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25 Kelley Schaefer

  • Position Third Baseman
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Waco, Texas
  • Prev School Midway HS

Biography

The Schaefer File
Parents: Russell and Brenda Schaefer
Birthday: October 19, 1992
Major: Biology
Honors
NFCA All American
2013 (1st)
Daktronics All American
2013 (1st)
NFCA All-South Central Region
2013 (1st)
Daktronics All-South Central Region
2013 (1st)
All-Lone Star Conference
2012 (3rd), 2013 (1st), 2014 (2nd), 2015 (3rd)
Lone Star Conference Golden Glove
2013
LSC All-Postseason Tournament Team
2014
LSC All-Academic Team
2015
LSC Commisioner's Honor Roll
2012, 2013
Statistics
2012
2013

2014
2015

At Midwestern State

Senior (2015)
- started each of MSU's 48 games at third base.
- earned All-Lone Star Conference honors for a fourth consecutive season taking third-team honors.
- closed career as program's all time leader in RBIs with 199 and sacrifice flies at 15.
- high on many career lists including second in total bases (402), second in walks (113), third with 41 homers, fourth in batting average (.375), fourth in slugging percentage (.633), fourth in runs scored (146), fifth in hits (238) and seventh in doubles (37).
- one of only eight players to play and start in more than 200 games.
- hit .366 with eight doubles and 10 homers driving in 39 runs.
- logged multiple hits in 13 games including a season-high of three against Lubbock Christian on Feb. 19.
- drove in at least two runs 10 times.
- hit .441 (15-of-34) during a team season-best 10-game hitting streak with three doubles and nine RBIs drawing 10 walks from Feb. 7-19.
- homered in three consecutive games against Cameron on April 19-20.
- launched two homers against Central Oklahoma on April 21.
- closed career on another 10-game hitting and RBI streak going 17-for-33 (.485) with two doubles, six homers and 17 RBIs from April 19-25.


Junior (2014)
- started 53 games at third base.
- earned second-team All-Lone Star Conference honors.
- second on team hitting at .396 to go along with a squad-best 13 doubles, 14 home runs and 53 RBIs.
- ranked seventh in the LSC and 124th in NCAA Division II with a .396 batting average.
- rated ninth in the LSC and 34th nationally with 14 home runs and was 47th in NCAA Division II in homers per game (0.26).
- tied for ninth in the LSC with 13 doubles.
- ranked 67th nationally average 1.0 RBIs per game.
- was 48th in NCAA Division II with a .732 slugging percentage and 13th with five sacrifice flies.
- had multiple hits in 21 games.
- accounted for 2-or-more RBIs in 13 games.
- drove in runs in each of MSU's first 10 games of the season.
- launched two home runs with 4 RBIs at Angelo State (3/29).
- hit two homers while going 3-for-3 with 4 RBIs against Cameron at the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament.
- drilled a pairof home runs with 4 RBIs to help MSU to a 12-11 win over No. 1 West Texas A&M at the NCAA II South Central Region 1 Championships on May 11.
- hit .578 (22-for-38) with four doubles, seven home runs and 17 RBIs during a season-best 12-game hitting streak from April 11-May 11.
- committed 11 errors in 203 chances at third base for a .946 fielding percentage.

Sophomore (2013)
- started each of MSU's 60 games at third base.
- earned NFCA and Daktronics first-team All-America honors hitting .420 with six doubles, a triple and 13 home runs while driving in a team-high 69 runs.
- ranked second in the Lone Star Conference and 59th in NCAA Division II in batting average.
- rated 39th nationally and sixth in the LSC with 13 home runs.
- was 16th in NCAA Division II driving in 1.15 runs per game.
- ranked 26th in NCAA Division in on-base percentage (.524).
- tied a program record with 19 multiple-RBI games including 10 with 3-or-more RBIs.
- logged 2-or-more hits in 22 games.
- twice tied MSU's single game standard by going 5-for-5 with 5 RBIs against West Texas A&M on March 16, 2013 then went 5-for-5 with 3 RBIs at Tarleton State on April 12, 2013.
- drove in runs in 13 consecutive games from Feb. 17-March 20, 2013 including multiple runs in nine of the contests.
- blasted two homers for the first time in her career against Cameron on April 16, 2013.
- hit .594 (19-of-32) with one double, six homers and 28 RBIs during a season-best 11-game hitting streak from March 2-20, 2013.
- belted first career grand slam as part of a 13-5 win over Northeastern State (Okla.) on March 2, 2013.

Freshman (2012)
- started 49 games at shortstop.
- hit .308 as a true freshmen with 10 doubles, one triple, four home runs while driving in 38 runs.
- had 12 multiple hit games with a season-best four against Tarleton State on April 11 going 4-for-4 with a double, a triple, 2 RBIs and one run scored.
- named to All-Lone Star Conference third team.
- named to the Lone Star Conference Commisioner's Honor Roll.
- had 10 multiple RBI games with a season-best four on two occasions against Pittsburg State (2/26) and Texas A&M Kingsville (4/14).
- blasted two home runs against West Texas A&M on March 10.
- held a .924 fielding percentage handling 171 of her 184 chances.

At Midway High School
- three-year starter in softball and volleyball at Midway High School in Waco, Texas. earned Waco Tribune Herald Super CenTex first team and first-team All-District 8-4A honors while leading Panthers to a Texas Class 4A State Championship as a junior on the softball diamond in 2010.
- gained all-state tournament honors as a catcher.
- earned second-team all-district honors in softball helping Midway High to a regional quarterfinal showing in 2009.
- part of MHS' Class 4A state semifinal team as a junior in 2007.
- played a role in six district championships from her freshman through junior years including three in volleyball and three in softball.
- earned All-Midway Award following 2009-10 academic year.
- led Houston-based club Texas Sudden Impact Gold to a Top 15 showing at ASA and Premiere nationals in summer of 2010.
- competed for Dallas-based Texas Fusion 16U during the Summer of 2009.
- member of the National Honor Society.
- granted Spirit of Midway Award - given for academics, involvement and volunteerism - three times.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2012Freshman

    Shortstop
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2013Sophomore

    Third Baseman
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2014Junior

    Third Baseman
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2015Senior

    Third Baseman
    5'9"
    25