24 RBIs ... Posted a .541 OBP and ..954 OPS ... Led the team with 13 doubles ... Went 4-for-4 with a double, a triple, and two runs scored against Nebraska Wesleyan (3/12) ... Finished 6-for-7 combined with five runs scored and five RBIs in consecutive sweeps of Rutgers-Camden (4/24) and Rutgers-Newark (4/26) ... Blasted the go-ahead three-run homer in NJAC Tournament victory over Kean (5/5) 

2021 (FRESHMAN): Hit .383 with 16 RBIs and 14 runs scored ... Ranked third on the squad in batting average …Played in 29 games primarily at shortstop for the Lions … Earned All-Tournament Team honors at the NCAA Regionals … Batted .417 (8-17) at the regionals which tied for the second-highest batting average in the regional … Went 4-for-6 with two RBIs and two runs scored in the NJAC Quarterfinal sweep over Rutgers-Camden (5/7)

BEFORE TCNJ: Played softball and basketball at Pearl River High School in New York ... All-state for softball in both her junior and senior year and was all-section for basketball

AWARDS AND HONORS
  • NFCA 2nd Team All-American (2023)
  • 2-time NFCA All-Region (1st Team: 2023 | 2nd Team: 2025)
  • 2-time NJAC Player of the Year (2023, 2025)
  • 3-time All-NJAC (1st Team: 2023, 2025 | 2nd Team: 2024)
  • 2-time NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team (2021, 2023)
  • NJAC Player of the Week (4/10/23, 4/17/23, 4/21/25)

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2021Freshman

    Infield
    5'5"
    8
  • 8

    2022Sophomore

    Infield
    5'5"
    8
  • 8

    2023Junior

    Infield
    5'5"
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    Infield
    5'5"
    8
  • 8

    2025Graduate Student

    Infield
    8
The College of New Jersey Athletics loading logo