Kelsey Cooley - 2008 Softball - LIU Post


Kelsey Cooley
Kelsey Cooley
#12 Kelsey Cooley

Position: Infield
Height: 5-5
Class: Senior
Hometown: Syracuse, N.Y.
Previous School: Cicero-North Syracuse

Career Statistics (through 2008 season)

2007: All-East Coast Conference Third Team…NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament team…made 54 starts on the season…led the team with a .383 batting average…posted 70 putouts and 89 assists defensively, making the move from the outfield back to shortstop, where she played her freshman year…finished with a .924 fielding percentage…also had a team-high 20 sacrifice bunts to go with seven steals…had 19 multi-hit games on the season…went 4-for-4 with a run and an RBI against Saginaw Valley State (March 4)…went 3-for-3 in an NCAA Regional game against Bryant (May 11), scoring two runs and driving in one…recorded a hit and notched a season-high six assists and four put-outs in at Division II College World Series game against Angelo State (May 17). 

2006: NFCA Northeast Region First Team… All-NYCAC First Team… ranked second on the team with a .382 batting average from her No. 2 batting position in her first season as a “slap”?hitter, and dropped 25 sacrifice bunts – the third-highest total in the nation… ranked second on the team with four triples, and third with 34 runs scored… was successful on five of six stolen-base attempts… posted separate 12 and 10-game hitting streaks during the course of the season… had a 7-for-7 day at the dish in a doubleheader split against UMass-Lowell (Mar. 25)… batted 5-for-8 with three runs scored in an important NYCAC sweep over Dowling (Apr. 24)… committed just one error in 73 chances (.986 fielding pct.) in left field.
 
2005: NFCA Northeast Region Second Team honoree, and All-NYCAC First Team performer at shortstop… was one of three field players to start all 52 games… ranked second on the team with a .344 average (53-for-154), 28 runs scored and 11 sacrifices… tied for team lead with two doubles and rapped 10 triples in her rookie campaign… went 3-for-3 on two occasions – in the opening end of a doubleheader against NYIT (Apr. 14) and in the nightcap at Caldwell (Apr. 19)… went 2-for-2 with a homer and three RBI in the opening half of a twinbill against Philadelphia (Apr. 16), and followed up in the nightcap with a 2-for-3 outing with two runs and two RBI… first collegiate homer came against Dowling (Mar. 22) and also went deep at Molloy (Apr. 29).
 
Prior to C.W. Post:?Came to the Brookville, N.Y. school from a talent-rich program that developed
other Pioneers standouts such as Melissa Pope and Kim Logana … Capped an extremely productive career by leading Cicero to the New York state title, earning a berth on the All-Tournament team … Won All-State and All-League honors, while also being tabbed as the Central New York Player of the Year … Enroute to the title, she served as a focal point of the team’s NYSA championship, the third during her tenure at the school … Also helped the Northstars capture the Section III title in each of the past two years … Competed during the summer for the Syracuse Renegades, winning a New York State championship three times … A skilled athlete who also played four years of volleyball and two seasons of tennis at Cicero … Named to the National Honor Society.

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