#11

Kelly Van Houten

5-8, Sr.

Shortstop

Raleigh, N.C., (Wake Christian)

2000:Played in 69 games, starting 69...Hit .226 with 12 runs scored off 45 hits and batted in nine runs...Ranked first on the team in sac bunts, with 14...Had 10 multiple hit games, including two consecutive three-hit games on April 5 and April 8...Had a six-game hit game streak from April 2 through April 9...Drove in two runs in back-to-back ga,es on March 5...Recorded a .935 fielding percentage on 307 total chances...Ranks fourth on Furman's all-time assists chart, with 322...

1999: Played in and started 55 games... Hit .300 or better 20 times with six multiple hit games...Led the team in RBI's, with 20, and was third in home runs, with two...Scored 13 runs on the year, which ranked fourth on the team...Had season-high five assists March 10 versus Elon and recorded four putouts versus Middle Tennessee State...Six game hitting streak from April 1through April 10...

1998: Played in 60 games starting 59... hit .226 in 159 at bats and scored a team-high 15 runs...Went four-for-four in stolen base chances and recorded a .924 fielding percentage in 197 chances...Garnered four extra-base hits and tallied a .252 slugging percentage for the year...Managed multiple hits in seven games, including three versus Charleston Southern and Erskine...Scored three runs in 12-4 victory over Iona...

1997: Played in and started 10 games before an injury sidelined her for the season...Earned a medical redshirt and extra season of eligibility...Collected six hits and five RBI's with two runs scored...

High School: Four-time All-State selection and team MVP as a senior...Four-time letterwinner in volleyball and team MVP as a senior...Also named basketball MVP as a senior and four-time letterwinner

Personal: Kelly Lyn Van Houten was born Nov. 15, 1977, in Raleigh, North Carolina...Daughter of Leonard and Debbie Van Houten...Majoring in individualized curriculum program...

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