Tayven Kelley Season 2024

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Tied fifth all-time at Penn State with 11 triples.

Season: 2023: Tied second in a season at Penn State with five triples. 2022: Tied for the eighth-most triples in a season at PSU (4).
 
2023 (SENIOR)
Rankings: Ranked second in the Big Ten and 26th in the country with five triples…Sat 24th in the nation, and second in the conference, averaging 0.11 triples per game.
 
Season: Appeared in 46 games, making 45 starts…Made all 45 starts in the outfield…Collected 42 hits, including 12 doubles, five triples and four homers, 31 RBI and 33 runs…Drew 15 walks and recorded four steals…Had a .444 slugging percentage…In conference play, tallied 17 hits, including two doubles, two triples and two homers, 13 RBI and 14 runs…Had 12 multi-hit games, seven multi-RBI games and 10 multi-run games.
 
Game-By-Game: at Miami (2/17-19): Launched a solo homer and scored two runs in the series opener…Tallied two hits, including an RBI single in the series finale. vs. Northern Illinois (2/24): Had a single in game one and two base hits in game two. vs. Monmouth (2/26): Recorded two hits, including a double, drove in two runs and scored twice. vs. Wagner/Dartmouth (3/4): Registered two doubles and a homer, scoring three runs and driving in a career-high four RBI against Wagner…Doubled and scored a run against Dartmouth. vs. Holy Cross (3/6): Tallied three hits, including an RBI double, and scored two runs. at North Carolina (3/8): Ripped a double and scored a run. Binghamton (3/21): Lined a three-run triple to right in the eighth. at Michigan (3/24-26): Had one hit in each game of the series and scored a run in the series finale. Pitt (3/28): Went three-for-five with a two-run single and an RBI double, totaling three RBI. Indiana (4/1-2): Blasted a solo homer in the third inning in game one…Collected two hits, including an RBI single, and scored two runs in game three. Delaware State (4/7-8): Roped a double and scored a run in the middle game of the series…Collected two triples and a double, scoring three runs and driving in three runs. at Purdue (4/14-16): Tallied two hits, including an RBI single and a two-run single, in game one…Went two-for-four with an RBI double in game two…Recorded a double among two hits and drove in a run in game three. Ohio State (4/22-23): Notched an RBI single in game two…Tripled, scored two runs and drove in a run in game three. Iowa (4/29): Collected two hits, including a triple and an RBI single in the first game of a doubleheader…Drew three walks and scored twice in the nightcap. at Nebraska (5/12): Launched a two-run homer and drove in another run. Maryland (5/18): Worked two walks and scored two runs.

2022 (JUNIOR)
Season: Played in 49 games, making 43 starts in the outfield…Tallied 33 hits, including six doubles and four triples, 20 RBI and 20 runs…Added two steals…Had six multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games.
 
Rankings: Sat third in the Big Ten with four triples.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. LIU (2/19): Drove in two runs on a single in game one of a doubleheader…Tallied two hits in the nightcap. vs. Maine (2/26): Had an RBI single and scored a run. at Virginia (3/4-6): Notched two hits, a run and drove in two runs in game two…Recorded an RBI single in the series finale. vs. UMass (3/12): Singled and scored a run, added a walk. Milwaukee (3/18): Registered two hits and a run. Youngstown State (3/22): Had an RBI single. At Maryland (4/2): Pinch-hit and drove in two runs on a go-ahead double in the 10^th. Purdue (4/14-16): Tallied a double and a triple, while driving in three runs, in game one…Had a single in game two and a single and a run in game three. at Minnesota (4/23): Had a pinch-hit RBI single. Bucknell (4/26): Drove in two runs with a triple to tie the game in the seventh. at West Virginia (4/27): Collected a double and a run. Omaha (4/29): Recorded a double and a run. Michigan State (5/8-9): Tallied three hits, including a triple, and scored three runs in game one…Notched an RBI double and scored two runs in game two…Had two hits, including a double, in the series finale. vs. Pitt (5/17): Collected a bases-clearing, three-run triple, and scored two runs. Illinois (5/19): Had a single and a run.

2021 (SOPHOMORE)
Season: Played in 28 games, including 27 starts in the outfield…Collected 24 hits, including eight doubles, two triples and a homer, 9 RBI and 8 runs…Recorded five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games.
 
Game-By-Game: Maryland (3/20-22): Drove in a run in the seventh in game one…Notched two hits, including a two-run double in game two. Michigan (3/26-27): Recorded an RBI double and scored a run in game one to help the Nittany Lions to a win over No. 18 Michigan…Knocked in two runs with a double and added a single in game two. at Rutgers (4/2-4): Doubled and scored a run in game two and game three. at Michigan State (4/9): Collected two base hits and crossed the plate once. Nebraska (4/16-18): Registered a pair of hits, including a double, in game one…Lined a triple in game three. at Ohio State (4/23-25): Tripled and scored two runs in game one…Registered a double in game two…Blasted a two-run homer in the series finale. at Iowa (5/8): Notched a single and scored a run. Rutgers (5/14): Collected two hits, including an RBI single.

2020 (FRESHMAN)
Season: Appeared in nine games, making four starts in the outfield...Tallied four hits, including two double and drove in one run.

Game-by-Game: vs. NJIT (2/15): Made first career start and had first career double. vs. Princeton (2/28): Went 1-1, scoring two runs.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played three years of baseball at Boiling Springs High School under head coach Paul Vonstein and one year at Cedar Cliff High School…Four-year team captain…First-team all-star…Ranked as the No. 11 outfielder in Pennsylvania … Perfect Game Top 500 National Rank … 2018 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All American Honorable Mention…Played travel ball for US Elite…Also a three-year letterwinner in football and two-year captain.

PERSONAL
Son of John and Jamey Kelley…Has three older sisters, Ashley, Olivia, and Heaven...Hobbies include lifting weights.