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Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Staten Island, N.Y.

High School:
Saint Stephen's Episcopal

04/21/2013

Gamecocks Finish Runner-Up at SEC Championship

Carolina comes up two strokes shy of winning program's first SEC title

04/20/2013

Gamecocks, Sturgeon Take 36-Hole Lead at SEC Championship

Carolina holds three-shot advantage over No. 2 Alabama

04/19/2013

Sturgeon's 65 Puts Gamecocks in Second at SEC Championship

Laurens, S.C., native leads the tournament by a stroke

04/18/2013

Gamecocks Set for SEC Championship at Sea Island Golf Club

Play begins Friday in St. Simons Island, Ga.

04/13/2013

Gamecocks Defeat No. 8 Georgia Tech in Dual Match, 3.5-2.5

05/29/2013

NCAA Championship - Second Round

South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Championship at the Capital City Club's Crabapple Course in Milton, Ga.

05/16/2013

NCAA Columbus Regional - Round 1

South Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Columbus Regional in Columbus, Ohio. (5/16/13)

04/20/2013

2013 SEC Championship - Round 2

SEC Championship - Round 2

Kelly's Career Bests
18-hole score 68
54-hole score 218
Tournament finish 3rd
Top 10 finishes 1
Top 20 finishes 2

2011-12
One of the top freshmen in the SEC...Played in eight of 12 tournaments...Posted two top-20 finishes, including one top-five showing...Stroke average of 74.13 ranked fifth on the team...Had a breakout tournament with a third-place showing at the Rees Jones Invitational in the fall, shooting rounds of 81-69-70=220 (+4), to lead team to a runner-up finish...Claimed 12th place to open the spring at the Seahawk Invitational (76-75-68=219)...Final-round 68 at the Seahawk Invitational was a career low...Finished NCAA Southwest Regional in a tie for 48th with rounds of 73-81-75=229 (+13)...Carded five rounds of par or better.

Prior to South Carolina
Graduated from Saint Stephen's Episcopal School...Top 50 player in the American Junior Golf Association Polo rankings and Golfweek Rankings...Ranked No. 1 junior player in the state of New York...Named a Leadbetter First-Team All-American...2010 U.S. Amateur participant...Finished in a tie for fourth at the 2011 Terra Cotta Invitational and at the 2011 AJGA Taylormade Junior at Innisbrook...Involved with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans, La., in May 2010 and May 2011...Honor Roll student as a freshman and sophomore and Dean's List student as a junior and senior.

Personal
Full name is Sean Patrick Kelly...Born Dec. 15, 1992...Parents are Timothy and Colleen Kelly...Chose South Carolina over Wake Forest, Auburn, Virginia and North Florida...Major is undecided.

Kelly's Career Stats (Stroke Play)
Year Tourn. Rds. Strokes Avg. Low 18 Best Finish
2011-12 8 23 1,705 74.13 68 3rd
Career 8 23 1,705 74.13 68 3rd
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