2017: Enjoyed a breakout season as a senior, batting .327 (tied for second on the team) in 52 games, making 49 starts ... batting average finished ninth in the Horizon League ... recorded 66 hits, scored 37 runs and drove in 26 more ... nine doubles and four triples, with the triples total ranking fourth in the league ... also stole 12 bases in 13 tries ... started the season as the leading hitter in the conference, carrying an average over .400 into mid-March ... 3-for-3 with three runs scored at Evansville March 5, on base all five times with a pair of walks ... part of a 11-game hitting streak that included six multi-hit outings ... batted .452 (19-for-42) in the stretch ... three hits at UIC April 2 ... career-best four hits and three RBI in a win at Bradley April 8 ... equaled that with four more hits against Youngstown State four games later ... three hits and two runs scored against Oakland April 30 ... three more hits, three runs and a pair of RBI in a win against Chicago State May 10 ... knocked in three, including his only home run of the campaign against Wright State May 12 ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
• 2017 game-by-game in PDF Format
2016: Saw action in 30 games in his first season in Milwaukee ... batted .292 on the season, making 12 starts ... upped his average to .357 in Horizon League contests ... hit at a .321 clip with runners on ... recorded 19 hits and drove in 10 runs ... scored 19 times and had a .373 on-base percentage ... went 6-for-7 in steals ... made UWM debut against No. 25 Texas Tech Feb. 20, scoring twice while adding a base hit and an RBI ... two hits and two RBI against Ball State Feb. 27 ... had a double and walked twice at Youngstown State March 26 ... had two hits, including a triple, and scored a run against Northern Illinois April 19 ... had a hit, walked twice, stole two bases and scored a season-high three runs in the win over MSOE April 26 ... went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored against Parkside May 4 ... set a season-high with four hits against Oakland May 21 ... batted .467 (7-for-15) his final three games with five runs scored.
• 2016 game-by-game in PDF Format
Prior to UWM: A transfer after a highly successful two-year career at Des Moines Area Community College in Des Moines, Iowa, with NJCAA First-Team All-Region accolades ... a two-year starter, was in the lineup in all 56 games as a sophomore, batting .327 with 45 runs, 67 hits, 12 doubles, 3 HR, 29 RBI, a .468 slugging percentage and a .420 on-base percentage while also stealing 14 of 16 bases ... hit .340 as a freshman, leading the team to a 40-18 record and an ICCAC championship ... campaign featured 55 starts in 56 games, 49 runs scored, 70 hits, 3 HR and 50 runs batted in ... member of DMACC All-Academic squad and Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society both seasons.
High School: A talented multi-sport athlete, was the 2013 Iowa American Legion State Player of the Year on the baseball diamond ... an all-state wide receiver on the football field, a four-year state qualifier and all-conference selection in track as well as a three-year basketball player ... recorded 25 hits, scored 24 runs, stole 13 bases and batted .283 as a senior after missing his junior season due to injury ... that followed a first-team all-conference campaign as a sophomore where he batted .382 with a .460 on-base percentage, 42 hits, 38 runs scored and 28 stolen bases ... National Honor Society member.
Personal: Son of Bob and Kathy Kelly ... sister, Danna, ran cross country & track at Truman State ... a kinesiology major ... chose UWM because of the coaches and the baseball program and because it seemed like a good fit ... career goal is to obtain a doctorate degree in physical therapy ... most memorable sports experience was scoring the winning run on a walk-off to make it back to state as a senior in high school ... lists hobbies as fishing, snowboarding, sports and video games ... has done community service work with Habitat for Humanity as well as with youth basketball tournaments and baseball camps ... born Sept. 13, 1994.
