Episode 23: Episode 23: Kennedy Berkley

My guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Kennedy Berkley. Kennedy was a three-sport athlete at Campbell County High School who went off to Murray State University as a track and field competitor and returned to the Lady Camels as the head volleyball coach winning back-to-back 10th Region championships.
Kennedy’s first love of sports was actually gymnastics but eventually settled on volleyball, basketball and track and field.
Her dad Nick and his two brothers were all quarterbacks at Bellevue High School and her mother Jennie was an athlete at Elida High School in Lima, Ohio.
Kennedy went to Campbell County Middle School and at volleyball tryouts she meet Chandler Gray. Kennedy and Chandler hit it off immediately and are still best friends to this day. The two of them plus a large number of their classmates would team up be a successful generation of Lady Camel athletes.
The late Greg Rose brought a group of these girls together coaching them as seventh graders on their team that was called Camels Select. Kennedy has found memories of Greg and his antics to get the girls ready for games.
Kennedy’s high school volleyball career lasted five seasons where the battles between Campbell County and Newport Central Catholic became legendary.
Her sophomore year brought back memories of the Lady Camels hosting the region tournament and losing in heart breaking fashion. The senior class was lead by two Division-I signees, Natalie Penrod (Tennessee Tech) and Jenna Cavanaugh (Youngstown State) plus a younger core that included Kennedy and Chandler.
During her basketball career, Kennedy played for both Ed Cravens and Mike Murray. Unfortunately, six games into her senior year she suffered a torn ACL and was out for the remainder of the season.
On senior day, Coach Murray came up with a plan to include an injured Kennedy to score a basket at the opening tip despite being injured.
That team would go on to be runners-up in the 10th Region tournament falling to Montgomery County. The Lady Indians were a juggernaut in the middle of a nine-year consecutive run as region champs. Kennedy looks back fondly on the atmosphere during that championship game and how exciting it was inside the Campbell County Middle School gym.
Track and field is actually where she had her most individual and team success. Her sophomore year the girls track and field team won the 2010 KHSAA 3A state championship. The Lady Camels won four region championships in her track career and she set school school records, one of which (triple jump) still stand to this day.
Despite the knee injury as a senior, Murray State honors the scholarship offer and Kennedy is a four-year member of the Racers indoor and outdoor track and field program.
After graduating from college, Kennedy returned home to Campbell County and accepted a teaching job within just a few days. She also was hired as the head volleyball coach as the tender age of 22.
In 2018, the Lady Camels went on an incredible winning streak that resulted in the most successful season in program history.
We first talk about hosting the 10th Region tournament and the unbelievable and unprecedented crowd support that helps carry the team to the title. That season concluded in the final four of the state tournament.
After losing seven seniors from that team the Lady Camels repeated as region champs and another trip to the state tournament the next year.
Kennedy is currently working on her masters degree and wants to pursue a career in education as a school psychology.
You can follow Kennedy on Twitter @kenn-kate (https://twitter.com/kenn_kate)
You can follow Brady Laber on Twitter @BradyLaber1 (https://twitter.com/BradyLaber1) please use the hashtag #NobodysSafe
Check out the Nobody’s Safe website at nobodysssafe.fireside.fm (https://nobodysssafe.fireside.fm)
For more information on Stove Leg Media go the website StoveLeg.com (https://www.stoveleg.com) or send an email to [email protected]
Intro music for the podcast was provided by bensoud.com (https://www.bensound.com)

My guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Kennedy Berkley. Kennedy was a three-sport athlete at Campbell County High School who went off to Murray State University as a track and field competitor and returned to the Lady Camels as the head volleyball coach winning back-to-back 10th Region championships.

Kennedy’s first love of sports was actually gymnastics but eventually settled on volleyball, basketball and track and field.

Her dad Nick and his two brothers were all quarterbacks at Bellevue High School and her mother Jennie was an athlete at Elida High School in Lima, Ohio.

Kennedy went to Campbell County Middle School and at volleyball tryouts she meet Chandler Gray. Kennedy and Chandler hit it off immediately and are still best friends to this day. The two of them plus a large number of their classmates would team up be a successful generation of Lady Camel athletes.

The late Greg Rose brought a group of these girls together coaching them as seventh graders on their team that was called Camels Select. Kennedy has found memories of Greg and his antics to get the girls ready for games.

Kennedy’s high school volleyball career lasted five seasons where the battles between Campbell County and Newport Central Catholic became legendary.

Her sophomore year brought back memories of the Lady Camels hosting the region tournament and losing in heart breaking fashion. The senior class was lead by two Division-I signees, Natalie Penrod (Tennessee Tech) and Jenna Cavanaugh (Youngstown State) plus a younger core that included Kennedy and Chandler.

During her basketball career, Kennedy played for both Ed Cravens and Mike Murray. Unfortunately, six games into her senior year she suffered a torn ACL and was out for the remainder of the season.

On senior day, Coach Murray came up with a plan to include an injured Kennedy to score a basket at the opening tip despite being injured.

That team would go on to be runners-up in the 10th Region tournament falling to Montgomery County. The Lady Indians were a juggernaut in the middle of a nine-year consecutive run as region champs. Kennedy looks back fondly on the atmosphere during that championship game and how exciting it was inside the Campbell County Middle School gym.

Track and field is actually where she had her most individual and team success. Her sophomore year the girls track and field team won the 2010 KHSAA 3A state championship. The Lady Camels won four region championships in her track career and she set school school records, one of which (triple jump) still stand to this day.

Despite the knee injury as a senior, Murray State honors the scholarship offer and Kennedy is a four-year member of the Racers indoor and outdoor track and field program.

After graduating from college, Kennedy returned home to Campbell County and accepted a teaching job within just a few days. She also was hired as the head volleyball coach as the tender age of 22.

In 2018, the Lady Camels went on an incredible winning streak that resulted in the most successful season in program history.

We first talk about hosting the 10th Region tournament and the unbelievable and unprecedented crowd support that helps carry the team to the title. That season concluded in the final four of the state tournament.

After losing seven seniors from that team the Lady Camels repeated as region champs and another trip to the state tournament the next year.

Kennedy is currently working on her masters degree and wants to pursue a career in education as a school psychology.

You can follow Kennedy on Twitter @kenn-kate

You can follow Brady Laber on Twitter @BradyLaber1 please use the hashtag #NobodysSafe

Check out the Nobody’s Safe website at nobodysssafe.fireside.fm

For more information on Stove Leg Media go the website StoveLeg.com or send an email to [email protected]

Intro music for the podcast was provided by bensoud.com