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Missouri State

2018 Softball Roster

9 Holly Kelley

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School Cy-Fair High
  • Hometown Cypress, Texas

Biography

Honors
NFCA All-Region Team: 2018 (2nd)
MVC All-Tournament Team: 2017
MVC Pitcher of the Week: 3/13/17
MVC Newcomer of the Week: 3/27/17
NFCA Scholar-Athlete: 2017
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2018
MVC Honor Roll: 2017, 2018
MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
 
2017 (Junior)
As a junior, Kelley earned MVC All-Tournament honors after hurling the team’s first no-hitter in six years and the club’s first-ever no-hitter in the conference tournament ... Had the MVC’s 9th-best ERA in conference games (2.77), while opponents hit just .226 against her in Valley play, which ranked 4th ... Her 40 strikeouts of Valley foes was the 8th-best in the league ... Hit just 3 batters on the season, which was 29th best nationally, while her 6.2 hits allowed per 7 innings ranked 145th in the DI ranks ... Struck out team-high 66 batters on the year and was 10-13 in 21 starts with 9 complete games and 3 shutouts ... Earned MVC Pitcher of the Week laurels (March 13) after going 2-0 at the Leon Smith Classic that included a three-hit shutout over Tennessee State (March 10), in which she also hit a double ... Also earned a 2-1 win over Samford in another complete-game effort (March 11) ... Had 10 strikeouts and a 0.44 ERA in 16.0 IP on the weekend ... Also named MVC Newcomer of the Week on March 27 after going 2-0 in the circle to help the Bears sweep league foe Loyola (March 25-26) with a 0.54 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 13.0 innings of work ... Fanned season-high nine batters in second Loyola appearance (March 26) ... Drove in two runs in only multi-hit effort of the year at Central Arkansas (March 14) ... Doubled in wins over New Mexico (Feb. 17) and Tennessee State (March 10) ... Earned MVC Honor Roll laurels as well as MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters.
 
Hutchinson Community College
Played two seasons at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College ... In 2016, she was named to the NJCAA Division II and NFCA All-America second teams ... Went 26-5 in the circle with a conference-leading 262 strikeouts, the third-most in the nation ... Led coach Jaime Rose’s Blue Dragons to 38-8 campaign and No. 8 national ranking in 2016 ... She hurled two no-hitters on the year, one being a perfect game, 23 complete games, six shutouts and five saves en route to All-Jayhawk Conference first-team honors ... She ranked fourth in the NJCAA in wins, second in complete games and 21st in ERA, while owning seven single-season and nine career pitching records at Hutch ... At the plate, she hit .438 with a team-highs 70 hits including 17 doubles, 13 home runs, 23 multi-hit games, 57 RBI, and 51 runs ... She ranked fourth in the Jayhawk Conference in batting average, fourth in hits, sixth in doubles and RBI and seventh in runs and home runs ... She is HCC’s single-season leader in total bases with 127 ... As a freshman in 2015, she went 20-9 in the circle with 134 strikeouts and a 2.22 ERA ... Also hit .340 with seven home runs and a team-best 41 RBI her freshman season.
 
Background
At Cy-Fair High in Cypress, Texas, she aided the Bobcats to a 62-7 combined record during her junior and senior season with a 35-0 ledger in Class 5A, District 17 play ... Helped coach Debbie Burrow’s team to a 28-3 ledger as a senior in 2014 ... Was 3-0 in the circle her senior season and batted .224 with 12 RBI and four doubles ... Was named to the all-district honorable mention team in 2013 as a junior after helping the Bobcats win the district title ... Struck out eight batters in seven innings as a junior in limited action in the circle ... Team was 27-8 her freshman season ... For her prep career, she allowed just a single earned run against in 25.2 innings pitched with 32 strikeouts.
 
Personal
Holly Christine Kelley was born December 6, 1995, in Cypress, Texas ... Daughter of Lisa Shaw ... Has two sisters, Hannah and Hayden ... Majoring in Sport and Park Administration.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2017Junior

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    9
  • 9

    2018Senior

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    9

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