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Moira Kelley
Position
Defender
Height
5-9
Class
Senior
Hometown
Overland Park, Kan.
High School
Saint Thomas Aquinas HS
NIL Opportunities
Contact
JUNIOR – 2022
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Started the first 14 matches before suffering a season-ending injury
- Finished the season with one assist vs. Northwestern (Aug. 21)
- Recorded eight shots, including three shots on goal
- Logged 1,233 minutes
- Played all 90 minutes in the first 12 matches of the season
SOPHOMORE – 2021
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Started all 19 matches
- Led the team in minutes played (1,748)
- Recorded two assists on the season
- Finished the season with seven shots, including two shots on goal
FRESHMAN – 2020
- Big 12 All-Freshman Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Started all 13 games in her first season in the Crimson and Blue
- Recorded her first-career assist on Rylan Childers goal against Iowa State on March 20 and earned Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors
- Finished the season with six shot attempts, including a two against Texas Tech on Sept. 25
- Finished the season with 1,214 minutes played
- Ranked No. 43 on the TopDrawer Soccer Freshman Top 100 Midseason list
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS HS
- In her one season playing for Saint Thomas Aquinas, helped the Saints to the league, district and regional championships as a freshman in 2017
- Only freshman named to Mo-Kan All-Tournament team in 2017
- Newcomer of the Year for the Saints in 2017
- Graduated with a GPA of 4.37
ODP/CLUB
- Played on US Soccer Development Academy team, Sporting Blue Valley, that finished with a top-10 ranking and allowed the second-fewest goals among all DA teams with 14 shutouts
- Selected for Generation Adidas Olympique Lyonnais international team that competed in Lyon, France in 2018
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Tim and Kim Kelley
- Has two brothers, Liam and Aidan
- Brother, Liam, currently attends KU, while mother, Kim, aunt, Laurie, and Uncle, Chad, attended KU
- Majoring in psychology