2021 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 17
Kelcey Carrasco
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Tulare Western HS
- Hometown:
- Woodlake, Calif.
Bio
FRESNO STATE ACCOLADES
• 2020 Academic All-MW
• 2019 Academic All-MW
2021 (Redshirt Senior) Started 27 games at catcher before suffering a season-ending injury … logged 25 hits and 26 RBIs … recorded five multi-hit games and launched six home runs … chalked a team-high 207 putouts while recording a .986 fielding percentage … finished with a .329 batting average, .430 on-base percentage and a .632 slugging percentage … had a season-high four RBIs in the 4-0 victory over SJSU on March 20.
2020 (Senior): Appeared in 16 games, with 10 starts at catcher ... recorded six hits, three runs and seven RBIs ... logged 77 putouts and maintained a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
2019 (Junior): Played in 55 games with 49 starts ... started 44 games at catcher and five as the designated player ... hit .274 with five home runs, 23 RBIs, and 13 runs scored ... had a .422 slugging percentage and .342 on-base percentage ... hit .297 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in MW games, starting 23 of 24 MW contests ... tied for the MW lead with four runners caught stealing in league games ... tied for second in the MW with eight total runners caught stealing for the season ... totaled seven multi-hit games, including a pair of three-hit games ... had five multi-RBI games ... recorded an eight-game reached base streak ... tied for second on the team with five hit-by-pitches ... hit Fresno State's only grand slam of the season on April 26 against New Mexico, going 3-for-3 in the game ... homered in consecutive games against New Mexico ... hit 10-for-24 (.417) against left-handed pitching ... drew nine walks ... ranked second on the team with 231 putouts and had 17 assists with just four errors for a .984 fielding percentage
Michigan State: Played two seasons at Michigan State, combining to hit .310 with 17 home runs, 73 RBIs, a .521 slugging percentage, and a .363 on-base percentage in 110 games played … started all 58 MSU games as a freshman and had 42 starts as a sophomore … earned NFCA All-Region second team honors in her first collegiate season… set a freshman record at MSU with 11 home runs, which ranked fifth in a single season in program history ... ranked ninth in the Big Ten in homers and had the second most by a conference freshman … was third on the team with a .328 average, with a .542 slugging percentage and 40 RBIs during freshman season ... compiled 16 multiple-hit games as a freshman and her 10-game hitting streak late in the year was the second longest on the team all season ... as a sophomore was the team’s primary clean-up hitter and hit .287 on the season while leading the team with 33 RBIs ... had 10 doubles and six homers, both good for second on the team, with a .493 slugging percentage
High School: Played four seasons at Tulare Western HS in Tulare, Calif. … was ranked No. 92 nationally by flosoftball.com in the class of 2016 … led her team to the 2015 East Yosemite League championship while being named conference MVP... was a Times-Delta/Advance-Register first-team selection … broke the school record with 25 career home runs … received the Mustang of the Year Award for most outstanding athlete her senior year ... hit .500 with 10 home runs and 47 RBIs with a .958 slugging percentage of and an on-base percentage of .595 (1.553 OPS) during her junior season … For her HS career she hit .415 with 25 home runs and 110 RBIs in 112 games … had a .489 career on-base percentage with just 28 strikeouts in 112 games … was also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and earned two letters in volleyball ... recruited by schools including Michigan State, Arizona State, Oklahoma, California, Washington, Fresno State, and Boise State
Personal: Parents are Rudy and Trisha Carrasco ... has an older sister, Kaitlyn, and a younger brother, Connor … Mother Trisha played volleyball and softball at College of the Sequoias ... was diagnosed with cancer (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) at age three and received treatment at Valley Children’s Hospital, with remission beginning just seven days after her initial diagnosis and no further recurrence… has participated in many community outreach programs and annually serves as a counselor for Camp Sunshine Dreams, a camp for children with cancer … chose to transfer to Fresno State because it’s close to home, she believes in Coach Garza and the staff and believes they can make a run for the NCAA title, the amazing fans (she grew up a Fresno State softball fan and attended games), and being part of the Red Wave and representing the central valley V … majoring in philosophy
• 2020 Academic All-MW
• 2019 Academic All-MW
2021 (Redshirt Senior) Started 27 games at catcher before suffering a season-ending injury … logged 25 hits and 26 RBIs … recorded five multi-hit games and launched six home runs … chalked a team-high 207 putouts while recording a .986 fielding percentage … finished with a .329 batting average, .430 on-base percentage and a .632 slugging percentage … had a season-high four RBIs in the 4-0 victory over SJSU on March 20.
2020 (Senior): Appeared in 16 games, with 10 starts at catcher ... recorded six hits, three runs and seven RBIs ... logged 77 putouts and maintained a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
2019 (Junior): Played in 55 games with 49 starts ... started 44 games at catcher and five as the designated player ... hit .274 with five home runs, 23 RBIs, and 13 runs scored ... had a .422 slugging percentage and .342 on-base percentage ... hit .297 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in MW games, starting 23 of 24 MW contests ... tied for the MW lead with four runners caught stealing in league games ... tied for second in the MW with eight total runners caught stealing for the season ... totaled seven multi-hit games, including a pair of three-hit games ... had five multi-RBI games ... recorded an eight-game reached base streak ... tied for second on the team with five hit-by-pitches ... hit Fresno State's only grand slam of the season on April 26 against New Mexico, going 3-for-3 in the game ... homered in consecutive games against New Mexico ... hit 10-for-24 (.417) against left-handed pitching ... drew nine walks ... ranked second on the team with 231 putouts and had 17 assists with just four errors for a .984 fielding percentage
Michigan State: Played two seasons at Michigan State, combining to hit .310 with 17 home runs, 73 RBIs, a .521 slugging percentage, and a .363 on-base percentage in 110 games played … started all 58 MSU games as a freshman and had 42 starts as a sophomore … earned NFCA All-Region second team honors in her first collegiate season… set a freshman record at MSU with 11 home runs, which ranked fifth in a single season in program history ... ranked ninth in the Big Ten in homers and had the second most by a conference freshman … was third on the team with a .328 average, with a .542 slugging percentage and 40 RBIs during freshman season ... compiled 16 multiple-hit games as a freshman and her 10-game hitting streak late in the year was the second longest on the team all season ... as a sophomore was the team’s primary clean-up hitter and hit .287 on the season while leading the team with 33 RBIs ... had 10 doubles and six homers, both good for second on the team, with a .493 slugging percentage
High School: Played four seasons at Tulare Western HS in Tulare, Calif. … was ranked No. 92 nationally by flosoftball.com in the class of 2016 … led her team to the 2015 East Yosemite League championship while being named conference MVP... was a Times-Delta/Advance-Register first-team selection … broke the school record with 25 career home runs … received the Mustang of the Year Award for most outstanding athlete her senior year ... hit .500 with 10 home runs and 47 RBIs with a .958 slugging percentage of and an on-base percentage of .595 (1.553 OPS) during her junior season … For her HS career she hit .415 with 25 home runs and 110 RBIs in 112 games … had a .489 career on-base percentage with just 28 strikeouts in 112 games … was also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and earned two letters in volleyball ... recruited by schools including Michigan State, Arizona State, Oklahoma, California, Washington, Fresno State, and Boise State
Personal: Parents are Rudy and Trisha Carrasco ... has an older sister, Kaitlyn, and a younger brother, Connor … Mother Trisha played volleyball and softball at College of the Sequoias ... was diagnosed with cancer (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) at age three and received treatment at Valley Children’s Hospital, with remission beginning just seven days after her initial diagnosis and no further recurrence… has participated in many community outreach programs and annually serves as a counselor for Camp Sunshine Dreams, a camp for children with cancer … chose to transfer to Fresno State because it’s close to home, she believes in Coach Garza and the staff and believes they can make a run for the NCAA title, the amazing fans (she grew up a Fresno State softball fan and attended games), and being part of the Red Wave and representing the central valley V … majoring in philosophy
