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2024 Softball Roster

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14 Kelly Ryono

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • High School Huntington Beach HS
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Biography

Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate
Trophy Badge 2023 NFCA All-Region
Trophy Badge 2023 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar
Big Ten Logo white 2023 All-Big Ten Second Team

graduate student- 2024

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • Preseason Top-45 Outfielder according to D1 Softball
  • Team Captain
  • Started all 52 games
  • Slashed .348/.614/.395
  • Led the team in batting average, hits (64), runs (37), doubles (17), home runs (10), total bases (113) and stolen bases (10)
  • With 17 doubles on the year, ranks tied for fifth all-time for a single season at Illinois
  • Posted 17 multi-hit games
  • Scored three runs at Michigan State (4/19/24)
  • Tallied a season-high four hits at Louisville (3/15/24)
  • Amassed a pair of home runs at DePaul (4/23/24)
  • Logged three triples against SIUE (3/27/24)
  • Recorded a triple at Louisville (3/15/24)
  • Tallied four RBI at DePaul (4/23/24)
  • Went 10-for-13 in stolen bases
  • Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 86 putouts and three assists

Senior - 2023

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar 
  • CSC All-District 
  • Started all 56 games, splitting time between the outfield and designated player
  • Slashed .352/.619/.410
  • Led the team with 62 hits, 37 runs, 109 total bases, 48 RBI, 15 walks and 12 home runs
  • Her 48 RBI ties for ninth In a single-season
  • Posted three hits against Florida Gulf Coast (3/10/23), at South Florida (3/10/23), against Michigan State (4/22,23, 4/23/23) and Maryland (5/5/23)
  • Scored three runs against FGCU (3/10/23) and Michigan State (4/21/23, 4/22/23)
  • Tallied a triple against FGCU (3/10/23)
  • Posted a pair of homers against DePaul (4/25/23)
  • Logged six RBI against Rutgers (3/26/23)
  • Went 9-for-10 in stolen bases 
  • Posted a .973 fielding percentage with 35 putouts, one assist and one error.

Junior - 2022

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Appeared in 51 games with 48 starts while setting career-highs in runs (34), hits (48), doubles (10), home runs (5), and RBI (35)
  • Slashed .320/.358/.487 across the season
  • Connected for 12 multi-hit games including a three-hit effort at LSU
  • Team-best 25-game reached base streak
  • Season-best nine-game hitting streak
  • Produced a 2-for-4 effort with three RBI in NCAA Regional game vs. Arizona (5/20/22)
  • Drove in two runs while going 2-for-3 in the box at Indiana (4/30/22)
  • Tallied three RBI at Indiana (4/29/22)
  • Produced a 2-for-4 showing with four RBI and a three-run home run at Louisville (3/5/22)
  • Went 8-for-13 with three RBI and two doubles on Opening Weekend (2/11-13/22), including a 3-for-4 performance in ranked victory over LSU

Sophomore - 2021

  • Went 2-for-2 with 2 RBI versus Minnesota knocking in runners with a double and single on 3/28/21
  • Stole two bases against Indiana in the 2-0 Illini victory on 4/25/21
  • Went 3-for-4 with 2 runs and a double in a game against Northwestern on 5/1/21
  • Hit her first career home run in a game against Ohio State on 5/8/21

Freshman - 2020

  • Saw action in 21 games, starting 16 of them
  • .178 BA, 8 H, 1 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI, 9 TB, 2 BB, 1 SB
  • 1.000 fielding % with 19 putouts
  • Knocked her first-career two-hit game in a win over Oakland (3/7/20)
  • Had two hits, two RBI, and one run against BYU (2/27/20)
  • Made her first appearance as an Illini in a season-opener win against Liberty, knocking one hit and scoring one run (2/7/20)

High School

  • Ranked as a 2019 Extra Elite 200 by Extra Innings Softball as a Top 200 player
  • Named All-Sunset League in 2018
  • Honored as the Huntington Beach High School Offensive Player of the Year in 2016 and is a three-time HBHS Scholar-Athlete honoree
  • Helped lead her Firecrackers Brashear travel team to a top-five finish at the PGF Premier Nationals in 2017 and a finalist finish in the Colorado Fireworks ESPN Game in 2018

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2020Freshman

    Outfielder
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2021Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2022Junior

    Outfielder
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2023Senior

    Outfielder
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2024Graduate Student

    Outfielder
    5'8"
    14