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Preseason all-MVC...2008 Wallace Award candidate who is rated among the nation's Top-10 catchers, according to rivals.com...Ranks among SIU single-season leaders in hits and RBI after a dominant year in 2007. 2007: First-team all-MVC and ABCA all-region catcher...Shared the team's "Itch" Jones MVP Award...Garnered the team's lone MVC Player-of-the-Week honor on Mar. 5 and was named MVC Scholar-Athlete...Made the College Baseball Foundation's Weekly National Honor Roll on two occasions (2/14, 3/6)...Ranked 37th in the nation in RBI...Only Saluki to start all 56 games...Led the team in batting average (.379), hits (88), RBI (63), total bases (107) and slugging percentage (.461)...Led the MVC in RBI and ranked second in batting average...Became the first Saluki to get more than 60 RBI in a season since 1996 (Aaron Jones, 63)...Hit .394 in 24 conference starts...Had a 21-game hitting streak from Feb. 17-Mar. 25...That hitting streak tied for the longest of any league player...Began the year on fire, hitting safely in 24 of his first 25 games...Gunned down 26 runners on the basepaths...Led the team in multiple-hit (26) and multiple-RBI (17) games...Had a career-high five hits when he went 5-for-6 with two runs, a double and three RBI at UT-Martin (2/28)...Went perfect at the plate in a minimum of three at-bats on three occasions...Knocked in three runs in a game a total of seven times...Had the game-winning hit in SIU's win over Eastern Illinois (5/15). 2006: Played in 20 games and made 11 starts, including nine as designated hitter and two at catcher...Hit .222 with six runs scored two doubles and seven RBI...Also walked four times...Had four hits, two runs scored and four RBI in seven games versus league opponents. Pre-SIU: All-conference and all-area honoree at Hoffman Estates High School...Hit over .350 in his last three prep seasons...Team captain, MVP and all-area home run leader as a junior. Personal: Full name is Mark Stephen Kelly...Majors in Recreation...Born May 1, 1987...Son of William and Marlene Kelly. Last Updated February 7, 2008
Mark Kelly's Career Statistics at SIU
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