Northern Illinois University Athletics

2024:
- CSC Academic All-District
- Academic All-MAC
- Started all 54 games
- Second on the team with 36 RBI and 13 doubles
- Was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in season opener at Abilene Christian (Feb. 16)
- Hit a home run at #2 LSU (Feb. 22)
- Was 3-for-5 with three RBI and season-high four runs scored in 14-4 win over Northwestern State (Feb. 23)
- Had a season-high four RBI at Iowa (Feb. 27)
- Was 2-for-4 with a home run in 10-9 win over Valparaiso (Apr. 23)
- Also had two hits in wins over St. Thomas (May 8) and Eastern Michigan (May 16)

2023:
- Academic All-MAC
- Played in 35 games, making 32 starts at first base and third base
- Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Penn State on Feb. 24
- Hit a home run in back-to-back games against Maine on Feb. 26 and at WKU on March 4
- Had two hits and drove in a run against Central Michigan on April 8
- Hit a two-run home run at Illinois State on April 26     
- Had five hits in the Bowling Green series May 12-14

2022:
- Played in 48 games, making 46 starts at first base, third base and catcher
- Second on the team in RBI with 29
- Recorded his first hit as a Huskie on an RBI single at Murray State on Feb. 26
- Was 2-for-3 with three RBI, including a two-run home run, against Kent State on March 27
- Had a season-high three hits in the second game of a doubleheader at Central Michigan on April 10
- Recorded a season-high four RBI in the first game of the doubleheader at Oakland on April 15; hit a three-run home run in the game
- Also had three hits in 8-1 win at Toledo on May 13, driving in three runs
- Went 7-for-15 with seven RBI in NIU’s final series of the weekend against Bowling Green May 19-20

Prior to NIU: Four-year letterwinner at Bullitt East High School…Member of three District championship teams… Hit 10 home runs with 55 RBI as a senior…Twice named All-District…Two-time First Team All-Region… Named All-Area by the Louisville Courier-Journal as a senior…Attended Schoolcraft College in 2021, appearing in eight games.
 
Personal: Son of Jill and Pat Kelley…Kinesiology major.

Career Highs:
-At-Bats: 6 at Northwestern, 3/26/24
-Runs: 4 vs. Northwestern State, 2/23/24
-Hits: 3, 3x (M.R. vs. Northwestern State, 2/23/24)
-RBI: 4, 2x (M.R. at Iowa, 2/27/24)
-Home Runs: 1, 10 times (M.R. vs. Valparaiso, 4/23/24)
-Walks: 2, 4 times (M.R. vs. St. Thomas, 5/8/23)
-Stolen Bases: 1, 4 times (M.R. at Akron, 3/15/24)