Jack Kelly Season 2021

CAREER
Career: Named a USILA third-team All-American in 2019…Named a USILA Scholar All-American (2021)...Played in 53 games, including 38 as a starter, finishing with 102 points on 83 goals and 19 assists, 49 ground balls and five caused turnovers...Won one Big Ten Freshman of the Week award…Earned four Academic All-Big Ten awards...Graduated with a degree in advertising/public relations...Selected 21st overall in the 2022 NLL Draft by the New York Riptide.
 
2022 • GRADUATE SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played all 14 games, including nine as a starter...Finished with 22 points on 19 goals and three assists...Ranked second on the team in goals...Added 14 ground balls and two caused turnovers...Scored at least one goal in at least 11 games, including a season-high four in a season-opening win over Lafayette (2/5).
 
Lafayette (2/5): Scored a season-high four goals and added one assist. Villanova (2/12): Finished with one goal, three ground balls and one caused turnover. Vermont (2/16): Scored one goal and picked up one ground ball. at Saint Joseph's (2/19): Scored two goals. Yale (2/26): Scored two goals and picked up two ground balls in a 10-6 win over the fifth-ranked Bulldogs. vs. Penn (3/5): Scored one goal. Cornell (3/12): Contributed one goal, one assist and one ground ball. at Bucknell (3/15): Recorded a hat trick while adding two ground balls and one caused turnover. at Ohio State (4/1): Finished with one goal and one assist. Michigan (4/8): Scored one goal and picked up one ground ball. at Rutgers (4/22): Scored two goals and picked up one ground ball. 

2021 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a USILA Scholar All-American...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played all 11 games, including seven as a starter...Finished with 10 points on six goals and four assists, 11 ground balls and one caused turnover...Had at least one ground ball in seven games, including a season-high four against Maryland (2/26).
 
at Rutgers (2/20): Picked up two ground balls. Maryland (2/26): Tallied a season-high four ground balls and scored one goal. Ohio State (3/6): Contributed two assists and one ground ball. at Johns Hopkins (3/13): Scored one goal. at Michigan (3/20): Finished with one goal, one assist and one ground ball. at Maryland (4/3): Scored one goal. Rutgers (4/10): Picked up one ground ball. Michigan (4/16): Contributed one assist. at Ohio State (4/24): Picked up one ground ball. Johns Hopkins (5/1): Scored two goals and picked up one ground ball in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament.

2020 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named an honorable-mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse...Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Started all seven games…Finished with 15 points on 12 goals and three assists…Added nine ground balls and one caused turnover…Scored multiple goals in four games, including a season-high four in a win at Villanova (2/8)…The 2020 season was canceled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Lafayette (2/1): Picked up two ground balls. at Villanova (2/8): Scored a season-high four goals and added one ground ball. Saint Joseph’s (2/15): Scored one goal. Yale (2/22): Scored two goals and picked up one ground ball. at Penn (2/29): Tallied two goals, one assist, two ground balls and one caused turnover…Assisted on the game-winning goal in overtime. vs. Cornell (3/8): Scored three goals and picked up one ground ball. at Furman (3/10): Tallied one assist and two ground balls.
 
2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned USILA third-team All-America recognition…Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Started all 15 games that he played, finishing with 51 points on 42 goals and nine assists…Added 13 ground balls.
 
Rankings: Finished sixth in the Big Ten and 24th in the nation in goals per game (2.80)…Ranked first in the Big Ten and third nationally in shot percentage (.538)…Finished seventh in the Big Ten and 49th in the nation in man-up goals (5).
 
Robert Morris (2/9): Scored three goals. at Stony Brook (2/16): Scored three goals for the second-straight game. at Yale (2/23): Scored two goals. Penn (3/2): Scored three goals. vs. Jacksonville (3/10): Scored four goals. at Maryland (3/31): Scored three goals and had a season-high three ground balls. Johns Hopkins (4/21): Finished with four goals. Rutgers (4/27): Scored three goals and added two ground balls. vs. Rutgers (5/2): Scored twice and added two ground balls. vs. Johns Hopkins (5/4): Scored twice to help Penn State win its first Big Ten Tournament title. UMBC (5/12): Scored a season-high six goals. vs. Loyola (Md.) (5/19): Scored four goals. vs. Yale (5/25): Scored two goals.
 
2018 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Won one Big Ten Freshman of the Week award (2/6).
 
Season: Appeared in six games…Finished with four goals in addition to two ground balls and caused a turnover.
 
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Attended Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario…Named team captain for three years and won back-to-back Toronto City Championships in 2015 and 2016 with undefeated seasons…Played club for Toronto Beaches U19 and box lacrosse for Toronto Beaches Jr. A…Earned OJMFLL All-Ontario All-Star Award in 2016…Also played football and basketball and ran track and cross country.
 
PERSONAL
Parents are Bryan and Jody…Has one older brother, Rowan...Has two cousins who competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics for Team Canada in swimming and rowing…Grew up playing AAA hockey and was a captain for five seasons.