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Jersey Number 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
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
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