Hall of Fame
Tanisha Kemp, a native of Sacramento, California, entered Morgan State University in 1995. She received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education in 2000. Ms. Kemp was a softball dynamo, and wasted no time cementing her name into Grizzly Bear history, finishing her career holding 13 Morgan season and career records.
Arguably one of the most distinguished softball athletes in Morgan State history, Ms. Kemp was a First-Team All-MEAC selection at shortstop in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. In 1996 she won the covenant MEAC Rookie of the Year award and was selected as the 1997 MEAC Player of the Year. As a junior, Ms. Kemp was the 1998 MEAC Player of the Year runner up and finished her career in 1999 being selected as the Morgan State Female Athlete of the Year.
She was also a two-time All-American player at short stop and led the NCAA individual statistics in twelve categories during her career. She still holds 5 Morgan career records in batting average (.444), home runs (31), hits (171), doubles (27) and runs scored (149), and 6 Morgan season records, including batting average (.515), home runs (11), doubles (12), runs scored (47), hits (55) and slugging percentage (.988). In recognition of her outstanding athletic accomplishments, Ms. Kemp became the first Morgan State softball player and the 14th Morganite inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame in March 2014.
Ms. Kemp remains an avid softball player, continuing her career with Harrison’s “No Drama” Softball slow-pitch softball team in District Heights, MD, which placed 2nd in the 2006 Black American World Softball Championship, a tournament for which she was selected to the All-Tournament team. She currently is a middle school teacher in Washington, DC, and is active in her community with Moveable Feast, a non-profit that provides meals to individuals with life challenging conditions, and Project Clean Stream, an organized clean up organization to improve water quality.
Currently resides in Randallstown, Maryland.
