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Senior
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| Hometown:
Broken Arrow, Okla.
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| High School:
Broken Arrow
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| Height:
5-5
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| Position:
INF
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| Birthdate:
11/07/1980
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Will start at shortstop for fourth straight year ... Two-time first team All-Big
12 ... The best athlete on the team ... A complete athlete who has speed, a good
arm and power ... Contributed 124 assists and 96 putouts last season ... Compiled
a .330 batting average with 64 hits and 45 runs scored in 2002.
2002 (Junior)
Starting shortstop ... Named the Big 12's first team all-conference shortstop
for the second straight year ... Also picked up second team Academic All-Big 12
honors ... Garnered Big 12 All-Tournament honors ... Named first team All-Midwest
Region ... Named to the Region 5 All-Tournament Team ... One of eight Sooners
to hit a home run during the UTA Tournament (2/8-10) ... Top performance of the
tournament was a 3-for-4 effort against UTSA (2/9) with three runs scored and
one RBI ... Compiled three two-hit efforts during the OU/Nike Classic (2/15-17)
and the OU/Worth Invitational (3/7-10) ... Hit two homers in four-game span against
Rutgers (3/15) and Loyola Marymount (3/18) ... Hit a three-run homer, her fourth
roundtripper in a two-week span, in OU's seven-run third inning at Tulsa (3/27)
... Doubled in two more runs in game two versus Texas Tech (3/29) ... Drew a walk
and scored the first of the Sooners' five runs in the seventh inning comeback
over Oklahoma State (4/3) ... Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI in
game two of the Iowa State doubleheader (4/6) ... Hit her sixth home run to plate
the final run of the 11-1 victory ... Went 2-for-3 with two RBI in game one win
at Missouri (4/10) ... Batted .750 (3-for-4) during the Kansas series (4/20-4/21)
... Went deep for the seventh time this season against OSU (4/24) to score OU's
first run of the game ... Doubled home the tying run in the fifth inning against
No. 22 Baylor (4/27) ... Drove in one more run in the Sooners' four-run 10th inning
... Scored the Sooners' second run against No. 22 Baylor (4/28) ... Went 2-for-2
and scored two runs in the regular season finale against Tulsa (4/30) ... Finished
third in the Big 12 Tournament (5/2-5/5) in hitting with a .538 average ... Collected
at least one hit and one run scored in four of the five contests ... Belted home
runs against Iowa State (5/3) and Texas (5/4) ... Batted .455 (5-for-11) with
two runs scored and RBI during the NCAA Region 5 Tournament (5/16-5/19) ... Had
two two-hit performances during the event ... Scored the winning run in the Sooners'
pivotal 4-1 win over top-seeded and 10th-ranked Texas (5/18) ... Appeared in only
one WCWS game after suffering a pregame injury prior to the Cal (5/23) contest
... Drew two walks and stole a base against UCLA (5/25).
2001 (Sophomore)
Earned first team All-America honors ... Named the Big 12 Player of the Year after
hitting .491 in league games ... Big 12 Player of the Week for Feb. 13 ... Led
the Big 12 in four offensive categories and another six in league games only ...
Team leader in five offensive categories, including batting average (.435), on-base
percenage (.507), runs scored (63), hits (81) and total bases (128) ... The only
person in the Big 12 to bag more than 100 total bases ... A starter in all 58
games she played ... Missed one due to illness ... Registered a hit in 45 of the
58 games ... Had a 12-game hitting streak that started at Nebraska ... Hit .619
during the streak with seven doubles, three triples, three homers and 15 RBI ...
Recorded a hit in each game and two or more in four of the five outings at the
UTA/Isuzu Classic ... Got on base safely in nine straight trips to the plate and
hit .733 for the weekend, going 11-for-15 with two doubles, three home runs and
10 RBI ... Accounted for six of the Sooners' 17 runs in 17-1 win over Tulsa (2/10)
... Went 3-for-4 with a career-high five RBI, two runs and a three-run homer ...
Hit .333 at the Hillenbrand Invitational, including 2-for-3 performances against
Indiana State (3/2) and Western Michigan (3/3) ... Went 6-for-14 during the Kia
Klassic with six runs and five RBI ... Had a two-run homer against New Mexico
State (3/16) to start the Sooners' rally ... Collected a hit in each game of the
Texas A&M series with two runs and three RBI ... Was an impossible out at Iowa
State (4/1) where she went 4-for-4 wtih a run and two RBI ... Led off the Texas
Tech (4/7) series with a 3-for-4 outing that included two doubles ... Sent the
first pitch of the Oklahoma State game (4/19) out of the park and ended the game
with another two hits, three runs and four RBI ... Tripled and singled in a 2-of-3
performance versus Baylor (4/21) ... Went 3-for-4 the following day in 7-1 win
over the Bears (4/22) ... Was a homer shy of the cycle with a 4-for-4 outing at
Tulsa (4/25) ... Scored three runs and drove in another two ... Had a 12-game
hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-3 outing at Kansas (4/28) ... Went 3-for-4
with a two-run homer in regular-season finale against Tulsa (5/3) ... Had a 2-for-3
outing against North Carolina in the NCAA Regional (5/18) ... Scored three runs
... Went 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBI in regional final against the Huskies
(5/20) ... Hit .538 in the tournament with four RBI, four walks and two stolen
bases and was an all-tournament team selection ... Opened the Women's College
World Series with an 0-for-3 performance against Michigan (5/24), then rebounded
with a 2-for-4 effort versus eventual national champ Arizona in the Sooners' 5-4
loss ... Accounted for OU's lone run in the season-ending 2-1 loss to LSU with
a solo homer.
2000 (Freshman)
Played in all 74 games ... Named to the WCWS All-Tournament team for her outstanding
defense ... Began the season in right field before being converted to the Sooners'
starting shortstop ... Hit .322 with seven home runs ... Led the team and ranked
second among Big 12 Conference players with five triples ... Ranked third on the
team and in the Big 12 with 47 runs scored ... Finished the 2000 campaign ranked
among the Big 12 leaders in triples (second), runs scored (third), doubles (tied-fifth),
total bases (fifth), RBIs (seventh), hits (eighth) and batting average (19th).
High School
Played at second base and shortstop ... Selected the Gatorade Player of the Year
in Oklahoma ... Played on two class 5A state championship teams ... Named to the All-State
team her senior year ... Holds Broken Arrow High School records for most hits in
a season and in a career ... Posted a career batting average of .420 ... Coached by
Jim Hillman ... Was a three-year starter and all-district player on the basketball
team ... Lettered one year in golf and advanced to the state tournament.
Personal
Full name is Kelli Wrae Braitsch ... Nickname is "KB" ... Born November 7, 1980,
in Tulsa, Okla. ... Daughter of Judy Braitsch and the late Ray Braitsch ... Has
one sister, Heather, who is a former OU graduate ... Criminology major.
