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22 Austin Kelly

  • Position C
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Leland, Miss.
  • Prev School Northwest Florida State College
  • High School The Washington School
  • Twitter Austin_kelly19
  • Instagram austin_kelly23

Biography

2023: (Junior at Lipscomb): 

  • Named First-Team All-ASUN in 2023
  • Named ABCA/Rawlings All-Southeast Region Second-Team
  • Named to the ASUN Championship All-Tournament Team 
  • Hit .294, second highest on the team, in his first year with the Bisons,
  • Logged 62 hits, 62 RBI, and 21 home runs, the fifth most homers in the conference
  • Logged a slugging percentage of .640, and a .357 on base percentage
  • Also had two triples, the most by any Bison in 2023
  • Recorded 263 putouts, with only six passed balls all season

2022: (Redshirt-Freshman at Northwestern Florida State): 

  • Appeared in 47 games for the Raiders
  • Logged 46 hits and scored 32 runs with a .286 batting averaged
  • Hit ten doubles and six home runs on the year
  • Had an on-base percentage of .376 and a .460 slugging percentage
  • Logged 164 putouts and helped turn two double plays as a catcher, with only three passed balls. 

2021 (Freshman Season at Mississippi State):

  • Redshirt season

High School:

  • Lettered six times for head coach Hunter Palasini at Washington School
  • Named team captain as a senior
  • Four-time team MVP
  • Helped the Generals to the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools 4A-Division two state title as a sophomore
  • Tabbed Perfect Game second-team All-Region as a senior
  • Garnered Perfect Game second-team Underclass All-America as a junior and third-team Underclass All-America as a sophomore
  • Earned MAIS Player of the Year as a senior
  • Tabbed Academy Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore and senior
  • Garnered first-team all-state honors as a senior
  • Five-time All-Academy Conference honoree, including first-team honors as a junior and senior
  • Owns the school record for hits, home runs, and RBIs in a career
  • Honored with the Hunter Azlin Award as a senior, an award which honors his friend Hunter Azlin, who was injured in a hunting accident while in high school
  • Also lettered once in basketball and three times in football
  • Earned honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore in football

Personal

  • Born in Greenwood, Mississippi
  • Son of Tara Spencer and Joby Kelly
  • Has one older brother, Casey
  • Majoring in business administration

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    C
    5'11" 205 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2024Senior

    C
    5'11" 205 lbs
    22
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