#1 Molly Kelly Season 2015-16

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• Father, Mitchell, wrestled for Iowa from 1982-87
• Cousin, Nicholas Baer, played basketball for Iowa from 2014-19
• One of seven Hawkeyes to appear in every match (33) in 2015

2018 as a senior

• Appeared in 31 matches with 31 starts
• Iowa’s Big Ten sportsmanship recipient
• Set single-season school record with 619 digs
• Holds school record for digs in a three-set match (27)
• Recorded career-high in digs back-to-back games against SMU (20) and Lipscomb (24)
• Tied a career-high seven assists at Washington on Aug. 31
• Tallied 20 digs and four assists against Colorado on Sept. 1
• Notched three assists, two aces, and 15 digs in a win over South Dakota State on Sept. 8
• Tied a career-high with 24 digs in win over Drake on Sept. 8
• Named to Cyclone Classic All-Tournament team
• Tallied 23 digs and four assists in a win over Wyoming
• Chipped in 22 assists in victory over Iowa State
• Set a new career-high with 29 digs in loss vs No. 18 Michigan on Sept. 23
• Recorded 22 digs in win over No. 6 Wisconsin on Oct. 6
• Recorded 25 digs vs. Rutgers on Nov.2
• Recorded 22 digs against No. 6 Nebraska
• Reached 1,000 digs against No.6 Nebraska on November 7
• Registered 15 digs against Michigan State
• Tallied 23 digs against Indiana
• Recorded 26 digs vs. No. 12 Purdue
• Set a new career-high of 34 digs vs. Maryland
• Notched 20 digs vs. Ohio State

2017 as a Junior

• Appeared in 32 matches
• Tallied 45 assists, 15 aces, and 189 digs overall
• Had 105 digs, 29 assists, and five aces in Big Ten play
• Recorded 13 digs at Maryland on Nov. 17
• Had nine digs and four assists against No. 22 Purdue on Nov. 5
• Tallied 10 digs and two aces at No. 10 Michigan State on Oct. 28
• Had a service ace against Northwestern on Oct. 21
• Recorded 13 digs against Indiana on Oct. 11
• Registered 11 digs against No. 22 Michigan on Oct. 4
• Had five digs against No. 3 Minnesota on Sept. 30
• Recorded three assists against Princeton on Sept. 16
• Had a season-high three aces and 11 digs against NIU on Sept. 9
• Recorded a career-best 14 digs and an ace against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 2
• Had second career kill at Long Beach State on Aug. 26
• Racked up a season-high 11 digs at Long Beach State on Aug. 26

2016 as a Sophomore

• Appeared in all 32 matches and had a team-high 26 service aces
• Chipped in 140 digs and 30 assists
• Collected 92 digs, 18 assists and 17 service aces in league play
• Tallied three service aces against No. 14 Michigan State on Nov. 26
• Registered six digs against the Spartans
• Had five digs at Rutgers on Nov. 4
• Tied a career-high four aces against No. 24 Illinois on Oct. 29
• Chipped in eight digs against Northwestern on Oct. 28
• Had two service aces against No. 4 Wisconsin
• Collected seven digs at Maryland on Oct. 14
• Registered six digs in Iowa’s upset victory over No. 17 Purdue
• Amassed nine digs in Iowa’s win at Northwestern
• Registered seven digs against Michigan on Sept. 24
• Recorded seven digs in Iowa’s 3-0 win over NDSU
• Recorded a career-high four aces in Iowa’s 4-1 win vs. Loyola-Chicago on Aug. 27
• Registered seven digs and four assists against Oakland on Sept. 3

2015 as a Freshman

• Appeared in all 33 matches
• Tallied 177 digs and averaged 1.55 digs per set
• Recorded 22 service aces for a 0.19 service aces per set average — the sixth-best average among collegiate freshmen and second best on the team
• Reached double digits in digs three times
• Recorded nine digs in Iowa’s 3-2 win over Pacific on Aug. 29
• Recorded a career-high three aces in back-to-back games against Pacific and Northern Illinois
• Recorded eight digs against American on Sept. 6
• Registered nine digs and set a new career-high with three assists against Milwaukee on Sept. 11
• Recorded nine digs against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 18
• Posted a career-high 11 digs against No. 24 Michigan on Oct. 7
• Recorded nine digs against Michigan State on Oct. 10
• Matched her career high with three service against No. 16 Wisconsin on Oct. 23
• Recorded a career-high and team-leading 12 digs at Indiana on Nov. 4
• Recorded six digs against Purdue on Nov. 7
• Registered eight digs against Ohio State on Nov. 18
• Tallied seven digs against Northwestern on Nov. 21
• Recorded eight digs and a career-high five assists against Maryland on Nov. 25

High School

• Four-year all-conference honoree
• All-region selection as a junior and senior
• Garnered first team all-state honors as a senior and honorable mention all-state honors as a junior
• Holds four West Liberty school records: digs, serving efficiency, digs in a single match, and digs per set
• Helped West Liberty qualify for state in 2011 and earn a conference tournament championships in 2011 and 2012
• Named Player of the Year by the Muscatine Journal and Quad City Times as a senior
• Selected to play on the Iowa Senior All-Star Team
• Led Iowa 3A in digs per set in 2013 and total digs in 2014
• Played club for the Iowa Rockets
• Helped the team to a USA National Championship in Dallas, Texas, in 2013 with current Hawkeye Alyssa Klostermann, a High Performance International Championship in 2012, and a third place finish at Nationals in Atlanta in 2011
• Four-year 4.0+ Honor Roll student and a three-year National Honor Society member
• Student Council member, Class President, and involved in the Dual Language Spanish Program

Personal

• Born February 18, 1997
• Daughter of Mitchell and Janine Kelly
• Has three siblings: Shannon, Marissa, and Joe