Kelsey Stewart

Kelsey Stewart (born August 15, 1994) is an American softball player. She won two softball National Championships with Florida Gators softball and has been named a Second Team and two-time First Team All-SEC player, including being named 2015 SEC Player of the Year. She was also chosen a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American in 2014–15.[1][2] She graduated as a member of the select 300 hits, 200 runs, 100 stolen bases club. She has been of the United States women's national softball team since 2014. She was a member of the national softball team that won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] She later played in the Athletes Unlimited Softball and in 2021 was the third best individual points leader for the league.[4]

Kelsey Stewart
Born: (1994-08-15) August 15, 1994
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • NFCA First Team All-American (2014–2015)
  • NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team (2013–2015)
  • SEC Player of the Year (2015)
  • All-SEC First Team (2014–2015)
  • SEC All-Defensive Team (2014–2015)
  • All-SEC Second Team (2013)
  • SEC All-Freshman Team (2013)
Medals
Women's softball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
ISF Women's World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 South Surrey
Gold medal – first place 2018 Chiba
Silver medal – second place 2014 Haarlem
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto
World Cup of Softball
Silver medal – second place 2016 Oklahoma City
Silver medal – second place 2017 Oklahoma City
Japan Softball Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2016 Ogaki City
Silver medal – second place 2017 Takasaki City
Canada Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 South Surrey

Early life

Stewart grew up in Wichita, Kansas. She graduated from Maize High School in 2012.

Career

Stewart played college softball at Florida. During her senior year in 2016, she was one of two active players in the country with 300-plus hits, 200-plus runs and 100-plus stolen bases. She is Florida's all-time leader in hits runs scored (259), total bases (509), hits (357), triples (29), stolen bases (113), batting average (.393) and on-base percentage (.458).[5]

National team

Stewart represented the United States women's national softball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics. During the tournament she had two hits, including the only home run for Team USA. Stewart and Team USA lost in the gold medal game to Team Japan.[6][7]

Statistics
Florida Gators
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2013 67 238 62 90 .378 30 3 10 9 128 .538% 29 35 36 39
2014 67 233 68 102 .438 57 7 6 14 149 .639% 24 23 35 40
2015 67 232 71 101 .435 41 2 11 19 148 .638% 21 21 26 28
2016 63 211 58 64 .303 20 3 2 7 84 .398% 28 16 15 16
TOTALS 264 914 259 357 .390 148 15 29 49 509 .557% 102 95 112 123
Team USA
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 15 35 14 13 .371 7 1 1 3 21 .600% 8 4 1
2021 19 77 12 19 .247 11 1 1 5 29 .376% 7 7 1
Olympics 6 15 1 2 .133 1 1 0 0 5 .333% 0 2 0
TOTAL 40 127 27 34 .267 19 3 2 8 55 .433% 15 13 2

References
  1. "2015 All-American Awards". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  2. "2014 All-American Awards". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  4. "Player Leaderboard". Auprosports.com. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  5. "Kelsey Stewart". floridagators.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  6. "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  7. "Stewart". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
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