Kelsey Kempton

Height:
5-7
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Strongsville, Ohio
High School:
Strongsville
Position:
D

2011 Senior Season
Appeared in just 10 matches with nine starts due to a knee injury...Had started 54 straight matches entering 2012 before the knee injury...Made all her starts at defender.

2010 Junior Season
Named CoSIDA Academic All-District IV First-Team...Named team captain...Started all 17 games...Scored two goals and assisted on another for five points, which ranked third on the team in scoring...Took seven shots and six shots on goal from her defender position...Assisted on Katie Peterlin's game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Green Bay (9/26)...Scored first goal of the season against Butler (10/22)...Forced overtime against Valparaiso with a game-tying goal (10/24).

2009 Sophomore Season
Named a team captain... Appeared and started all 17 games at defender...took one shot on goal against Howard (8/23).

2008 Freshman Season
Named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team...started in all 20 games...scored her first career goal against Valpo in the regular season...also scored against Wheeling Jesuit in the 8-0 shutout...assisted Lauren Brennan's goal in the 1-0 win over IPFW...finished with a total of five points...took a total of 12 shots, five of which were on goal.

High School
Three-time letterwinner and one-time team captain...high school soccer team was ranked number one in the state and number two in the nation...in 2005, Strongsville won the state championship...member of the Ohio Premier North Soccer Club, who were state club champions in 2005...was also part of the team in 2006 and 2007 when it finished as state finalist...was a four-year member of the Ohio North ODP program and was an All-Conference Selection Scholar Athlete.

Personal
Parents are Richard and Donna Kempton...has two brothers (Brandt and Justin)...major is exercise science...born Oct. 6, 1989... recipient of the 2010-11 Lester F. Donnell Scholarship.