BOBBIE KELSEY
#23

Decatur, Georgia
Junior
5-11
Guard/Forward

A large (210K) photo of Bobbie in action

Honors

 1992-93 Stanford "Most Improved Player"
1991-92 Stanford "Most Inspirational Player"
1990-91 USA Today Top 25
1990-91 Street & Smith's Second Team H.S. All-American
1989-90 Street & Smith's Second Team H.S. All-American

At Stanford

 Bobbie Kelsey has been a great addition to the Stanford... The 5-11 guard/forward is listed as a junior, but she is entering her fourth year on The Farm...She is listed as the team's lone junior...She redshirted the entire 1991-92 season due to a knee injury that did not allow her to play...(More on that below)..."Bobbie is a real mature player," said VanDerveer. "Her attitude is her strength. She is very coachable, and adds a lot to the team, a lot of enthusiasm. Her position is very competitive, so a lot depends upon how much she improved over the past summer. An excellent three-point shooter, I expect Bobbie to play more of the "2" position this year. She should be a good rebounder from that spot."...Perhaps the most impressive aspect to Bobbie's career came in the first year--when she was voted by her teammates the "Most Inspirational Player" in '91-'92, a year that she didn't even play. That will give you an idea of how well-liked and how well-respected she is."...She has scored 368 points and pulled down 200 rebounds in her career...In 1992-93, she was named Stanford's "Most Improved Player."

The 1993-94 Season

 Bobbie started six games last year, playing in all 31...She started the first four games, averaging 7.5 points and 3.1 rebounds for the entire season...Her three-point field goal percentage of .445 was third best in the Pac-10...If you discount the team's first six games, and count the last 25 games only, Bobbie shot a remarkable .553 from three-point range (26-of-47)...She shot .447 from the field overall, and .765 from the line...Scored a career-high 23 points in the year's very first game at Texas Tech...She led Stanford in scoring twice, also scoring a team-high 17 in the victory at Utah.

The 1992-93 Season

 After nearly two years of not playing a game due to injury, Bobbie finally got a chance for the real taste of action...She played all 32 of Stanford's games, starting one (Texas at home)...She averaged 4.3 points and 3.3 rebounds, both 7th best on the team...She was the first forward off the bench...She averaged 14.2 minutes per game, but that number was rising significantly towards season's end when her 3-point shooting ability came to the front...She made 20 3-pointers, 3rd most on the team...But 13 of those came in the season's last 10 games...One the season, she shot .365 from the field overall, .385 from 3-point range...In those last 10 games, she shot .419 from 3-point land.

The 1991-92 Season

 Redshirted during this national championship year... Head coach Tara VanDerveer got her cake (won the title), and was able to eat it too (by redshirting Kelsey)...Bobbie practiced (on a limited basis) with the team the entire season, but she wore a brace on her injured left knee, and never played...Her teammates were so impressed by Bobbie's attitude that they voted her the Team's Most Inspirational Player.

In High School

 There was much excitement the day that Bobbie Kelsey committed to Stanford...And no wonder...Known at Southwest DeKalb High School as "Special K", Bobbie was named a preseason Second Team All-American by Street & Smith's prior to both her junior and senior seasons...As a senior, she was named a USA Today Top 25 performer... With the good news, however, there then came some bad news for Bobbie...She injured her left knee early in her senior year, injuring the dreaded anterior cruciate ligament...It required surgery after she played just six games her senior season...As a junior, Bobbie averaged 23.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 4.0 steals...She shot 51 percent from the field and 85 percent from the line leading her team to the state semifinals...As a sophomore, she averaged 21 points and 8 rebounds on the junior varsity...Bobbie chose Stanford over Clemson, Virginia, Auburn, and Georgia...Following her junior year, Bobbie was named Co-MVP of her team...She was named Dick Vitale's Magazine number three "Prep All-American from the South"...She was named an All-State performer and honored by the Atlanta Tip Off Club the very same night in April, 1990 that Tara VanDerveer was named the Naismith National Coach of the Year and that Jennifer Azzi was named the Naismith National Player of the Year by the same organization...She received the school's Chemistry Award following her junior year.

Personal Information

 Born December 30, 1972 in Pontiac, Michigan...Grew up in Atlanta...Interested in communications or business...Collects stamps and animated pictures...Given name is Bobbie Natasha Kelsey.

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