Melissa Kelly

Position:
First Base
Class:
Senior
High School:
Archbishop Mitty H.S./West Valley C.C.
Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.

Senior Year (2005): Played in 35 games, starting 31 … Batted .304 (7-for-23) with a double and four runs batted in … Led the team in putouts with 204, the seventh-highest season total in school history … Ranked eight on the single-season fielding percentage list at .991 (two errors in 222 chances) … In two seasons, racked up 667 putouts, the second-most in school history … Had a career .986 fielding percentage, tied for fourth on the Orange career list … Was 2-for-2 with an RBI in game two at Cal State Northridge … Had a hit and drove in a run in a victory against the Matadors … Had a hit and drove in two in the 4-3 win against 22^nd-ranked Florida State.

Junior Year (2004): Played in 53 games, starting 52 times at first base … Sixth on the team with 21 hits … Scored four runs and recorded eight RBI … Second on the team with a .984 fielding percentage … Made eight errors in 490 chances … Set the SU single-season record for putouts with 463 … Also part of a school-record 19 double plays … Recorded a personal-best six-game hitting streak from April 30-May 8 … Hit safely in eight of SU’s final 10 games … Hit .300 (9-for-30) with three RBI in that stretch … Had her first mult-hit, multi-RBI game, going 2-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in during game two against Boston College … Also had two hits in the first game against Connecticut … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

Prior to Syracuse: Played at West Valley Community College … WVCC went 92-16 in her two seasons … Led team in doubles in 2003 with 14 … Hit .371 with 30 RBI in 2003 … Struck out just nine times in 132 career at-bats …First-team All-Coast Conference in 2002 and 2003 … First-team All-Northern California in 2003 … Team won state community college championship in 2002.

High School: Three-time All-Blossom Valley Athletic League at Archbishop Mitty H.S. …Team won league championship all four years … Also won section championship in 1998 and 2000 … Hit .340 her senior year with 11 doubles and 11 walks … Team captain junior and senior years … Also lettered in field hockey and basketball.

Personal: Born January 14, 1983 … Daughter of Paul and Lisa Kelly … One sister … Majoring in child and family studies.