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2008 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
2008 C-USA All-Freshmen Team
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
One of only two players to start all 66 games to date... Played all but four innings at shortstop after being struck in the head by a pitch at Stephen F. Austin on April 15.... Started the season batting in the No. 9 hole but was moved to the leadoff spot in the third game and remained there... Ranks among the C-USA individual leaders in run scored and triples and leads all players in assists.
FRESHMAN (2008)
Made his collegiate debut against Pacific... Went 2-for-3 and knocked in all three runs in the season-opening win against the Tigers... Went 2-for-5 with a run against Pacific during the series finale... Finished 2-for-3 with three runs against Texas State... Batted 3-for-5 with a double, two runs and two RBIs at No. 6 Rice... Went 2-for-6 with an RBI against Oklahoma during the Houston College Classic.... Batted 2-for-4 with two doubles, three runs and an RBI during the East Carolina series opener... Went 4-for-5 with a run, double, two stolen bases and RBI during the East Carolina series finale... Batted 2-for-6 with a double, triple and three RBIs at McNeese State... Went 2-for-5 with two doubles and three runs against No. 12 Rice in Game Two of the Silver Glove Series... Batted 2-for-4 with two run and his first career home run during the middle game of the San Diego State series... Went 3-for-5 with two runs, a stolen base, double and RBI during the San Diego State series finale... Batted 2-for-6 with a triple, two runs, stolen base and RBI during the series finale at No. 25 UCF... Drew two walks and stole a pair of bases against No. 8 Texas A&M... Finished 2-for-6 with a double, two runs and an RBI at Texas State... Knocked in two runs in the Tulane series opener... Went 2-for-5 with a run, home run and career-best four RBIs against Tulane during the series finale... Tied the game with a two-run single in the fourth inning and handed the Cougars a three-run cushion with a two-run, opposite-field homer in the sixth inning against the Green Wave... Sat out the final three innings at Stephen F. Austin after being struck in the head by a pitch... Was the first innings he missed all season, snapping a streak of 310.0 innings... Went 2-for-5 with a run and RBI against Sam Houston State... Batted 3-for-5 with a run and stolen base during the UAB series finale... Drew four walks and scored twice against McNeese State... Batted 2-for-4 with a run during the middle game of the Southern Miss series... Went 1-for-3 with a run, RBI and two walks at Lamar... Batted 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI against UTSA... Smashed a leadoff home run during the Memphis series opener... Scored two runs against No. 5 Rice during the series opener... Batted 2-for-4 during the middle game of the series at No. 5 Rice... Drew two walks and scored twice during the series finale at No. 5 Rice. C-USA Championship: Went 3-for-5 during the elimination game against UAB... With a runner on second in the eighth inning, made a diving catch up the middle to end a Marshall rally during the Championship game. NCAA College Station Regional: Batted 2-for-4 against Dallas Baptist... Scored two runs against No. 9 Texas A&M... Kept the Cougars' ninth-inning rally alive with a two -out single during the first championship game against No. 9 Texas A&M.
PFLUGERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Don Fry. Senior (2007): Batted .440 with 20 RBIs and six triples... Steady defensive performer with 113 assists and only six errors made... District 14-5A Most Valuable Player... All-Centex First-Team honoree at shortstop... All-State Second-Team member... Played for Team Texas at the Sunbelt Classic. Junior (2006): Named to All-District 14-5A First Team as a shortstop after batting .390 with three home runs and 29 RBIs.. Also added 16 stolen bases... Added 35 runs scored with 16 stolen bases and struck out only four times as the Panthers' leadoff hitter. Sophomore (2005): Named All-District Honorable Mention.
PERSONAL
Full name is Blake Ralston Kelso... Born March 28, 1989, in Austin, Texas... Son of Charles and Lisa Kelso... Brother Kevin played baseball at Texas State in 2007... Business major... Also recruited by Texas, Notre Dame, Baylor, TCU and Arkansas.
Kelso's Career Bests
Runs: 3, done three times; Most recently vs. Rice (March 26, 2008)
Hits: 4, at East Carolina (March 23, 2008)
RBIs: 4, vs. Tulane (April 13, 2008)
Doubles: 2, vs. Rice (March 26, 2008); at East Carolina (March 21, 2008)
Stolen Bases: 2, done three times; Most recently vs. Tulane (April 12, 2008)
Hitting Streak: 11 games (March 21-April 8, 2008)
