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#9 Pat Kelly
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Position:
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Second Baseman
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Bats:
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R
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Throws:
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R
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Height:
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5'11"
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Weight:
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177
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Year:
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Sophomore
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Hometown:
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Red Wing, Minn.
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High School:
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Red Wing
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Honors & Awards
• One Letter (2012)
• Second-Team All-Big Ten (2012)
• Baseball America Freshman All-American (2012)
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2012)
• NCBWA Freshman All-American (2012)
• Perfect Game Freshman All-American (2012)
• All-Big Ten Freshman Team (2012)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2012)
2012: Pat Kelly put together one of the best freshman seasons in recent memory at Nebraska in 2012, as he was named a freshman All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game and the NCBWA • Was a second-team All-Big Ten selection at second base and was honored on the All-Big Ten Freshman Team • Hit .313 in 41 starts and posted a team-high .521 slugging percetage with 16 extra-base hits, including eight home runs • Hit the most home runs by a Husker freshman since 2000, when Matt Hopper hit 21 at Buck Beltzer Stadium • Hit .367 with runners on bases, including a .364 average with runners in scoring position • Started the year as NU's starting shortstop, but was injured in the second game of the season and missed the next six games before returning at designated hitter • Was the first freshman to start a season opener at shortstop since 2008 when Ben Kline started at Stanford • Served as Nebraska's starting second baseman for the majority of the season • Drove in a career-high five RBI on a 4-for-5 day against Penn State at the Big Ten Tournament on May 24 • Hit a three-run home run at Michigan on May 18 over the 26-foot high brick wall in left field at Ray Fisher Stadium • Saw an 11-game hitting streak come to an end against Wichita State on May 15, the Huskers final home game of the 2012 season • Was 7-for-14 in three-game sweep of Minnesota at Hawks Field, including a home run in each of the first two games of the series • Hit his fifth home run of the season at Indiana on May 6 • Delivered a double and two RBI in a win over then No. 16 Purdue on April 21 • Notched his second triple of the season on April 8 against Iowa, as he drove in two runs to tie the game, 8-8, in the bottom of the ninth with the triple and then scored the winning run on a walk-off single from Kale Kiser • Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a home run in a season-opening win at Northwestern on March 30 • Pinch hit against Northern Colorado on March 21 and hit his third home run in six games • Produced two hits, including a home run, for the fourth straight game against Louisiana Tech at Hawks Field on March 18 • Belted his first career home run as a Husker against South Dakota State on March 13, as he went • Helped the Huskers split a four-game series with No. 18 California on March 12 with three RBI on a 2-for-4 day at the plate, including a triple • Posted a 12-game hitting streak from March 12 to April 3 • Raised his average from .375 to .407, as he was 18-for-43 (.418) during the streak • Was 1-for-2 in his first career game as a Husker in the season opener against Gonzaga in Peoria, Ariz., on Feb. 17.
Before Nebraska: Kelly joined the Huskers as one of the top prep players in the state of Minnesota • Was one of seven finalists for the 2011 Minnesota Minute Men Mr. Baseball Award and was a 2011 All-Metro pick by the Minneapolis Star Tribune • Led Red Wing High School to the 2011 Minnesota Conference championship and its first winning season since 2007 with a .436 batting average and five home runs as a senior • Hit .442 over three seasons for the Wingers under Jim Bombach with 13 home runs and 74 RBIs • Played summer baseball for the Ohio Warhawks under Ron Slusher, one of the top 18-under programs in the country • Helped the team post a 40-4 record in 2010 and a 35-3 record in 2011 on their way to their third and fourth consecutive national championships.
Personal: Born on Nov. 19, 1992 in Red Wing, Minn. • Parents are Jim and Beth Kelly • Has two sisters, Erin and Erica • Major is criminal justice.
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