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Jersey Number 31
Kelly Horne
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- INF
- Hometown:
- Tallahassee, Fla.
- High School:
- Aucilla Christian Academy
2023 All-Sun Belt Second TeamÂ
2022Â All-Sun Belt First Team
2022Â NFCA All-South Region First
2021 Preseason All-Sun Belt
2021 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2021 NFCA All-South Region First
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2023 (Senior): Earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors as the designated hitter... Appeared and started in 52 games... Put together nine multi-hit and five multi-RBI competitions... Hit at a .298 clip with 37 hits, four doubles and four home runs... Lead the squad with the longest reached base streak of 24 games... Set a season-high of three RBIs in a 9-0 victory over Coastal Carolina... Scored the final run against Georgia Southern (4/30) with a solo home run in the last home series. Â
2022 (Junior): Turned in one of the best seasons in program history … Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team and NFCA South Region First Team … Led Troy in batting average (.353), home runs (14), RBIs (28), slugging percentage (.729), on-base percentage (.530) and walks (44) … Broke her own school record for on-base percentage, while her home runs ranked fifth, slugging percentage ranked third and her walks ranked second in Troy's single-season record book … In the Sun Belt, ranked ninth in batting average, second in OPS, fifth in runs scored, first in home runs and on-base percentage and fourth in total bases and slugging percentage … Finished the season with 10 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Ranked 18th in the country for her on-base percentage and fifth with 0.85 walks per game … Drew multiple walks in six of the first eight games of the season (13 walks) and finished the season with multiple walks in 13 different games … Walked four times in four plate appearances at Georgia Tech … Drove in two runs, including a homer, in Troy’s win at NC State … Scored twice and drew a pair of walks in a win over Ohio State … Scored a run in nine straight games near the beginning of the season … Went 4-for-4 with a pair of RBIs against App State; finished series against the Mountaineers 8-for-10 with three RBIs and a walk
2021 (Sophomore) : Set Troy’s single-season on-base percentage record (.495)… Dubbed an NFCA All-South Region First Team and All-Sun Belt Second Team selection… Named to the Sun Belt Tournament Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District Team… Batted at a .372 mark with a team-leading 48 RBIs… Smashed a conference-high 18 doubles and team-leading eight home runs… Recorded a .655 slugging percentage, the highest mark on the team… Also drew a team-leading 32 walks… Ranked third in the Sun Belt in slugging percentage, first in on-base percentage, second in RBIs and third in walks… Smashed lead off home runs on back-to-back days in the Sun Belt Tournament… Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a pair of RBIs against Ole Miss
2020 (Sophomore): Started at second base in all 22 games played… Led the team with 18 RBI, a .368 batting average and a .667 slugging percentage… Recorded five doubles and four  home runs, second-most on the team in both categories… Posted a team-leading four multi-RBI games alongside five multi-hit games and a seven-game reached base streak… Blasted a home run in route to a 2-for-3 day at the plate with three RBI to lead Troy past College of Charleston
2019 (RS-Freshman): Saw action in 45 games with 28 starts… Batted .200 with two home runs and 13 RBIs… Turned in three multi-RBI games, a three-game hitting streak and a six-game reached base streak… Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage… Ripped a walk-off single to power Troy past Georgia State in an 11-inning affair
2018 (Freshman): Saw action in seven games and started four… Batted .231 with four RBIs in 13 at bats… Received a medical redshirt after suffering a leg injury
High School: Played four years at Aucilla Christian Academy in Monticello, Fla. …Led the Warriors to the state championship all four years and won the title as a junior and senior…Named to the all-state and all-district team all four years…Recipient of the Wendy’s High School Heisman…Was also named to the Breitbart’s Top-50 Athletes in Florida list…Florida Athletic Coaches Association 2A Player if the Year as a junior and senior…Set Aucillia Christian Academy season records with 15 home runs and 23 doubles…Named academic athlete of the year and graduated as valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA…Also played basketball in high school
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Personal: Full name is Kelly Elizabeth Horne…Born Jan. 12, 1999…Daughter of Nicole and Kevin Horne…Has one brother, Hunter Horne…Majoring in sport management
2022Â All-Sun Belt First Team
2022Â NFCA All-South Region First
2021 Preseason All-Sun Belt
2021 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2021 NFCA All-South Region First
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2023 (Senior): Earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors as the designated hitter... Appeared and started in 52 games... Put together nine multi-hit and five multi-RBI competitions... Hit at a .298 clip with 37 hits, four doubles and four home runs... Lead the squad with the longest reached base streak of 24 games... Set a season-high of three RBIs in a 9-0 victory over Coastal Carolina... Scored the final run against Georgia Southern (4/30) with a solo home run in the last home series. Â
2022 (Junior): Turned in one of the best seasons in program history … Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team and NFCA South Region First Team … Led Troy in batting average (.353), home runs (14), RBIs (28), slugging percentage (.729), on-base percentage (.530) and walks (44) … Broke her own school record for on-base percentage, while her home runs ranked fifth, slugging percentage ranked third and her walks ranked second in Troy's single-season record book … In the Sun Belt, ranked ninth in batting average, second in OPS, fifth in runs scored, first in home runs and on-base percentage and fourth in total bases and slugging percentage … Finished the season with 10 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Ranked 18th in the country for her on-base percentage and fifth with 0.85 walks per game … Drew multiple walks in six of the first eight games of the season (13 walks) and finished the season with multiple walks in 13 different games … Walked four times in four plate appearances at Georgia Tech … Drove in two runs, including a homer, in Troy’s win at NC State … Scored twice and drew a pair of walks in a win over Ohio State … Scored a run in nine straight games near the beginning of the season … Went 4-for-4 with a pair of RBIs against App State; finished series against the Mountaineers 8-for-10 with three RBIs and a walk
2021 (Sophomore) : Set Troy’s single-season on-base percentage record (.495)… Dubbed an NFCA All-South Region First Team and All-Sun Belt Second Team selection… Named to the Sun Belt Tournament Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District Team… Batted at a .372 mark with a team-leading 48 RBIs… Smashed a conference-high 18 doubles and team-leading eight home runs… Recorded a .655 slugging percentage, the highest mark on the team… Also drew a team-leading 32 walks… Ranked third in the Sun Belt in slugging percentage, first in on-base percentage, second in RBIs and third in walks… Smashed lead off home runs on back-to-back days in the Sun Belt Tournament… Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a pair of RBIs against Ole Miss
2020 (Sophomore): Started at second base in all 22 games played… Led the team with 18 RBI, a .368 batting average and a .667 slugging percentage… Recorded five doubles and four  home runs, second-most on the team in both categories… Posted a team-leading four multi-RBI games alongside five multi-hit games and a seven-game reached base streak… Blasted a home run in route to a 2-for-3 day at the plate with three RBI to lead Troy past College of Charleston
2019 (RS-Freshman): Saw action in 45 games with 28 starts… Batted .200 with two home runs and 13 RBIs… Turned in three multi-RBI games, a three-game hitting streak and a six-game reached base streak… Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage… Ripped a walk-off single to power Troy past Georgia State in an 11-inning affair
2018 (Freshman): Saw action in seven games and started four… Batted .231 with four RBIs in 13 at bats… Received a medical redshirt after suffering a leg injury
High School: Played four years at Aucilla Christian Academy in Monticello, Fla. …Led the Warriors to the state championship all four years and won the title as a junior and senior…Named to the all-state and all-district team all four years…Recipient of the Wendy’s High School Heisman…Was also named to the Breitbart’s Top-50 Athletes in Florida list…Florida Athletic Coaches Association 2A Player if the Year as a junior and senior…Set Aucillia Christian Academy season records with 15 home runs and 23 doubles…Named academic athlete of the year and graduated as valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA…Also played basketball in high school
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Personal: Full name is Kelly Elizabeth Horne…Born Jan. 12, 1999…Daughter of Nicole and Kevin Horne…Has one brother, Hunter Horne…Majoring in sport management
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