Kelsey Gonzalez

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Naperville Central
Hometown:
Bolingbrook, Ill.

2016 / SENIOR
Game-By-Game Stats

Second-team All-MVC...First-team MVC Scholar-Athlete...Graduated in May with a 3.97 GPA in marketing...Started all 52 games at shortstop...Third on the team with a .309 batting average...Led the team with 51 hits...Hit eight doubles and one home run while driving in 11...Third on the team with a .398 on-base percentage...Scored 37 runs, which ranked eighth in the MVC...Finished career tied for ninth in SIU history in career runs scored (113)...Posted 14 multi-hit games...Went 3-for-3 in SIU's 4-3 win over Missouri State in the MVC Tournament...Team captain.

2015 / JUNIOR
Game-By-Game Stats

Played in all 48 games and started 47 ... Started at both shortstop and second base ... Honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete ... Fourth on the team with a .286 batting average ... Reached in the final 18 games of the season, the longest stretch on the team in 2015 ... Hit in 12 of the final 13 games of the season, including seven-straight to close the year ... Posted eight multi-hit games, including a team-best four three-hit games (vs. NEV, vs. BU x2, at SEMO) ... Hit .302 and reached at a .404 clip after moving to the leadoff spot in the batting order vs. Lipscomb ... Ninth in the MVC in walks drawn per game ... Reached in 27 of 33 games when batting leadoff ... Went 6-for-7 stealing bases ... Team captain....Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2014 / SOPHOMORE
Game-By-Game Stats

First-team MVC Scholar-Athlete team selection
MVC Player of the Week (4/28)
Played in 51 games and started 47 ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team selection ... Led the MVC and ranked sixth nationally in sacrifice flies ... Led the MVC in average vs. LHP at .500 ... Ranked fifth in the MVC in runners advanced and 10th in runs per game ... Ranked seventh in the MVC in assists ... Ranked third on the team and 14th in the MVC with a .328 average ... Ranked among the top three on the team in hits, batting average, slugging percentage ... Second on the team with 12 multi-hit games ... Third on the team with eight multi-RBI games ... Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and four runs scored in a game two win at Wichita State (4/26) ... Earned MVC Player of the Week honors (4/28) after slugging .933 with two doubles, two home runs and six RBIs in the week of SIU's series win over Wichita State ... Went 2-for-2 with three RBIs and two runs scored vs. UT-Martin (4/24) ... Had an eight-game hitting streak from the last game vs. Illinois State (4/6) through the first game vs. Loyola (4/18).

2013 / FRESHMAN
Game-By-Game Stats

Started all 52 games for the Salukis at shortstop...hit .210 with 29 hits, 23 runs scored and 20 RBI...also drew 23 walks...recorded 106 putouts and 96 assists in the field...went 3-for-4 from the plate March 29 against Illinois State.

HIGH SCHOOL

? Played varsity all four seasons...earned Second-Team All-State honors senior season...named All-Conference all four seasons and team MVC three times...was a part of two regional championship teams and a Redhawks squad that finished fourth at the state finals in 2009...also named Academic All-Conference all four seasons.

PERSONAL

Full name is Kelsey Rae Gonzalez...Daughter of Joni and Mark Gonzalez...Majoring in marketing...Has two sisters...High school teammate of former Saluki Alyssa Wunderlich...Born Feb. 12, 1994.