Kelsey Huff
Biography
Personal: Sister, Kaeli, played lacrosse at USC from 2017-20 and Stony Brook in 2021 … father, Scott, played for the New York Saints indoor lacrosse team from 1987-92 … uncle, Steven, played lacrosse at North Carolina in addition to professionally with the New York Saints (1993-2000) and New York Lizards (2001) … uncle, Kevin, played football and lacrosse at Hofstra in addition to playing professional lacrosse for the New York Saints in 1989 … uncle, Keith, played football at Hofstra … aunt, Victoria, played softball at North Carolina in addition to playing professionally for the Carolina Diamondbacks … uncle, Chris Engers, was a member of the 1992 USA Paralympic Team that competed in Barcelona, Spain … graduated from USC in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in communications … earned her Master’s degree in entrepreneurship and innovation in May 2022.
2022 Season: Talented rookie who finished ninth on the leaderboard with 1,342 points while starting 9-of-12 games … secured 100 or more leaderboard points in a game seven times, including season-high 210 points against Team Glynn on Aug. 11 … ranked second in the league with 1,090 win points … tied for ninth with 90 MVP points … scored 18 goals in 12 games, good for seventh in the league … also tied for eighth in the circuit with 25 points … contributed eight ground balls and two caused turnovers … scored at least one goal in 9-of-12 games with five multi-goal efforts … opened Week Four with season-high five goals, including a pair of two-pointers, against Team Glynn … captured three goals to begin Week Three against Team Moreno … closed Week One with back-to-back two-goal performances against Team Waters and Team Read.
At USC: Five-year letter winner for the Women of Troy who started 74 games from 2018-22 … ranks fourth in school history with 191 career points … stands second on USC’s career list with 165 goals while contributing 26 assists … also accumulated 96 ground balls with 62 caused turnovers and 44 draw controls … sixth player in program history to earn IWLCA All-America laurels after receiving Third-Team recognition in 2022 … also garnered Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention status after leading Women of Troy to the NCAA Tournament … three-time All-Pac-12 Conference recipient … IWLCA Second-Team All-Region selection as a sophomore after scoring team-high 43 goals with seven assists … Pac-12 Conference Midfielder of the Year honoree in 2021 and 2022 … scored 47 goals as a graduate student, good for fifth on USC’s single-season list … ranked second on the team during 2021 season after registering 42 points, including 36 goals with six assists … contributed 31 goals as a freshman, including 12 free-position markers.