Missouri State

Honors 
All-MVC Team: 2024 (2nd)
MVC Tournament MVP: 2022
MVC All-Tournament Team: 2022
MVC Newcomer of the Week: 10/25/21
MVC Scholar Athlete Team: 2024 (2nd)
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2022-23
MVC Honor Roll: 2021-22, 2022-23
CSC Academic All-District Team: 2022
MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

2024 (Senior)
Appeared in all 21 games with 20 starts for a total of 1,305 minutes ... Played the full 90 minutes against Southern Illinois (10/17) ... Scored five goals with two game-winners (Indiana State 9/29, Southern Illinois 10/17) ... Recorded six assists with two multi-assist games (Central Arkansas 9/1, Valparaiso 10/27) ... Took 37 shots with 19 on-goal ... Named to the All-MVC second team and the MVC Scholar Athlete second team ... Also named to the MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the Fall and Spring semesters.

2023 (Junior)
Played in all 19 games with five starts for the Bears ... Tallied 643 minutes ... Scored three goals with three assists ... Recorded two game-winning goals, one against SIUE (8/17) and one against UIC (10/1) ... Made 19 shots with 13 on-goal ... Named to the MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both Fall and Spring semesters.

2022 (Sophomore)
Became an integral part of the Missouri State attack, starting every match of the season (21) and accounting for 1408 minutes ... Netted 4 total goals, ranked seventh in the MVC ... Had goals vs. SEMO (8/25), vs. Kansas City (9/11), at Illinois State (10/23), and vs. UNI (11/3) in MVC Tournament semifinals) ... Named MVP of MVC Tournament and earned MVC All-Tournament honors ... Scored two game-winning goals: vs. Kansas City (9/11), vs. UNI (11/3) ... Recorded three assists: at Belmont (10/09), vs. UNI (11/3), and vs. Murray State (11/6) in MVC Tournament finals ... Assisted on the game-winning goal in the MVC finals vs. Murray State, helping give MSU its first MVC Tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth since 2017 ... Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team ... Earned MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll honors ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.

2021 (Freshman)
Burst onto the scene as a freshman, starting 10 of her 17 appearances ... Tied for the team lead in goals (3) and her 6 total points were the second-most among all Bears … Scored her first career goal in a 3-0 rout of Southern Illinois (9/17) ... Scored two goals, including the game-winner in the 104th minute of a 3-2 overtime win over Drake (10/10) ... Named MVC Newcomer of the Week on 10/25 ... Earned MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll status for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters.

High School
Prepped at Pattonville High School in Maryland Heights, Mo. ... Garnered first-team all-state, all-region and all-conference honors as a senior … Was named Regional Offensive Player of the Year in 2021 and appeared in the MAC All-Star Game ... Junior season was canceled due to COVID-19 ... As a sophomore, she was named team captain and earned first-team all-conference, all-region, all-region (Co-Offensive Player of the Year), all-academic team and first-team all-state honors ... Garnered all-state, all-region and all-conference honors as a freshman ... In the classroom she collected MSHSAA All-Academic and was a recipient of the MSHSAA Award of Excellence.

Personal
Kaeli E. Benedict was born 9/9/02 in Bridgton, Mo. ... Daughter of Shawn and Melissa Benedict of Bridgton ... Both parents played basketball at Missouri Baptist ... Father also coached basketball for the St. Louis College of Pharmacy ... Has a sister, Britini ... Majoring in Exercise and Movement Science.