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  Chris Kelly
Chris Kelly
Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Sarasota, Fla.

High School:
Cardinal Mooney

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 235

Position:
OF

Birthdate:
07/14/1982

Experience:
2L

Major:
Undecided

2003: Played in 42 games as a sophomore, making 33 starts (32 in the right field and 1 at DH)...finished second on the team in triples (3) and fourth in slugging percentage (.466), while recording seven outfield assists...earned Atlantic Sun All-Tournament honors after hitting .478 with seven RBI and four runs scored...hit .361 with runners on base...had 11 multi-hit games and 6 multi-RBI games...longest hitting streak was eight games between May 2-16...hit safely in 17 of the last 20 games of the season, including batting .381 in the final 10 games and recording a team-high 11 RBI...hit .409 in May with two doubles, three home runs and 15 RBI...went 6-for-12 (.500) with two home runs and five RBI in a three game series against No. 15 Miami (May 9-11)...went 3-for-4 with four RBI in the A-Sun Tournament against Stetson (May 24)...earned Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference honors for the third-straight season, while being named to the Dean's List for the spring semester.

2002: Saw action in 26 games as a redshirt freshman, including 11 starts (4 in right field, 4 at DH, 2 in center field and 1 in left field)...had the highest batting average (.326) among Dolphin reserves...hit his first collegiate home run at North Florida (May 13)...collected his first career hit with a double at Georgia Southern (Mar. 20)...had a career-high three hits, going 3-for-4 at Georgia State (Apr. 13)...went 2-for-4 with his first career triple and one RBI at Florida Atlantic (Apr. 28)...had three multi-hit games...earned Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference honors for the second-straight year as well as Dean's List honors for the fall and spring semesters.

2001: Redshirted his first year at JU...earned Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter in high school, two years at Riverview High for coach Gary Mock before playing his junior and senior seasons at Cardinal Mooney for coaches Chuck Antazak and Steve Floyd...as a senior, earned second-team all-area and third-team all-state honors while being named team MVP after batting .370 with five home runs and 30 RBI...as a junior, hit .330 with a home run and 20 RBI while helping his prep club win the district championship and finish second in the state...also lettered twice in football...was a member of the National Honor Society and was an academic all-state nominee.

PERSONAL: Born July 14, 1982, in Durham, N.C...son of Pat and Becky Kelly...has one brother, Casey, and one sister, Chelsea...father, Pat, played professionally with the Toronto Blue Jays and is now managing the AAA Atlanta Braves' affiliate (Richmond Braves)...majoring in business.

 
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