HONORS & AWARDS
First-Team NFCA All-Mideast Region: (2017)
Third-Team NFCA All-Mideast Region: (2016)
First-Team All-MVC: (2017)
MVC All-Tournament Team: (2015)
MVC Player of the Week: (02-22-16)
Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week (3): (03-15-17, 03-09-16 & 03-11-15)
MVC Honor Roll: 2014, 2016, 2017
Bradley AD Honor Roll (5): (Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016 & Spring 2017)
2017 (SENIOR)
First-Team NFCA All-Mideast Region to join Madeline Lynch-Crumrine as only two-time all-region selections in program history … First-Team All-MVC … League-best .438 batting average broke school season record and ranks seventh among MVC season marks … Ranked ninth in the country with her .438 average … Broke own school record for hits in a season (78) and is one of three players in MVC history with 76 hits in two different seasons …Set MVC season (41) and career steals (98) records … Was ninth in the nation in stolen bases per game (0.77) and her 41 steals tied for eighth in the country … Finished with highest career batting average (.407) in school and MVC history … Reached base 58 percent of the time she led off an inning … Multiple hits in 23 games and reached base safely in all but five games … Her team-best 40 runs were the most at Bradley since 2004 and rank sixth among Bradley season records … Finished as Bradley’s career leader in hits (233), batting average (.407) and steals (98), while ranking third in career runs (124) and fourth with a .437 career OBP … 78 hits rank fifth among MVC season marks and were most in the Valley since 2011 … Ranks 11th in career hits & tied for 20th in career runs in MVC history …Had a 15-game hit streak early in the year for the second longest streak in school history & boasted two longest hit streaks on the team, adding a nine-game streak … Hit .475 with 14 stolen bases in 19 games against teams in the top 75 of the RPI … Owned a .509 average with 14 runs and 19 stolen bases against teams which made the postseason … Went 3-for-6 with two runs, one RBI and two stolen bases in 18-8 victory against Oregon State … Scored a run in Bradley’s 2-1 victory at #16 Louisiana, going 2-for-3 with a steal to highlight Bradley’s first true road win against a top-25 team … Owned a .407 average in MVC play … Hit .438 with runners on and advanced runners 62 percent of the time.
2016 (JUNIOR)
Third-Team All-NFCA Mideast Region selection … Named team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player … Ranked third in the MVC with a .405 batting average … Led the MVC in steals for the second consecutive year with 25 to become just the fourth player in league history to swipe 25 or more bases in two different seasons … Third player in program history to hit .400 in a season, with her .405 average ranking as the best by a Brave since 1994 (Jen Wethington - .404) and second all-time behind Sharon Kempf’s 1989 school record average of .409 … Had a conference-best four triples … Her 66 hits tied for the sixth-best season total in school history and her 140 hits between her sophomore and junior seasons are the most in a two-year period in Bradley history … Scored a team-high 37 runs to match her 2015 total and tie for the eight-best season total at BU … Named MVC Player of the Week after hitting .684 (13-for-19) with eight runs at the Phyllis Rafter Memorial in mid-February … Had a team-best 11-game hit streak and had a team-best 22 multi-hit outings … Was 12-for-22 (.545) with six runs, two doubles, one triple and three stolen bases in the final seven games of the year … Her .443 on base percentage ranked eighth among Bradley season marks
2015 (SOPHOMORE)
Led the MVC with a school record 76 hits and 31 stolen bases to become just the second player in league history with 70 hits and 30 steals in a season … Posted the highest batting average at Bradley (.386) since 1995 and her 76 hits tied for the sixth most in MVC history … Named the team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player … Her 31 steals rank as the third best season total in school history and most since Tara Pearson’s school record 36 in 1997 …The 31 steals also tied for the seventh most in league history ... Tied the conference record for steals in MVC play with 18 stolen bases … The .386 average ranks sixth among Bradley season marks and her 37 runs tied for eighth … Reached to leadoff an inning 49 percent of the time … Had what is believed to be a school-record 16 game hit streak and reached base safely in 21 consecutive games … Ended the year with a seven-game hit streak … Collected hits in 45 of 54 games, including 42 of the last 48 … Owned a .410 average during her 16-game hit streak, which spanned from March 1 through March 28 … Named to the MVC All-Tournament team after going 4-for-4 with three runs scored, one double, one triple and one RBI in the setback against Illinois State … Posted a .567 average (17-for-30) with 11 runs, four RBI and nine stolen bases in the final seven games of the year … Tallied a team-best 21 multi-hit games, including eight games with three or more hits … Owned a .380 average with a team-high 21 runs scored in MVC play.
2014 (FRESHMAN)
Named the team's Most Improved Player ... Used primarily as a pinch hitter or pinch runner … Made nine starts, including eight in the outfield … Hit .382 (13-for-34), which included 5-for-10 as a pinch hitter … Made her first career start against Canisius, going 2-for-2 with two runs scored on RBI and a walk … Was 2-for-3 with a run at nationally ranked Tulsa … Was 5-for-11 (.455) at the plate during MVC play.
HIGH SCHOOL
A first-team all-metro selection as a senior, Kapp was a third-team all-state selection each of her last two prep seasons ... Four-time all-area honoree ... Helped the Hawks to a regional championship as a freshman ... Hit .569 and was a perfect 65-for-65 on stolen base attempts during her senior year, while collecting a .624 on base percentage ... Drew 14 walks and had just three strikeouts in 109 at bats during her final prep season ... Led the St. Louis metropolitan area with a .549 batting average and also had 47 stolen bases as a junior ... Swiped 112 bases and was thrown out just three times in her final two years ... Also earned three letters in basketball.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Alan and Cindy Kapp, Kelly was burn in Belleville, Ill. ... Has an older sister: Ashley ... Majored in nursing.
