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2010 Women's Lacrosse
Kara Kelly
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Garden City, NY
- High School:
- Garden City
2010 Captain
2009: Played in 14 of 15 games, starting all14, and missing one due to injury … Finished fourth on theteam with 19 ground balls … Also had six draw controls andseven caused turnovers … 2008: Started all16 games … Finished fourth on the team with 15 points (14g,1a) … Was third on the team with 28 ground balls and alsohad 13 draw controls and 14 caused turnovers … Finished theseason 7-10 on free position attempts … Scored two goalsagainst Sacred Heart, Stony Brook, and Columbia … Picked upa season and career-high four ground balls against Sacred Heart,North Carolina, and Stony Brook … 2007: Made an immediate impact on the team, playing in all 16 games andstarting 10 … Scored five goals with one each againstTemple, St. Mary’s, Columbia, Princeton, and Boston College,including the game-winning goal against St. Mary’s …Also had 17 ground balls, 11 draw controls, and nine causedturnovers … Recorded a career-high two ground balls fivetimes during the season … Won a career-high three drawcontrols against New Hampshire … Caused a career-high threeturnovers against Yale, while marking Lauren Taylor and holding thenation’s leading goal scorer to just a single goal …Was used many times to mark the opposing team’s strongestattacker … Before Brown: A three-sportathlete at Garden City High School, Kelly played lacrosse andbasketball for four years, and soccer for three … A captainfor the lacrosse team, Kelly helped to lead Garden City to the 2006NY State Championship … A captain for both basketball andsoccer in 2005, Kelly was named MVP of her soccer team in 2005… Earned Honorable Mention All-American honors for lacrossein 2005, while leading Garden City to a Long Island Championshipand the NY State Finals … Played club lacrosse for the LongIsland Yellow Jackets … Named a 2006 Academic All-American… Member of National Honor Society and German Honor Society… Personal: The daughter of Pamela and thelate John Kelly, Kara has a sister, Katie, and a brother, Garrett… Concentrating in Neuroscience.
