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Kelley Collects CoSIDA Academic All-District Accolades
7/1/2021 1:17:00 PM | Baseball
Spartan senior outfielder earns academic honor for second-straight season.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State baseball senior outfielder Bryce Kelley was named to the 2021 Google Cloud Academic First-Team All-District® Baseball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).Â
This is Kelley's second-straight CoSIDA Academic All-District honor. He will now advance to the national ballot.Â
Kelley also becomes the second-straight Spartan to earn multiple CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades, joining former teammate Dan Chmielewski, who garnered the honors in 2018 and 2019.
Kelley's 2021 accolade marks the fifth-straight season that at least one MSU player earned Academic All-District accolades, after Kelley's honor in 2020, along with Chmielewski in 2019, and both Chmielewski and Zack McGuire earned recognition in both 2017 and 2018.Â
It is the 11th Academic All-District honor by a Spartan player under head coach Jake Boss Jr., and the 20th in program history.
This is Kelley's third academic honor of 2021, as he was the baseball team's recipient of MSU Student-Athlete Support Services Scholar-Athlete Award winner for the highest GPA on the team, as well as earning the MSU Jerry Sutton Student-Athlete team award.
A native of Rockford, Mich., Kelley graduated in 2020 with a degree in supply chain management with a 3.78 GPA and is finishing up his master's in finance this summer, currently with a 3.74 GPA.
Kelley is a five-time letterwinner (2017-21), and became a four-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree, as well as an Academic All-Big Ten selection. Kelley is also a three-time honoree of Highest Honors for MSU Athletics Honor Roll.Â
On the field, Kelley led MSU and ranked sixth in the B1G with 11 stolen bases. Kelley became the new MSU career stolen base king this season, as he broke the record on April 11 vs. Purdue, swiping his 80th career base, passing Anthony Cheky's previous record of 79 from 2012-15. Kelley broke the record in the first inning, by stealing third. He reached on a walk, then moved to second on a groundout, before swiping third. After swiping No. 80, he was congratulated by third base coach Graham Sikes, and presented the record setting base by a member of the MSU Facilities grounds crew in a special presentation, while the small crowd of family of the student-athletes gave Kelley a standing ovation. Kelley's record-setting moment was No. 5 on NCAA Baseball's Player of the Week. Kelley padded his record finished his Spartan career with 83 swipes.Â
Kelley was one of two players to both start and play in all 44 games, joining sophomore outfielder Zaid Walker.
At the plate, Kelley also led the team and ranked third in the B1G with 30 walks, as well as ranking sixth in the league in walks/game (0.68). Kelley also finished third on the team in runs scored (26).Â
Playing outfield, Kelley logged 84 putouts and four outfield assists, including career-high two assists vs. Maryland (March 6).Â
Kelley also came on to pitch in relief role late in the game vs. Iowa on May 28 and pitched hitless, scoreless 1.0 inning, ringing up a strikeout.
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This is Kelley's second-straight CoSIDA Academic All-District honor. He will now advance to the national ballot.Â
Kelley also becomes the second-straight Spartan to earn multiple CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades, joining former teammate Dan Chmielewski, who garnered the honors in 2018 and 2019.
Kelley's 2021 accolade marks the fifth-straight season that at least one MSU player earned Academic All-District accolades, after Kelley's honor in 2020, along with Chmielewski in 2019, and both Chmielewski and Zack McGuire earned recognition in both 2017 and 2018.Â
It is the 11th Academic All-District honor by a Spartan player under head coach Jake Boss Jr., and the 20th in program history.
This is Kelley's third academic honor of 2021, as he was the baseball team's recipient of MSU Student-Athlete Support Services Scholar-Athlete Award winner for the highest GPA on the team, as well as earning the MSU Jerry Sutton Student-Athlete team award.
A native of Rockford, Mich., Kelley graduated in 2020 with a degree in supply chain management with a 3.78 GPA and is finishing up his master's in finance this summer, currently with a 3.74 GPA.
Kelley is a five-time letterwinner (2017-21), and became a four-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree, as well as an Academic All-Big Ten selection. Kelley is also a three-time honoree of Highest Honors for MSU Athletics Honor Roll.Â
On the field, Kelley led MSU and ranked sixth in the B1G with 11 stolen bases. Kelley became the new MSU career stolen base king this season, as he broke the record on April 11 vs. Purdue, swiping his 80th career base, passing Anthony Cheky's previous record of 79 from 2012-15. Kelley broke the record in the first inning, by stealing third. He reached on a walk, then moved to second on a groundout, before swiping third. After swiping No. 80, he was congratulated by third base coach Graham Sikes, and presented the record setting base by a member of the MSU Facilities grounds crew in a special presentation, while the small crowd of family of the student-athletes gave Kelley a standing ovation. Kelley's record-setting moment was No. 5 on NCAA Baseball's Player of the Week. Kelley padded his record finished his Spartan career with 83 swipes.Â
Kelley was one of two players to both start and play in all 44 games, joining sophomore outfielder Zaid Walker.
At the plate, Kelley also led the team and ranked third in the B1G with 30 walks, as well as ranking sixth in the league in walks/game (0.68). Kelley also finished third on the team in runs scored (26).Â
Playing outfield, Kelley logged 84 putouts and four outfield assists, including career-high two assists vs. Maryland (March 6).Â
Kelley also came on to pitch in relief role late in the game vs. Iowa on May 28 and pitched hitless, scoreless 1.0 inning, ringing up a strikeout.
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