Kelly attended Marquette University where she majored in Public Relations . As a freshman in 2005 , Kelly became Marquette 's corner kick specialist and provided an offensive threat from the back line . She scored three goals and served four assists finishing with 11 points . She was named Big East Conference Rookie of the Week after a goal and an assist in the win over Northwestern on August 28 . She was named to the Soccer Buzz Great Lakes All-Freshman Team and was also an honorable mention Freshman All-American by Soccer Buzz . During her sophomore year , she started in all 23 matches and was Marquette 's secret weapon on offense serving up a team high of eight assists for the season – third best single season total in program history . She registered 10 total points on the season to rank her fourth on the team . She was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Week and to the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week for the second consecutive week . Kelly was the only player in the conference in 2006 to earn repeat defensive player of the week honors . She earned Soccer Buzz All - Great Lakes Third Team honors . In 2007 during her junior season , Kelly started in all 20 games and lead the team with nine assists . Her 0.45 assists per game for the season rank as the third-best average in single-season history at Marquette . Her nine assists ranked third in the Big East Conference that year and also ranked third on Marquette 's all-time list . As an integral member of a Marquette defense that allowed just 17 goals on the season , and shut out nine teams , Kelly garnered several prestigious post-season honors , including a third team All-Big East selection and a spot on the Soccer Buzz Great Lakes Region second team . It was also the third consecutive year she was honored by Soccer Buzz . In addition , she was named to the NSCAA All-Great Lakes third team and the Top Drawer Soccer College Team of the Season first team . During her senior year , Kelly started all 22 games and ranked second on the team with 2,015 minutes played . She received Fourth Team All-America accolades by Soccer Buzz and was selected to the 2008 second team All-BIG East – the third All-BIG EAST selection of her career . She was also named to the 2008 NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Third Team as well as the First Team All-Great Lakes by Soccer Buzz
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Katie Kelly