
Kelsey Harshman
Madison, Wisconsin
Olympic Bronze Medalist
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Personal: Mother, Shannah, played softball collegiately at Wichita State and was a member of the Canadian National Team … aunt, Jodie Biggan Porteous, was a member of the Canadian National Softball and Soccer Teams … aunt, Alison Biggan McLeod, played soccer at the University of British Columbia and the Canadian National Junior Softball Team … lists mini steak tacos as her favorite pregame meal … favorite softball memory is qualifying for the Olympics … favorite TV show is One Tree Hill.
2021 Championship Season: Compiled 808 leaderboard points … starter in 14-of-15 games … went 9-for-45 at the plate with a home run and three runs batted in … tallied six walks … went 1-for-1 in stolen base attempts.
2020 Championship Season: Accumulated 880 leaderboard points during inaugural season … starter in 12-of-14 games … batted .265 with one home run and six runs batted in … also scored four runs and tallied two doubles … hit by a pitch twice … one of 11 players with a sacrifice fly.
International Experience: Led Team Canada to Bronze medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics … hit .222 (4-for-18) with three runs scored and two runs batted in … joined the Canadian Junior National Team in 2015 … member of Team Canada squad for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Ala.
Other Professional Experience: Played for the NPF’s Canadian Wild in 2019.
At Wisconsin: Four-year letter winner for the Badgers who started all 208 games during her career from 2015-18 … fashioned .369 career batting average with 22 home runs and 127 runs batted in … also accrued 218 hits, including 40 doubles and two triples, while scoring school-record 180 runs … drew Wisconsin-record 181 walks during her career while being hit by a pitch 18 times … first player in Wisconsin softball history to earn First-Team All-Big Ten Conference honors three times … also became first freshman in program history to earn spot on All-Big Ten First Team in 2015 … two-time NFCA All-Region Second Team selection … three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree … unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten recipient as a senior after leading team with 43 runs, 59 hits and 45 walks … set school record by reaching base safely in 40 consecutive games during senior season … also established Wisconsin single-season records with .569 on-base percentage … owns Badgers’ single-season record after compiling 42 walks in 2015 … stole 18 bases as a freshman to set school rookie mark.
Career Stats
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