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2019 Softball Roster

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17 Kelsey Horton

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown San Clemente, Calif.
  • High School San Clemente HS
  • Position UT

Biography

2016 WAC Freshman of the Year
2016 All-WAC First Team
2017 WAC Player of the Year
2017 All-WAC First Team
2018 All-WAC First Team
2018 WAC All-Tournament Team
2018 WAC Player of the Year
2018 WAC Tournament MVP
2019 All-WAC First Team
2019 WAC All-Tournament Team

2019:
Named WAC Preseason Player of the Year… Among 50 players on the USA Softball Preseason Player of the Year Watch List… Received All-WAC first Team honors… Collected WAC All-Tournament recognition… Batted .319 with a .711 slugging percentage and a .418 on-base percentage… Amassed 18 home runs and recorded 40 RBI… Drew a team-high 29 walks… Posted three hits against UMKC (4/27) and Grand Canyon (5/10)… Tallied five RBI against Lehigh (3/10)… Recorded two home runs during games against New Mexico (2/9), Arizona (3/5), Lehigh (3/10), Seattle U (5/10) and Grand Canyon (5/10)… Went 5-for-6 in stolen bases…

2018: Started in all 53 games, primarily at second base… Named WAC Tournament MVP and WAC Player of the Year… Earned First team All-WAC and WAC Tournament Team honors… NFCA Pacific Region First Team member… Batted .402 with a .487 on base percentage and a .911 slugging percentage… Set the program record for home runs (25) and total bases (154) in a single season… Slugging percentage (.911) ranks second at NM State for a single season… Recorded 64 RBI and 68 hits including 11 doubles… Led the league during WAC play in batting average (.458) and slugging percentage (1.146) during conference play… Slugged way to the top of the WAC leaderboards for home runs (10) runs scored (20), hits (22), RBI (21), and total bases (55) against conference opponents… Hit a walkoff grand slam against Seattle U (4/28), securing NM State’s fourth straight WAC regular-season title… Named WAC Hitter of the Week twice (4/9, 4/30)…

2017: Started in 54 games… Was named to the All-WAC First Team… Was named the WAC Player of the Year… Won Hitter of the Week three times (2/13, 4/10, 4/24)… Posted a league-leading .415 batting average, .799 slugging percentage and a .505 on-base percentage… Amassed 68 hits, 15 doubles and 16 homers… Recorded 59 RBI and 131 total bases… Broke the WAC record for WAC games only in batting average (.558), slugging percentage (1.258), and tied the home runs per game record (.60)… Led the league during conference play in on-base percentage (.678), runs (20), hits (24), RBIs (22), homers (9), total bases (54) and walks (13) Tied the program for home runs in a game (3) and total bases (12) against Seattle U (4/7)… Finished the season ranked 16th nationally in RBI per game, 20th in slugging percentage, 21st in RBI, 22nd in home runs and total bases, 27th in runs per game, 29th in home runs per game, 37th in on-base percentage  and 38th in batting average… Was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Pacific Region Second Team…


2016: Played and started all 59 games… Played first base in every game… Named WAC Freshman of the Year and First Team All-WAC… Selected as a Top 10 finalist for Schutt Sports / NFCA National Freshman of the Year… Went 68-for-180 for a team-leading .378 batting average… Scored a team-high 56 runs… Racked up 11 doubles, 1 triple and a team-high 13 home runs… Ranked first on team with a .667 slugging percentage and second on team with 47 RBIs… Walked 14 times and hit by a pitch eight times for a .439 on-base percentage… Was 7-8 in stolen bases… Racked up a team-high 345 putouts… Collected 22 assists… Hit a grand slam in her first at-bat as an Aggie and hit home runs in three of her first four at-bats… Went 16-for-45 for a .356 batting average during league play… Scored 16 runs during conference games… Amassed two doubles and three home runs during for a .600 slugging percentage during league games… Collected 11 RBIs during conference games… Walked seven times and hit by a pitch four times for a .482 on-base percentage during conference games… Went 2-2 in stolen bases during conference play… Racked a team-high 105 putouts in league play… Had a 1.000 fielding percentage in WAC games…  Scored a career-high three runs in two separate games… Amassed a personal-best three hits three different times… Racked up a career-high six RBIs in her first collegiate game… Garnered a personal-best two doubles in two separate games… Had one triple against Detroit Mercy on March 12… Hit a career-high two home runs in game one against Incarnate Word on February 12… Collected a career-high 13 putouts in game two against CSU Bakersfield on April 23… Amassed a career-high five assists against Seattle U on May 13.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2016Freshman

    Utility Player
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2017Sophomore

    Utility Player
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2018Junior

    Utility Player
    5'11"
    17
  • 17

    2019Senior

    Utility Player
    5'11"
    17