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#15 Kelsey Kittleson

Kelsey Kittleson<a href="/reason/images/358195_orig.jpg" title="High res">&prop;</a>Kelsey Kittleson
  • Position: Catcher
  • Bat: right
  • Throw: right
  • Year: Senior
  • Hometown: St. Ansgar, Iowa
  • High School: St. Ansgar


Co-captain…named Co-Sida College Division Softball Player of the Year after being named First Team Academic All-American, two-time NCAA III Elite 88 Award recipient (athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the championship finals)...two-time academic all-conference honoree...three-time NFCA Scholar Athlete (3.50 GPA or above…named Luther's 2011 Defensive Player of the Year...started in all 47 games behind the plate...earned second-team all-Midwest Region and first-team all-conference honors...batted .403 that included nine doubles, three home runs and 41 RBI...recorded 385 putouts and 24 assists while only committing one error…after two seasons on the field as first baseman and catcher, she ranks first in Luther's record books for career fielding percentage (.993)...named Co-Breakout Player of the Year in 2010...five-year starter while at St. Ansgar High...three times named first-team all-conference as a catcher...three-times named to all-area squad...also named second-team all-state as a utility player and as a catcher...produced most doubles in a season with 27 and had the highest batting average (.564) in school history...also lettered in volleyball and in track...second-team all-conference honoree in volleyball...placed first at the conference meet in the shot put...member of the National Honor Society...daughter of Barry and Pam Kittleson.