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Leah
Kelley
Senior • SS
Conway, Mass.
Kelley earned first team All-Ivy honors
last spring. She led the Bulldogs in stolen
bases with 21 and was second in runs scored (27) and third in
batting average (.288) and hits (42) in addition to playing an
outstanding defensive shortstop. In her last 20 games, she batted
.435 (27-for-62) with 12 runs scored and eight RBI. She
also had the first four-hit game of her career against Army and
had nine multi-hit games. As a sophomore Kelley started all 45
games, led the team in stolen bases with 14 and was fifth in
batting (.248). Her top performance of the season was against
Rider when she went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored and
a stolen base. As a freshman, she was third on the team in stolen
bases with eight. She earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week
honors once and was named to the New Haven City Series alltournament
team. At Frontier Regional High School Kelley was
part of a team that went 77-9, twice reached the state finals and
won four league championships. She was a four-time first-team
All-Western Massachusetts selection and a three-time recipient
of the Frontier Regional Best Defensive Player award. As a
senior, Kelley was named the 2000 Western Massachusetts Player
of the Year. She is the daughter of Ernest and Hsiu-Li Kelley.
Kelley’s Statistics
Year G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR SB-A
2001 44 112 9 23 9 .205 3 0 0 8-8
2002 45 137 22 34 10 .248 4 1 0 14-19
2003 49 146 27 42 16 .288 3 2 1 21-22
Career 138 395 58 99 35 .251 10 3 1 43-49
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Katharine
Shiota
Senior • UTY
Irvine, Calif.
Shiota appeared in 22 games last year
before illness ended her season. She
belted her first career home run against Sacred Heart and had
two multiple RBI games. As a sophomore Shiota played in 23
games after missing most of her freshman year due to injury. At
Woodbridge High School, Shiota was part of a team that won
three straight league championships and captured the 1997 state
tournament. As a senior Shiota was named Best Defensive
Player and earned honorable mention all-league recognition. She
is the daughter of Robert and Jean Shiota.
Shiota’s Statistics
Year G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR SB-A
2001 4 5 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0-0
2002 23 35 0 4 0 .111 0 0 0 0-0
2003 22 35 2 5 6 .143 2 0 1 0-0
Career 49 75 2 9 6 .120 2 0 1 0-0
Kristy
8 Kwiatkowski
Junior • C
Manalapan, N.J.
Kwiatkowski has earned second team
All-Ivy recognition in each of her first
two years. Last spring she started 46 games behind the plate,
threw out 15 runners trying to steal and tied for the team lead in
home runs with three. The highlight of her season came when
she belted a game-winning, two-run home run in the bottom of
the seventh inning against St. John’s. As a freshman, she was
fourth on the team in RBI (12) and fifth in hits (31). In addition,
she was the only freshman to start in all 45 games. In the second
game of a doubleheader against Pennsylvania she went 3-for-4
with a triple, two runs scored, and five RBI. She also had two
other three-hit games. Kwiatkowski was a two-time all-state selection
at Manalapan High School. In 2001, she earned both
Player of the Year and Outstanding Athlete honors. She led her
team to the Shore Conference League Championship. At Yale,
Kwiatkowski resides in Ezra Stiles College. She is the daughter
of Mark and Karen Kwiatkowski.
Kwiatkowski’s Statistics
Year G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR SB-A
2002 45 141 18 31 12 .220 3 1 0 3-3
2003 48 128 17 34 18 .266 3 2 3 8-8
Career 93 269 35 65 30 .242 6 3 3 11-11
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