Kelly, a native of Augusta, Georgia, was a two-time Big Eight Conference “player of the year” who dominated the league from her center position from 1984-87. Kelly left MU ranked second in school history with 2,119 points and set the school career rebounding record at 1,098. In all, she set six career, three season and four single-game records. While at MU, the Tigers made three trips to the NCAA tournament. Kelly was the Big Eight Conference female “athlete of the year” in 1987, then played five years of professional basketball in Italy and Brazil. She earned all-America honors in 1987, when she was a finalist for the Naismith Award. Kelly also was an academic all-Big Eight selection and is one of only two women’s basketball players at MU to have her jersey (#42) retired.
