2018: Notched two hits, including a double vs. Richmond (in Charleston, S.C.)...Recorded a RBI double vs. Butler (in Lexington, S.C.)...Posted a two hits, including a homerun vs. Fairfield on March 3...Tallied two hits and scored two runs vs. Fairfield on March 4...Registered two hits, including a double and two RBI's vs. Towson on March 7...Had four hits, two RBI's and scored two runs vs. FIU (in Miami, Fla.) on March 12...Notched two hits, four RBI's (including a triple and a homerun) vs. Lafayette on March 16...Tallied two hits (double and a homerun) and three RBI's vs. Lafayette on March 18...Recorded a double and two RBI's vs. St. Bonaventure on March 25.
2017: Played in 54 games with 50 starts during the 2017 campaign…Hit .300 (60-for-200) with 7 HR 1- doubles and 56 RBI…Led the team in RBI (56) and ranked second in hits (60), home runs (7) and total bases (91)…His 56 RBI led the Atlantic 10 Conference…Finished third on the team in slugging percentage (.455) and tied for fourth on the team in both doubles (10) and runs scored (31)...Kelly’s 200 plate appearances ranked fourth on the team last season… Had a hit in 39 of his 54 games played and 18 multi-hit games (2H 16x, 3H 2x)…Ended the 2017 season with a career-best 18-game hitting streak (longest of the season for Mason)…Went 26-for-74 (.351), with 2 HR and 23 RBI over the 18 games…Drove in at least two runs in a game 19 times (2 RBI 13x, 3 RBI 4x, 4 RBI 2x)…Season-high 4 RBI (Apr. 15 at Dayton; May 2 at Towson)…Started 19 games at first, 12 in the outfield and 19 as the designated hitter.
2016: Started 33 games and played in a total of 39 games in his second season with the Patriots…Batted .229 with nine doubles, 13 RBIs and 13 runs scored…Went 30-for-131 with eight walks in 39 games played...Reached base safely in 24 of his 39 games played including an eight-game on-base streak March 5 through March 15...Finished second on the team with nine doubles (nine of his 30 hits were doubles)…Had two five-game hit streaks during the season (March 27-April 9 and April 16-27)...Had six multi-hit games, including three games where he collected three hits in each contest (March 23 at JMU, April 23 at Radford and April 27 vs. Navy).
2015: Started 39 games for the Patriots, appearing in a total of 40...Batted .273 with 10 doubles and his first homerun...Hit his homerun on 4/21 at James Madison...Scored 19 runs and tallied 41 total hits...18 runs batted in and 10 walks with one stolen base, coming against Manhattan...14-game hitting streak, the third longest on the team this season while reaching base in 19 consecutive games.
Prep: Lettered all four years in baseball...Also played one year of basketball...Also recruited by Marietta College, Gardner Webb, Duke and Davidson. Selected to the 2014 Virginia High School All-Star game...Received U.S. Army Reserve Scholar-Athletic award for his four-year body of work in class and on the field...Ranked a top-30 player in Virginia by Perfect Game...Gatorade Player of the Year nominee 2013 & 14... .423 average in high school with 138 hits, 100 RBI, 94 runs and a .573 OBP...National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of John and Wendy...Has one sister, Tiffany...Played AAU travel baseball for So Cal National, Richmond Braves Elite and North East Baseball...Enjoys comedies, friends, family and baseball...Intended business major with a minor in sports management.
