Hall of Fame
- Highlights: Two-time consensus All-American shortstop, two-time consensus first team All-Region, two-time first team All-PSAC honoree, 2014 PSAC West Player of the Year, Academic All-American, 2014 MLB Draft pick by the Detroit Tigers, 10-year professional baseball career.
One of the most decorated middle infielders in Slippery Rock program history, Will Kengor still ranks third all-time at The Rock in batting average, fourth in triples, ninth in on-base percentage and ninth in total hits.
A four-year standout from 2011-14, Kengor appeared in 167 games and hit .394 with 209 hits, 35 doubles, 13 triples, two home runs and 90 RBI. He also walked 71 times and struck out just 55 times in 531 at-bats. He was the everyday shortstop in every game for the final three seasons of his career from 2012-14, making 146 straight starts.
Kengor, who was named the PSAC West Player of the Year in 2014, earned first team All-PSAC honors in both 2013 and 2014 after he hit over .400 in each season. He batted .449 with 79 hits in 2013 and followed that up by batting .415 with 73 hits his senior year in 2014. In addition to the PSAC recognition, Kengor was also named to first team honors on all three All-Region teams in both years and became a consensus All-America selection in both years with a trio of All-America awards in 2013 and 2014. Those All-America honors included a first team selection to the 2014 Daktronics All-America squad.
His .449 batting average in 2013 still stands as the fourth best single-season average in program history, while his 79 hits that season are the eighth most in Rock history.
Kengor was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft and would go on to a 10-year professional career that spanned the Minor Leagues and independent professional leagues. He reached as high as the AAA level with an appearance with the Toledo Mudhens before going on to become a three-time All-Star in the Frontier League and the MVP and an All-Star in the Atlantic League in 2019 with the Somerset Patriots. Over a 10-year professional career, Kengor batted .306 with 1,079 hits, 513 RBI and 121 stolen bases in 989 games played.
After leaving SRU early to pursue a professional baseball career, he completed his undergraduate degree in communication at The Rock in 2016. Kengor is currently finishing his master's degree in sports industry management at Georgetown University with an expected completion this December.
Kengor married Slippery Rock alumna and former Rock women's soccer player Toni DiRenzo. The couple currently reside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
