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Softball
2006: Started all 51 games at second base...Led team with sparkling .984 fielding percentage...Fielded conference-best 17 double-play balls...Had only four errors in 248 chances...Posted .272 batting average...Served as Panthers' primary leadoff hitter (43 starts)...Led team with 162 at-bats and 44 hits...Recorded nine extra-base hits, including seven doubles...Went 10-for-13 on stolen base attempts...Tallied team-best 13 multiple-hit games...Was outstanding in 10-0 win over Lipscomb (March 11), going 3-for-4 with two doubles and driving in five runs...Went a combined 5-for-9 in doubleheader against SEMO (March 12), scoring three runs...Was named preseason all-Missouri Valley Conference at second base. 2005: Started all 47 games...Finished freshman campaign with .331 average, second best among UNI hitters...Pounded out team-best 55 hits, including team-high nine doubles, three triples and a home run...Drove in 13 runs...Also led team in runs scored (33) and total bases (73)...Hit three doubles in 4-for-4 performance against Rhode Island (March 12), driving in a run and scoring twice...Was catalyst in win over San Jose State (March 15), going 2-for-5 with a triple, two RBIs and two runs scored...Also scored four runs in 4-for-5 performance in12-10 win over Indiana State (April 23). High School: Rewrote Davenport West High School's softball record book in her five years of play...Holds school records for hits in a career and season, runs in a career and season, and steals in a career...Four-time team MVP, three-time team captain...Earned Elite Team and first team all-state honors in both her junior and senior years...Garnered four straight first team all-conference and first team all-district honors...Also played basketball, ran track and was in swimming...Earned first team all-conference and third team all-state honors in basketball her senior year...Academic honors include National Honor Society, Who's Who in High School American Students, Who's Who in High School American Student Athletes and academic all-conference. Personal: Born Oct. 12, 1985 in Davenport, Iowa...Daughter of Bruce Kelling and Diana Burda...Majoring in business management and real estate...Favorite sports team is the Atlanta Braves...Favorite athlete is Chipper Jones. Hobbies include being outdoors, running, golfing and animals...Favorite movie is Liar, Liar...Favorite book is The DaVinci Code...Lists father, Bruce, as biggest influence in life: "He is always inspiring and taught me how to succeed"...Also recruited by Iowa, Drake and Northern Illinois. |
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