Kelsey Bennett Season 2021

2022 All-ACC Third Team
2022 Preseason All-ACC Team
2021 NFCA All Mid-Atlantic Second Team
2021 Second-Team All-ACC
Two-time Preseason All-ACC
2021 JWOS Third-Team All-American
2021 Softball America Top 100 Players
2021 VaSID Second Team All-State
2019 VaSID Rookie of the Year
Two-time VaSID First-Team All-State
JWOS All-Freshman Team
Schutt Sports/NFCA National Freshman of the Year Top 10
ACC Freshman of the Year
2019 First-Team All-ACC
ACC All-Freshman Team
Two-time ACC Co-Player of the Week (3/5/19) & (4/2/19)

2023: Started in 55 games for the Hokies, mostly at third base… Recorded 34 hits with a .236 batting average… Posted eight doubles, one triple and eight home runs, with 29 RBI… Finished the season with a .472 slugging percentage and .307 on base percentage… Finished first in school history in career RBI with 170, as well as second in home runs (47) and total bases (411)… Hit first home run of the season against No. 5 Oklahoma State to tie the game up in the top of the seventh (2/17)… Followed that up with a home run against Nebraska in the win (2/17)… Hit a two-run home run against No. 9 Texas to help the Hokies complete the comeback win (2/24)… Went two-for-three in the win over Chattanooga with two doubles and a season-high five RBI (3/24)… Had a great series against Virginia, hitting two home runs and going four-for-four in the game three win with a double, a home run and an RBI, scoring two runs (4/8)… Went two-for-four against Louisville in the ACC Championship with a home run and two RBI (5/11).
 
2022: Started in 54 games at shortstop… Finished with a .298 batting average and .807 OPS… Went 2-for-2 against Wisconsin with a double and an RBI (2/11)... Recorded a double and a walk while going 3-for-3 against Michigan State (2/12)... Went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI against No. 14 Clemson (3/5)... Hit a solo home run against Syracuse (3/13)... Went 2-for-4 with a double, home run, and two RBI No. 22 against UCF (4/3)...  Recorded three hits including a triple and a three-run home run against No. 2 Florida State (4/9)... Had a home run and three RBI against Liberty (4/12)... Went 2-for-4 including a home run, a double, and four RBI in the second outing against Liberty (5/3)... Went 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, and an RBI against No. 12 Florida in the Super Regionals (5/28).

2021: Started all 52 games, with 26 at third base and 26 at shortstop… Led the NCAA Tournament with 12 hits through the NCAA Super Regionals round… Went 2 for 4 in Game 1 at UCLA in the Los Angeles Super Regional with two runs batted in, including an RBI triple in the first inning… Went a ridiculous 9 for 11 at the Tempe Regional, with at least two hits in each game including a career-high four hits at No. 12/8 Arizona State (5/21), and two home runs… Recorded at least one hit in all four games at Syracuse and had seven RBI on the weekend… Had two three-run homers versus Georgia Tech (4/17-18) … Turned in a triple and a solo home run in the series at No. 12/14 Duke (4/2-4) … Hit two home runs in the Radford doubleheader and tied her career-high with three hits in Game 2 (3/17) … Set a school record with three home runs in Game 4 at NC State (3/14) and was just one RBI short (7) of tying the school record of eight RBI.

2020: Started all 25 games … Led the team with 25 RBI and tied for the team lead with seven home runs … Had nine multi-hit games … Went off against George Mason (3/11) tying her career high with two homers, three hits and a stolen base, and set a new career high with three runs scored … Had two hits, including a double, an RBI and a run scored at Jacksonville (2/29) … Had a career game versus North Carolina A&T (2/22), knocking in five runs on a home run and triple and scored two runs … Went 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBI against Army (2/21) … Had a home run and three RBI in the win over No. 18/17 South Carolina (2/14) … Got on base four times against Campbell (2/8), owning two singles and two walks to go along with two RBI and a run scored … Started the season off with a bang, recording a home run and double with three RBI versus Iowa (2/7) in the season opener.

2019: Started all 58 games at third base and was one of only three Power Five third basemen to start every game at third … Broke the school record for slugging percentage (.725) and was the second-ever Hokie to be named ACC Freshman of the Year … Also set the freshman program record for home runs (14), slugging percentage (.725) and total bases (116) … Hit a home run versus No. 23/20 Kentucky (5/19) at the Lexington Regional … Had two hits, including a double, against Longwood (4/30) … Tallied two RBI, two hits and one run at Boston College (4/27) … Registered one hit and one RBI against North Carolina (4/21) … Totaled five RBI, a double and two home runs during the Charlotte doubleheader (4/17), breaking the freshman home run record for a season … Tallied two hits, a triple and a double, and had an RBI versus Virginia (4/13) … Had one RBI and one hit versus No. 20/17 JMU (4/10) … Came up with two RBI and one hit at Duke (4/6) … Nailed a home run and had four RBI along with two hits against Louisville (3/30) … Recorded one hit and one run versus Radford (3/27) … Hit a home run along two other runs and an RBI at Pitt (3/23) … Recorded one hit versus Lipscomb (3/20) … Scored two runs and earned a walk in the Binghamton (3/19) doubleheader … Recorded her first triple and scored the game-winning run versus NC State (3/17) … Tallied two hits and one run at NC State (3/16) … Registered one hit at NC State (3/15) … Earned a double and one walk versus Georgia Tech (3/9) … Nailed a home run versus UAB (3/3) … Brought in one run, a hit and one walk versus UAB (3/2) … Collected two RBI, two runs scored, one home run and earned two walks against No. 8 Georgia (3/1) … Hit her fourth home run of the season at Radford (2/27), going oppo to right … Collected one hit against Georgia State (2/24) … Tied a career-high three hits, scored a career-best three runs and racked up her most RBI in game with four against [RV] Texas State (2/23), hitting back-to-back home runs … Tallied two hits and one RBI against [RV] Texas State (2/22) and versus Georgia State (2/23) … Hit the first home run of her career at Charleston Southern (2/17), a solo homer to left center … Earned a walk and hit by pitch versus ETSU (2/17) … Collected a career-high four assists at Charleston Southern (2/16) … Registered one hit and one stolen base in the second matchup with Purdue (2/10) … Posted one scored run and one hit at College of Charleston (2/9) … Accomplished a career-high three hits, including a double in the first game against Purdue (2/9) … Finished with a hit and an RBI versus Central Michigan (2/8) … In her college debut, started it off with a bang, recording two doubles, two RBI and one run against [RV] Wichita State (2/8).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Buford High School for coach Tony Wolfe … Three-time GHSA state champion … Team also took third place at state her other year at Buford … 2018 Gwinnett County Player of the Year … 2018 GHSA AAAAA Player of the Year.
 
Personal: Kelsey Bennett … April 4, 2000 … Daughter of Kenny and Shannon Bennett … Brother is Connor, who currently plays in the Cincinnati Reds organization … Major is public relations.