Kelly Barnhill - USA Softball

2018 WBSC Women’s World Championship Gold Medalist – Pitched seven innings with eight strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA
2016 WBSC Women’s World Championship Gold Medalist – Pitched four innings with four strikeouts and two hits allowed
2015 WBSC Junior Women’s World Championship Gold Medalist – Led the U.S. staff with a 6-0 record, 51 strikeouts and a 0.54 ERA in 26 innings pitched

2018 USA Softball International Cup – Pitched two innings with two strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA
2017 Pan American Championship Gold Medalist – Struck out 40 batters in 20 innings pitched with a 3-0 record and a 0.35 ERA
2017 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
2017 ESPY for Best Female Collegiate Athlete

2018: Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Softball team, Academic All-American® of the Year for Division I softball, Player of the Year Top-4 Finalist, Honda Sports Award finalist, SEC Pitcher of the Year, NFCA First Team All-American, All-SEC First Team, NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team, USA Softball Player of the Week (February 27), Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (February 27)
2017: USA Softball Player of the Year, Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award Winner, SEC Pitcher of the Year, NFCA First Team All-American, All-SEC First Team, NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team, Five-time SEC Pitcher of the Week, USA Softball Co-Player of the Week (April 18), Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (April 18), ESPNW Player of the Week (April 18), CoSIDA All-American First Team
2016: NFCA Freshman of the Year Top Three Finalist, Third Team All-Southeast Region, SEC All-Freshman Team, SEC Freshman of the Week (March 21, May 9), SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

Professional softball player for the NPF Chicago Bandits, Athletes Unlimited and Taiwan Professional Softball League
No. 1 overall draft pick in the 2019 NPF draft

Personal motto: “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” – Dr. Seuss
Dream job: Work for a transnational corporation after playing professional softball in the USA and overseas in Japan and Europe
Three words to describe her: Quirky, driven and loya
On what it means to play for USA Softball: It’s a dream come true. It’s been my dream since I was a little girl to have the honor of representing my country while playing the sport I love.
What non-softball sport she’d like to try: Beach volleyball