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33 - Kelsey Harshman
KELSEY HARSHMAN
POSITION: Middle Infield HEIGHT: 5-5 BATS/THROWS: L/R HOMETOWN: Tucson, Ariz. COLLEGE: Wisconsin kelsey_harshman
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ATHLETE CAUSE: The Pink Fund
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Championship Season: Member of 2022 Athletes Unlimited Softball All-Defensive Team who enjoyed the best finish of her three-year AU career … accumulated 1,260 leaderboard points to claim 23rd place in the league standings … also tallied 330 stat points and 120 MVP points … starter in all 15 games who hit .333 with 15 hits, including five doubles, a triple and a home run … collected three consecutive multi-hit games during Week Three while driving in six runs … also hit three doubles and a home run during Week Three … scored a run in six consecutive games from Aug. 7-20 … served as a captain during Week Two. 2021 Championship Season: Compiled 808 leaderboard points … starter in 14-of-15 games … went 9-for-45 at the plate with a home run and three runs batted in … tallied six walks … went 1-for-1 in stolen base attempts. 2020 Championship Season: Accumulated 880 leaderboard points during inaugural season … starter in 12-of-14 games … batted .265 with one home run and six runs batted in … also scored four runs and tallied two doubles … hit by a pitch twice … one of 11 players with a sacrifice fly.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Led Team Canada to Bronze medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics … hit .222 (4-for-18) with three runs scored and two runs batted in … helped Canada earn Bronze medal at 2018 WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship in Chiba, Japan … authored .533 batting average with five doubles and 10 runs scored at 2019 WBSC Americas Qualifier … joined the Canadian Junior National Team in 2015 and competed at the WBSC World Championship in Oklahoma City … member of Team Canada squad for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Ala. … authored .385 batting average with five hits, including two doubles, and four runs scored.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Played for the NPF’s Canadian Wild in 2019, batting .290 with two home runs and eight runs batted in.
AT WISCONSIN
Four-year letter winner for the Badgers who started all 208 games during her career from 2015-18 … fashioned .369 career batting average with 22 home runs and 127 runs batted in … also accrued 218 hits, including 40 doubles and two triples, while scoring school-record 180 runs … drew Wisconsin-record 181 walks during her career while being hit by a pitch 18 times … first player in Wisconsin softball history to earn First-Team All-Big Ten Conference honors three times … also became first freshman in program history to earn spot on All-Big Ten First Team in 2015 … two-time NFCA All-Region Second Team selection … three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree … unanimous FirstTeam All-Big Ten recipient as a senior after leading team with 43 runs, 59 hits and 45 walks … set school record by reaching base safely in 40 consecutive games during senior season … also established Wisconsin single-season records with .569 on-base percentage … owns Badgers’ single-season record after compiling 42 walks in 2015 … stole 18 bases as a freshman to set school rookie mark.
HARSHMAN’S TROPHY CASE
PERSONAL
Mother, Shannah, played softball collegiately at Wichita State and was a member of the Canadian National Team … aunt, Jodie Biggan Porteous, was a member of the Canadian National Softball and Soccer Teams … aunt, Alison Biggan McLeod, played soccer at the University of British Columbia and the Canadian National Junior Softball Team … lists mini steak tacos as her favorite pregame meal … favorite softball memory is qualifying for the Olympics … favorite TV show is One Tree Hill … holds a bachelor’s degree from Wisconsin in human development and family studies.
HARSHMAN’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2020 880 14 12 0.265 0.333 0.412 34 4 9 2 0 1 6 2 2 7 14 1 0 0 0 2021 808 15 14 0.200 0.294 0.267 45 5 9 0 0 1 3 6 0 9 12 0 0 1 1 2022 1260 15 15 0.333 0.455 0.556 45 9 15 5 1 1 12 8 2 7 25 0 0 0 0
