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Kelsey Brown Season 2020

PositionOF
Height5-6
ClassSophomore
HometownHaymarket, Va.
High SchoolBattlefield
Previous SchoolJMU
Bat/ThrowL/R
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2023 All-ACC Second Team
2023 NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team
2023 VaSID All-State Second Team
2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023 ACC Player of the Week (4/11)
2022 All-ACC Third Team
2022 All-ACC Academic Team
2022 Preseason All-ACC Team
2021 NFCA All Mid-Atlantic First Team
2021 Second-Team All-ACC
2021 VaSID First Team All-State

2020 VaSID Second Team All-State
 
2023: Appeared in 44 games, making 30 starts… Had a team-high .423 batting average, recording 44 hits in 104 at bats… Posted three doubles, as well as seven RBI and 26 runs scored… Perfect 19-for-19 in stolen bases… Did not make an error all season in the outfield… Had a team-best .439 on base percentage, as well as a .452 slugging percentage… Had a hit and two RBI in the season opener against ECU (2/9)… Recorded a hit and scored two runs in the game two win over NC State (3/4)… Scored three runs with two hits against Longwood (4/4)… Went 4-for-4 in the game one win over Virginia (4/6)… Recorded three hits in game two and three against Virginia, including two doubles and an RBI in the game three win (4/8)… Went 3-for-4 against Notre Dame in game one (4/14)… Recorded two hits in the win over Radford, scoring two runs… Posted a run scored and two hits against No. 4 Florida State (4/21)… Posted two RBI in the win over Louisville in the ACC Tournament with a double and a run scored (5/11)… Went 3-for-3 against Boston U. in the Athens Regional with an RBI (5/19)… Followed that up going 2-for-2 in the rematch against Boston U. (5/20).

2022: Played in 52 games, starting 34 of them in the outfield… Finished with a .289 batting average and went 13-for-16 in stolen base attempts… Stole two bases against Wisconsin (2/11)... Went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI against No. 11 Missouri (2/12) … Went 1-for-2 with a walk and two RBI along with two stolen bases against Evansville (2/19) ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI against No. 14 Clemson (3/4)... Went 1-for-2 with two runs, a walk, and two stolen bases against ETSU (3/9)... Went 3-for-3 with a grand slam, a triple, and four RBI against UNC (3/18) … Went 2-for-2 with a run scored against No. 12 Florida in Game 1 of the Blacksburg Super Regional (5/28).

2021: Appeared in all 52 games, starting 50 in the outfield… Went 2 for 5 in Game 1 at UCLA in the Los Angeles Super Regional with a run batted in and a run scored… Hit .333 at the Tempe Regional with a triple and double and scored three runs… Led off the ACC quarterfinal with a single and scored a run vs. Notre Dame (5/13)… Had three hits and two stolen bases for the second straight game at Liberty (4/28)… Had a day vs. Notre Dame (4/25), going 3 for 3 at the plate, stealing two bases and scoring a run… Went off in Game 2 of the doubleheader against Georgia Tech (4/17), tallying three hits, three runs, two RBI and three stolen bases… Recorded a career-high four RBI and season-high two doubles in Game 2 of the doubleheader against Longwood (4/7)… Had two multi-hit games at No. 12/14 Duke (4/3), scoring two runs in the first game of the doubleheader and one run in the second… Went 6 for 12, including a triple, with five runs scored and two RBI vs. Pitt… Had a monster day in the Clemson doubleheader, recording five hits, three runs, three stolen bases and had two spectacular catches in left field (2/19).

2020: Has played in all 25 games, starting 24 in the outfield … Was third on the team with a .378 batting average in 2020 … Led the team with 18 stolen bases … Finished with the most hits on the team with 34 … Ended the season on a career-high 13-game hit streak … Had five multi-steal games … Went a combined 5 for 5 with three runs scored in the final two games of the season … Had a hit in all five games at the Spring Break Challenge … Had five stolen bases in five games at the Charleston Invitational … Went 2 for 3 with two steals and two runs scored against North Carolina A&T (2/22) … Had two RBI in the win over No. 21/23 Northwestern (2/16) … Went 3 for 4 with a solo home run and two stolen bases versus East Carolina (2/8) … Was all over the base paths versus Campbell (2/8), getting two steals and scoring three times while getting two hits and a walk … Owned a 3 for 5 clip from the plate with two RBIs and a stolen base at Coastal Carolina (2/7).

2019 (at JMU): Played in 44 games, earning 13 starts … Owned a team-high 10 stolen bases … Recorded 23 runs … Career-high two stolen bases against Elon (3/24) … First-ever stolen bases at Longwood (3/20) … Debut came against FAU (2/16).
 
High School: Played at Battlefield High School … Four-time all-conference first team … Three-time all-region first team … Two-time first-team Washingon Post All-Met … Battefield High School MVP in 2016 … Holds VSHL career stolen bases record with 133 … Broke VHSL state record or most stolen bases in a season (45) and hits in a single season (61) as a junior … Principal’s Honor Roll … Academic Letterwinner.
 
Personal: Kelsey Brown … Daughter of Jim and Stephanie Brown … Father, Jim, played baseball at George Mason … Has one brother, Collin, who plays baseball at Catholic … Her uncle, Michael, played baseball for Clemson and then went on to play for the Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners ... Majoring in finance.