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Jersey Number 25
Ellis Kelly
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Castle Rock, Colo.
- High School:
- Castle View HS
Bio
On Kelly: 2017 honorable mention All-Pac-12 … played in 61 games with 57 starts at shortstop over two seasons after transferring from Lamar Community College … 2017 second team Pac-12 All-Academic.
2017: Honorable mention All-Pac-12 … started 38 games at shortstop … hit .294 with a .324 on-base percentage and .368 slugging percentage … six doubles and two triples … 23 RBI and 21 runs scored … seven walks … 2-for-3 in stolen bases … hit .373 (25-of-67) with runners on base … hit .625 (5-of-8) with the bases loaded … hit .368 (14-of-38) with runners in scoring position … had a .987 fielding percentage, making just two errors in 158 chances … 2-for-3 against Nevada (3/15) … 3-for-5 with a run scored against BYU (3/28) … 2-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and a triple vs. Oregon (4/1) … 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored vs. Oregon State (4/7) … hit .417 (5-of-12) with a triple and four RBI against California (4/13-15) … hit a triple with two RBI and three runs scored in game two against California (4/14) … 3-for-4 in game three vs. California with an RBI (4/15) … hit .417 (5-of-12) with five RBI against Arizona (4/20-22) … 2-for-4 with three RBI in game one vs. Arizona (4/20) … 3-for-4 with two RBI in game two vs. Arizona, including beginning a comeback with an RBI double to lead off the eighth inning (4/21) … made a leaping grab on a line drive in the seventh inning of game three to save a run vs. Arizona in what would be a two-run game (4/22) … 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored vs. Utah Valley (4/25) … 3-for-5 with four RBI and a double in game three vs. Arizona State, with an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth tying the game at 10-10 (5/28) … second team Pac-12 All-Academic.
2016: Played in 23 games with 19 starts at shortstop … hit .157 with a double and two RBI … 2-for-2 in stolen bases … 3-for-4 in a start against BYU (3/15) … scored the game-winning run in game three against California, scoring from first base and beating the throw to the plate in the ninth inning (5/23).
Prior to Utah: First-team all-region at Lamar Community College as a freshman in 2014 … hit .286 as a sophomore with a .384 slugging percentage, nine doubles, three triples and was 10-for-12 in stolen bases … hit .378 as a freshman with 33 RBI and 14 stolen bases … .447 on-base percentage and a .485 slugging percentage … 14 doubles … earned the True Grit Award playing summer ball for the Okotoks Dawgs in 2014 … hit .371 and was honorable mention all-conference as a senior at Castle View HS … nine RBI, four doubles and two triples as a senior … hit .339 as a junior.
Major: Economics
2017: Honorable mention All-Pac-12 … started 38 games at shortstop … hit .294 with a .324 on-base percentage and .368 slugging percentage … six doubles and two triples … 23 RBI and 21 runs scored … seven walks … 2-for-3 in stolen bases … hit .373 (25-of-67) with runners on base … hit .625 (5-of-8) with the bases loaded … hit .368 (14-of-38) with runners in scoring position … had a .987 fielding percentage, making just two errors in 158 chances … 2-for-3 against Nevada (3/15) … 3-for-5 with a run scored against BYU (3/28) … 2-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and a triple vs. Oregon (4/1) … 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored vs. Oregon State (4/7) … hit .417 (5-of-12) with a triple and four RBI against California (4/13-15) … hit a triple with two RBI and three runs scored in game two against California (4/14) … 3-for-4 in game three vs. California with an RBI (4/15) … hit .417 (5-of-12) with five RBI against Arizona (4/20-22) … 2-for-4 with three RBI in game one vs. Arizona (4/20) … 3-for-4 with two RBI in game two vs. Arizona, including beginning a comeback with an RBI double to lead off the eighth inning (4/21) … made a leaping grab on a line drive in the seventh inning of game three to save a run vs. Arizona in what would be a two-run game (4/22) … 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored vs. Utah Valley (4/25) … 3-for-5 with four RBI and a double in game three vs. Arizona State, with an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth tying the game at 10-10 (5/28) … second team Pac-12 All-Academic.
2016: Played in 23 games with 19 starts at shortstop … hit .157 with a double and two RBI … 2-for-2 in stolen bases … 3-for-4 in a start against BYU (3/15) … scored the game-winning run in game three against California, scoring from first base and beating the throw to the plate in the ninth inning (5/23).
Prior to Utah: First-team all-region at Lamar Community College as a freshman in 2014 … hit .286 as a sophomore with a .384 slugging percentage, nine doubles, three triples and was 10-for-12 in stolen bases … hit .378 as a freshman with 33 RBI and 14 stolen bases … .447 on-base percentage and a .485 slugging percentage … 14 doubles … earned the True Grit Award playing summer ball for the Okotoks Dawgs in 2014 … hit .371 and was honorable mention all-conference as a senior at Castle View HS … nine RBI, four doubles and two triples as a senior … hit .339 as a junior.
Major: Economics
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