Kennedy Signs with Cleveland State

Contributed photo – Kati Kennedy is flanked by her parents Kim and Tommy Kennedy, as she signed scholarship papers to continue her softball career at Cleveland State, Monday morning at East Ridge High School.

Kati Kennedy, a standout on the Lady Pioneers’ softball team for four years, signed a scholarship Monday with Cleveland State to continue her athletic career.

“She’s a key player, who came through when we needed her and she’s got a lot of power,” said East Ridge coach Kerilyn Mongar.

Kennedy was named to the All District Softball team as a sophomore and was an All District Tournament selection for the last two years.

In both her junior and senior seasons, Kennedy’s batting average was above .400 with a slugging percentage of better than .600. She had 27 RBI in her junior year and 17 this last season.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.