Kelley Engman '07
Softball
Kelley played varsity softball for four years, during which time she helped the team win four conference and state championships. Over her career Kelley earned two Washington Post All-Metropolitan 1st team awards; O'Connell's softball MVP awards in 2005, 2006, and 2007; WCAC conference player of the year her junior year; DJO's outstanding athletic performance award for the 2005-2006 school year; Division I first team all-state sophomore, junior, and senior years; Louisville Slugger high school all-American second team in 2006; and the 2006 Virginia Gatorade Softball Player of the Year.
Over her high school career, Kelley logged 772 strikeouts over 535⅓ innings pitched. Some of her career highlights include an undefeated 24-0 season in her junior year with a 0.48 earned run average (ERA) while hitting .403. In her senior year, she led the team with 38 runs batted in (RBIs) while hitting .518, went 23-2, maintained a 0.62 ERA, and walked only nine batters while striking out 254. In addition to her performances on the field, Kelley was a member of the choir, including two years in the district chorus, maintained a four-year honor roll record, and was a member of the National Honor Society during her junior and senior years. Kelley went on to play four years of Division I college softball for Boston University, where she was named to the America East All-Rookie team.
Kelley has earned two master's degrees and currently provides free mental health counseling as a Licensed Professional Counselor to survivors of sexual violence through a non-profit agency. Kelley continues to play ball as part of a wooden bat, fast pitch baseball team called the Pelicans. She has been playing with the Pels since 2016 and is one of only a few women in the league. Kelley married her best friend, Braden, in 2019 and lives with him in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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