University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2015 Softball Roster
Vincent, Kelsey
Jersey Number 28
Kelsey Vincent
- Position:
- First Base
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Tomball, Texas
- High School:
- Tomball HS
Bio
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team (2016)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2015)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2015)
All-Louisiana First Team (2015)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2014)
All-Louisiana Honorable Mention (2014)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2013)
2016 (Senior)
Served as the starting first baseman for the third straight season … started all 55 games … hit cleanup entire season, except when Lexie Elkins was out injured (hit 3rd during the 18-game stretch) … posted a .301 batting average, finishing above .300 for the second straight season … produced career-best totals for hits (49) and RBI (54) … topped all Sun Belt first basemen in home runs with 15, her second straight season reaching double digits (hit 18 in 2015) … adding in five doubles, reached 20 extra base hits for the second straight year … second on the team with 24 hits with runners in scoring position; hit .407 w/RISP … nearly 50 percent of her hits (24-of-49) came with a runner in scoring position … top 75 NCAA in walks, tallying 35 to reach mark for the third straight season … increased career walks total to 129 which ranks fifth all-time in school history … lowered her strikeout numbers, with only 33 through 55 games (had 47 in 2015) … reached three RBI seven times and finished with a career-high 14 multiple-RBI games … posted five three-hit performances and collected nine multiple-hit games … registered a career-high 10-game hitting streak Feb. 21-Mar. 6 … made her 200th career appearance on May 21 vs. Texas in the NCAA Lafayette Regional … homered twice and collected five RBI on opening day in Gulf Shores … highlight was a 3-for-4 outing with four RBI in the season opener vs. Ball State … week of Feb. 22-28, hit .571 (8-for-14) with two homers and 12 RBI … recorded multiple-RBI in four of the six games and did not strikeout in any of her 20 plate appearances … two-run single in the sixth inning of Game 2 vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 25 increased the Cajuns lead to 9-5 … produced a run in all three plate appearances vs. Rutgers on Feb. 26 (solo HR and pair of RBI singles), totaling four RBI … adding in five RBI combined in a pair of matchups with Alcorn State, completed the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational with nine RBI … hit .450 (18-of-40) with five home runs and 18 RBI in February … delivered the game-winning hit in the sixth inning of Game 2 vs. South Alabama on March 13, when she took the first offering from reliever Devin Brown into left field to score Shellie Landry, breaking a 6-6 tie and completing the rally from a 6-2 deficit … picked up career RBI No. 100 on a three-run home run in Game 2 at UT Arlington (March 19) … hit a grand slam in the fifth inning of Game 2 to lift the Cajuns to a 4-3 win at No. 19 Baylor (Mar. 29) … launched a two-run home run off of Texas State reliever Quincy Charleston in Game 2 of the Saturday doubleheader, drawing a 2-2 tie with the Bobcats and jumpstarting the five-run rally which led the Cajuns to the win … reached double digits in home runs for the second straight season with her 10th of the campaign on April 23 vs. Appalachian State … drew a bases-loaded walk in the third inning of Game 1 at Georgia Southern for the first of five runs the Cajuns scored in the 5-0 win that clinched a share of the Sun Belt championship … at Sun Belt Tournament in Mobile, homered twice and posted six RBI combined over winner’s bracket final and championship game vs. Texas State ... provided the final lead change in the winner’s bracket game with a three-run home run in the third inning that erased a 6-5 deficit … named to the All-Tournament team … broke a 1-1 tie in the first inning of the NCAA Lafayette Regional opener vs. Boston University with a two-run home run … in her final collegiate at bat, unloaded a three-run home run in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the NCAA Norman Super Regional to trim the Oklahoma lead to 7-6 … was 3-for-3 with four RBI that night vs. the Sooners, posting her fifth game with three hits and four RBI.
2015 (Junior)
Started at first base for the second straight season...Posted personal single-season bests in average (.308), hits (44), home runs (18), RBI (40), slugging percentage (.755) and extra base hits (28)…Ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference with 13 home runs in league play (trailed only Lexie Elkins)…Led all SBC first basemen in home runs and slugging percentage…Ranked Top 20 NCAA in walks per game, drew a walk in 32 of 54 games…Collected 45 walks which represents the fifth-most in school history...Homered in seven of the 11 games played Mar. 28-Apr. 18…Produced 12 multiple-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games…Tied the school single-game record with three home runs on Mar. 13 vs. UTA, landing her first career multiple-home run game...Posted a .424 average, 13 home runs, 29 RBI and slugged 1.121 in Sun Belt play...Collected at least one base hit in 17 of 23 Sun Belt games...Brought season average above .300 on Mar. 28 and remained above the mark through the season's final 24 games...Played a key part in doubleheader sweep of South Alabama on Mar. 7, finishing the twinbill 5-of-8 with two runs scored, a double, home run and three RBI...Doubled and homered in both games of the Texas State doubleheader on Mar. 28, concluding the day with 4-of-7 with two doubles, two home runs and four RBI...First career grand slam came in Georgia State series finale on Apr. 4, increasing Louisiana's first inning lead to 5-0...Three-run home run in second game of doubleheader vs. #14 Baylor on Apr. 11 extended the Cajuns lead to 10-2...Belted three home runs and notched four RBI in sweep of Appalachian State on Apr. 18...Drove home a game-high four runs in season finale at ULM, marking the sixth time with three-plus RBI...Two home runs in Auburn Super Regional opener marked her third multiple-home run game of the season.
2014 (Sophomore)
Named to the All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team and an All-Louisiana Honorable Mention selection, voted on by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association … made 54 appearances with 50 starts, mostly at first base … batted .256 with 33 hits, 27 RBI and 15 runs scored … third on the team and fourth in the conference with 38 walks … 39th nationally with .70 walks per game ... second on the squad with 12 double plays turned … fourth on the team with a .429 on base percentage … matched a career-high three RBI with a seventh-inning home run in a 10-1 win over Texas (5/18) that sent Louisiana to the Super Regionals … posted a career-high three walks in a win over No. 4 Michigan (2/14) … drew four walks in the NCAA Super Regional against Arizona (5/23-24) … had a 2-for-3 outing with two RBI and one walk in a victory over No. 13 Oklahoma (3/15).
2013 (Freshman)
Appeared in 40 games, starting nine … saw time mostly as a pinch hitter, starting all nine games at first base … batted .135 with nine RBI, five runs and four home runs … made her collegiate debut as a defensive replacement in the season opener against Lipscomb (2/9) … recorded her first career hit against Mississippi Valley State (2/15), a double … hit her first career home run against College of Charleston (3/2) as a pinch hitter … made her first collegiate start against Louisiana Tech (3/13) … homered in the Cajuns’ five home run inning against Southern Miss (4/10), a three-run homer ... was the Cajuns’ representative in the Sun Belt Home Run Derby at the conference tournament Fan Day.
High School
Was a four-time letterwinner at Tomball High School in Tomball, Texas … helped lead the Cougars to back-to-back district championships … advanced to the state tournament as a sophomore … played in the All-Greater Houston All-Star game as a senior … named to the all-academic team as a junior and senior.
Personal
Born on December 26, 1993 in Tomball, Texas ... daughter of Cathy and the late Bobby Vincent … has one brother, Eric …majoring in Exercise Science.
Sun Belt Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team (2016)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2015)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2015)
All-Louisiana First Team (2015)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2014)
All-Louisiana Honorable Mention (2014)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2013)
2016 (Senior)
Served as the starting first baseman for the third straight season … started all 55 games … hit cleanup entire season, except when Lexie Elkins was out injured (hit 3rd during the 18-game stretch) … posted a .301 batting average, finishing above .300 for the second straight season … produced career-best totals for hits (49) and RBI (54) … topped all Sun Belt first basemen in home runs with 15, her second straight season reaching double digits (hit 18 in 2015) … adding in five doubles, reached 20 extra base hits for the second straight year … second on the team with 24 hits with runners in scoring position; hit .407 w/RISP … nearly 50 percent of her hits (24-of-49) came with a runner in scoring position … top 75 NCAA in walks, tallying 35 to reach mark for the third straight season … increased career walks total to 129 which ranks fifth all-time in school history … lowered her strikeout numbers, with only 33 through 55 games (had 47 in 2015) … reached three RBI seven times and finished with a career-high 14 multiple-RBI games … posted five three-hit performances and collected nine multiple-hit games … registered a career-high 10-game hitting streak Feb. 21-Mar. 6 … made her 200th career appearance on May 21 vs. Texas in the NCAA Lafayette Regional … homered twice and collected five RBI on opening day in Gulf Shores … highlight was a 3-for-4 outing with four RBI in the season opener vs. Ball State … week of Feb. 22-28, hit .571 (8-for-14) with two homers and 12 RBI … recorded multiple-RBI in four of the six games and did not strikeout in any of her 20 plate appearances … two-run single in the sixth inning of Game 2 vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 25 increased the Cajuns lead to 9-5 … produced a run in all three plate appearances vs. Rutgers on Feb. 26 (solo HR and pair of RBI singles), totaling four RBI … adding in five RBI combined in a pair of matchups with Alcorn State, completed the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational with nine RBI … hit .450 (18-of-40) with five home runs and 18 RBI in February … delivered the game-winning hit in the sixth inning of Game 2 vs. South Alabama on March 13, when she took the first offering from reliever Devin Brown into left field to score Shellie Landry, breaking a 6-6 tie and completing the rally from a 6-2 deficit … picked up career RBI No. 100 on a three-run home run in Game 2 at UT Arlington (March 19) … hit a grand slam in the fifth inning of Game 2 to lift the Cajuns to a 4-3 win at No. 19 Baylor (Mar. 29) … launched a two-run home run off of Texas State reliever Quincy Charleston in Game 2 of the Saturday doubleheader, drawing a 2-2 tie with the Bobcats and jumpstarting the five-run rally which led the Cajuns to the win … reached double digits in home runs for the second straight season with her 10th of the campaign on April 23 vs. Appalachian State … drew a bases-loaded walk in the third inning of Game 1 at Georgia Southern for the first of five runs the Cajuns scored in the 5-0 win that clinched a share of the Sun Belt championship … at Sun Belt Tournament in Mobile, homered twice and posted six RBI combined over winner’s bracket final and championship game vs. Texas State ... provided the final lead change in the winner’s bracket game with a three-run home run in the third inning that erased a 6-5 deficit … named to the All-Tournament team … broke a 1-1 tie in the first inning of the NCAA Lafayette Regional opener vs. Boston University with a two-run home run … in her final collegiate at bat, unloaded a three-run home run in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the NCAA Norman Super Regional to trim the Oklahoma lead to 7-6 … was 3-for-3 with four RBI that night vs. the Sooners, posting her fifth game with three hits and four RBI.
2015 (Junior)
Started at first base for the second straight season...Posted personal single-season bests in average (.308), hits (44), home runs (18), RBI (40), slugging percentage (.755) and extra base hits (28)…Ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference with 13 home runs in league play (trailed only Lexie Elkins)…Led all SBC first basemen in home runs and slugging percentage…Ranked Top 20 NCAA in walks per game, drew a walk in 32 of 54 games…Collected 45 walks which represents the fifth-most in school history...Homered in seven of the 11 games played Mar. 28-Apr. 18…Produced 12 multiple-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games…Tied the school single-game record with three home runs on Mar. 13 vs. UTA, landing her first career multiple-home run game...Posted a .424 average, 13 home runs, 29 RBI and slugged 1.121 in Sun Belt play...Collected at least one base hit in 17 of 23 Sun Belt games...Brought season average above .300 on Mar. 28 and remained above the mark through the season's final 24 games...Played a key part in doubleheader sweep of South Alabama on Mar. 7, finishing the twinbill 5-of-8 with two runs scored, a double, home run and three RBI...Doubled and homered in both games of the Texas State doubleheader on Mar. 28, concluding the day with 4-of-7 with two doubles, two home runs and four RBI...First career grand slam came in Georgia State series finale on Apr. 4, increasing Louisiana's first inning lead to 5-0...Three-run home run in second game of doubleheader vs. #14 Baylor on Apr. 11 extended the Cajuns lead to 10-2...Belted three home runs and notched four RBI in sweep of Appalachian State on Apr. 18...Drove home a game-high four runs in season finale at ULM, marking the sixth time with three-plus RBI...Two home runs in Auburn Super Regional opener marked her third multiple-home run game of the season.
2014 (Sophomore)
Named to the All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team and an All-Louisiana Honorable Mention selection, voted on by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association … made 54 appearances with 50 starts, mostly at first base … batted .256 with 33 hits, 27 RBI and 15 runs scored … third on the team and fourth in the conference with 38 walks … 39th nationally with .70 walks per game ... second on the squad with 12 double plays turned … fourth on the team with a .429 on base percentage … matched a career-high three RBI with a seventh-inning home run in a 10-1 win over Texas (5/18) that sent Louisiana to the Super Regionals … posted a career-high three walks in a win over No. 4 Michigan (2/14) … drew four walks in the NCAA Super Regional against Arizona (5/23-24) … had a 2-for-3 outing with two RBI and one walk in a victory over No. 13 Oklahoma (3/15).
2013 (Freshman)
Appeared in 40 games, starting nine … saw time mostly as a pinch hitter, starting all nine games at first base … batted .135 with nine RBI, five runs and four home runs … made her collegiate debut as a defensive replacement in the season opener against Lipscomb (2/9) … recorded her first career hit against Mississippi Valley State (2/15), a double … hit her first career home run against College of Charleston (3/2) as a pinch hitter … made her first collegiate start against Louisiana Tech (3/13) … homered in the Cajuns’ five home run inning against Southern Miss (4/10), a three-run homer ... was the Cajuns’ representative in the Sun Belt Home Run Derby at the conference tournament Fan Day.
High School
Was a four-time letterwinner at Tomball High School in Tomball, Texas … helped lead the Cougars to back-to-back district championships … advanced to the state tournament as a sophomore … played in the All-Greater Houston All-Star game as a senior … named to the all-academic team as a junior and senior.
Personal
Born on December 26, 1993 in Tomball, Texas ... daughter of Cathy and the late Bobby Vincent … has one brother, Eric …majoring in Exercise Science.
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