Claire Kelley - Soccer - Arkansas Razorbacks

#12 Claire Kelley

M | Sr | 5-10 | Tulsa, Okla. | Bishop Kelley HS | TSC Hurricane

At A Glance
» Finished career with 86 games played
» Collected 24 career goals, 26 assists, 74 points and 8 game-winning goals

Senior (2016)
» SEC All-Conference First Team (2016)
» NSCAA All-South Region Second Team (2016)

Appeared and started in 22 games … Concluded the season with 8 goals, a team-leading 13 assists and 29 points as well as 3 game-winners … Placed first in the SEC in assists (13) and assists per game (0.59), sixth in points (29), eighth in points per game (1.32) and tied for ninth with 58 … Her eight goals tied her 2015 mark and was earned against Mississippi State (Sept. 9), Ole Miss (Sept. 25), Georgia (Sept. 30), Vanderbilt (Oct. 6), LSU (Oct. 27) and Vanderbilt during the SEC Tournament quarterfinals (Nov. 2) … Kelley’s 13 assists was a new individual season career-high mark and placed her fourth and third nationally, respectively, in assists per game and total assists, as well as second place overall in Razorback history … Her 86 games played ranked second all-time in Razorback history … Kelley’s 26 career assists tied Holly Collins’ leading mark set from 1997-2001 … Her 74 points scored (24 goals, 26 assists) is the fifth-highest amount in team history … Kelley’s eight career game-winning goals is tied for fourth place overall in team history … Her 29 points scored during the season (8 goals, 13 assists) placed her eighth overall in Razorback history … Recorded 58 shots on the season with 23 on goal for a .397 shots on goal percentage.

Junior (2015)
Played in all 18 games as a starter … Logged 1,549 minutes of action, the second-highest on the team … Led the team in goals (7), points (17), shots (51) and shots on goal (22) … Was in four-way tie for second-most assists (3) … Tied Ashleigh Ellenwood for most game-winning goals (2) … Seven goals and 51 shots in season were career-high marks … Equaled career-best three-point performance (1 goal, 1 assist) in 4-2 loss against Penn State (Aug. 30) … Scored first goal of the year on Aug. 21 against Stephen F. Austin … Scored the game-winning goal against TCU in front of a record-crowd at Razorback Field on Aug. 23 … Assisted seniors Ashleigh Ellenwood and Lindsey Mayo in the Yale (Aug. 28) and Penn State (Aug. 30) games, respectively … Would also record goals against Kansas (Sept. 17), at Georgia (Sept. 25), South Carolina (Oct. 2), and Alabama (Oct. 29) … Assisted junior midfielder Rachel Riggs against Ole Miss (Oct. 9) … Would record season-high six shots (with one on goal) versus Texas A&M on Oct. 23.

Sophomore (2014)
» SEC Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2014)

Appeared in 22 games with 18 starts … Tied for the team lead in goals (6) with Alexandra Fischer … Second on the team in assists (7) and points (19) … Second in shots on goal with 23, and posted 42 shots overall … Handed out career-best two assists in the season-opening win over Utah State (Aug. 22) … Scored her first goal of the season on Aug. 24 against Oklahoma State … Scored off a free kick 24-yards out in the 77th minute to seal a 4-2 victory over Stephen F. Austin (Aug. 31) … Assisted in Margaret Power’s goal vs. No. 12 North Carolina (Sept. 7) … Recorded a career-best three points (1 goal, 1 assist) in the 6-1 home win over Missouri State (Sept. 14) … Handed out an assist on Alexandra Fischer’s goal in the SEC-opening victory over Kentucky (Sept. 19) … Tied her career-best three points in one game (1 goal, 1 assist) at LSU (Sept. 28) … Handed out an assist against No. 6 Florida … Scored the game-winning overtime goal in the 1-0 victory at Tennessee (Oct. 10) … Scored the game-tying goal in the 3-2 OT victory at Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 14).

Freshman (2013)
Saw action in 23 games with six starts in midfield as a true freshman … Finished with six points (2 goals, 2 assists) … Five of her six points on the season came in postseason play (2 goals, 1 assist) … Scored the game-winning goal against St. John’s in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 22) … Recorded the first goal in the team’s 4-0 SEC Tournament first round victory over Missouri, giving the Razorbacks their first postseason win in 17 years … Assisted in Ashleigh Ellenwood’s game-winning goal in the 1-0 season-opening victory over Kansas (Aug. 23) in her Arkansas debut.

Prior to Arkansas

Club
Played for the TSC Hurricane … Won five Oklahoma State Cup Championships … Her U16 team finished second at the USYS Nationals.

High School
A four-time Oklahoma State Champion at Bishop Kelley High School … A three-time All-District selection … Scored 20 or more goals every year of her prep career … Named the Newcomer of the Year as a freshman … Selected as the Offensive Player of the Year as a junior … Also played volleyball at Bishop Kelley where she was named Oklahoma’s Gatorade Player of the Year and helped her team to four straight state championships.

Personal
Born on Nov. 3 … Daughter of Tom and Theresa Kelley … She is the youngest of eight children … Majoring in Marketing.