2009 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 17
Joseph Kelly
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Corona, CA
- High School:
- Corona HS
2009 Named to the Baseball America Preseason All-American Third Team ...
2008 His 17 appearances on the year were third-most for a relief pitcher ... Led the team with six saves.
2007 Appeared in 22 games, all in relief ... Named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and Ping! ... Named to Second Team All-American Team by Rivals.com ... Named Big West Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-Conference ... Played for USA National Team in Summer of 2007 ... Led the Highlanders with a 1.32 ERA and six saves ... Earned first career save with 3.1 innings work against Santa Clara on March 18 ... Gained save in Big West Championship-clinching win over #10 UC Irvine on May 27 ... Threw one inning in NCAA Regional vs Arizona State on June 2.
High School Three-year letter winner at Corona HS ... Named first team all-league.
Personal Joseph William Kelly, Junior, is the son of Joseph Kelly, Sr. and Andrea Valencia … Father played football at Vanderbilt University and for the San Diego Chargers … Nickname is “JK” … Distant relative of notorious gangster “Machine Gun” Kelly … Majoring in psychology … Roots for the Oakland A’s and San Diego Chargers ... Favorite athlete is Johnathan Papelbon … Favorite writer is C.S. Lewis … Enjoys eating Mexican food and sushi … Watches South Park, SNL, and SportsCenter … Favorite movies are “Tombstone”, "Bull Durham" and “Crash” … Listens to the music of Lil Wayne … Hobbies include playing ping pong, video games, and extreme sports … Most memorable sports moment was playing for Team USA … Cites his father as his biggest athletic influence ... Career goal is to become a professional baseball player.
Joe Kelly Career Pitching Statistics
| Year | ERA | W | L | App | GS | CG | SHO | CBO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB | Avg | WP | HBP | SF | SH | BK |
| 2007 | 1.32 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27.1 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 104 | .269 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 9.35 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17.1 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 77 | .312 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5.65 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 28.2 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 120 | .275 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 4.92 |
6 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 73.1 | 85 | 48 | 40 | 27 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 301 | .282 |
11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Day in the Life: Leilani Juan
Monday, May 04
UCR Student-Athletes cheer on our students.
Friday, May 01
UCR Athletics Director Introductory Full Press Conference
Tuesday, March 24
Athletics Director Greg Paules Introductory Presentation Recap
Tuesday, March 24





































