Kelley Wright Biography
2017-18 (Senior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 29 games and started three... Suffered a season-ending injury in the regular-season finale... Tabbed the team’s Most Improved Player of the season... Totaled 78 points with 71 rebounds, 27 assists and 19 steals... Averaged 2.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.9 assists overall... Against Horizon League opponents, averaged 3.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and an assist... Was a big part of the team’s success over the final stretch of the season... Averaged 9.4 points and shot 60 percent from the field during a five-game winning streak to start February... Set season highs in points, rebounds, steals, blocks and 3-pointers during that stretch... Scored 47 points and gone 15-for-25 from the floor, including 8-for-19 from 3-point range, in those last five contests... Had 29 points and was 4-for-31 from 3 in her first 21 games of the season... Scored a season-high 13 points and made three 3-pointers in the win at Oakland (2/1)... Followed that up with eight points and five rebounds at Detroit Mercy (2/3)... Scored 12 points, hit a pair of 3s and had two steals at IUPUI (2/8)... Scored six points with a season-high eight rebounds and a career-best four steals at UIC (2/10)... Scored seven points in 14 minutes at Green Bay (1/11).
2016-17 (Junior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 29 games and made 19 starts, splitting time between guard and forward... Scored 167 points with 102 rebounds, 40 assists and 24 steals for averages of 5.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.8 steals... More than doubled her previous career highs in points, rebounds and assists per contest... Averaged 5.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists in league play... Ranked third on the team with 32 3-pointers... Scored in double figures four times... Started the season with 13 points and four assists in 17 minutes against American... Went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line against the Eagles, becoming just the eighth player in school history to go at least 10-for-10 in a game... Scored a season-high 15 points against Point Park (12/21)... Made four 3-pointers and scored 12 points at Cleveland State (12/31)... Scored 11 points against Detroit Mercy (2/25)... Made three 3s in five games... Had nine rebounds to go along with seven points in a win over UIC (1/12)... Had four assists twice... Notched three steals at Kent State (12/10).
2015-16 (Sophomore) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 33 of the team's 34 games and made eight starts at guard... Made seven of those starts in Horizon League play and another in the conference tournament... Scored 80 points with 49 rebounds and 17 assists for averages of 2.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists... Averaged 2.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.8 assists in conference games... Played at least 10 minutes in eight consecutive games from Jan. 28 through Feb. 20 and 19 times overall... Scored in double figures three times... Her season high in scoring was 12 points on four 3-pointers against Salem International (12/14)... Scored 11 points in 17 minutes off the bench at Cleveland State (1/16) and 10 points at Valparaiso (1/23)... Made her first career start in a home win over Wright State (1/28)... Drew a charge with 8.5 seconds left and made two free throws with 6.4 seconds remaining in the 72-69 win over the Raiders... Scored nine points and made three 3s in the win at Milwaukee (2/13)... Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds at Green Bay (2/11)... Posted four steals in the Horizon League Tournament victory over Oakland (3/10).
2014-15 (Freshman) | Game-By-Game Stats: Appeared in 29 games, including 14 against Horizon League opponents... Scored 40 points and grabbed 24 rebounds for averages of 1.4 points and 0.8 rebounds in 7.2 minutes per game... Scored in seven of the team's final 10 games after scoring in three of the first 22... Averaged a point and 1.1 rebounds in league play... Posted career highs of 13 points, three rebounds, two assists, two steals and 25 minutes against Ohio Valley (12/19)... Her next-highest scoring game was five points, which she had at Pittsburgh (12/21) and against Valparaiso (3/7)... Made three 3-pointers against OVU... Had four games with two steals and four with three rebounds.
High School: Named the Associated Press Class C Player of the Year and a unanimous selection to the all-state team as a senior... Set the Michigan state record for most varsity wins by a player with 102... Finished her career with a 102-5 record, two state titles, a runner-up finish and another berth in the state semifinals... Named the Straits Area Conference Player of the Year, the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association Class ABC Player of the Year, a member of the U.P. Dream Team, and a member of the the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan all-class Best of the Best All-State team... Finished her career with 560 steals, a total that ranks second in the Michigan High School Athletic Association record book... Also scored 1,542 points in her career... As a senior, averaged 16 points, eight rebounds, 6.5 steals and four assists... Recorded a triple double with 24 points, 20 rebounds and 15 steals in a 78-51 win over Sault... Scored 17 points of her 29 points in the first quarter of the regional final title win over L'Anse... Averaged 20.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists as a junior for the Class D state championship team... Scored as many as 40 points in a game and connected on an Upper Peninsula record nine 3-pointers in a contest against Sault... As a junior, she was a unanimous Class D Associated Press All-State selection, an All-U.P Dream Team honoree and the Straits Area Conference Player of the Year.
Personal: Major is business... Parents are Greg and Karen... Has a sister (Caitlin).