Mercy College Athletics

Ashlee Kelly
	Assistant A.D./Student Services/SWA
	akelly@mercy.edu
	914-674-7504

Ashlee Kelly was named head women's basketball coach and assistant athletics director for student services at Mercy College in June of 2006, and also served as interim co-athletics director for 2007-08. In her positions, Kelly directs the women's basketball program and serves as the department liaison for financial aid, admissions and academic advising. She also assists with compliance and the Student Athlete Advisory Council, while overseeing academic monitoring, the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program and serve as the department's Senior Women's Administrator.

Kelly carries a strong basketball pedigree, playing four years (2000-04) at Division I Quinnipiac University for highly-regarded head coach Tricia Sacca-Fabbri. She completed her stellar career with the Bobcats ranked second all-time in both scoring (1,580 points) and rebounding (1,107). Her career rebound mark was the fourth-highest in Northeast Conference (NEC) history. Kelly was named NEC Player of the Year during her junior season and was a two-time All-NEC First Team pick. She capped off her career by leading all NCAA Division I players in rebounding at 13.5 per game as a senior. One of the top interior players in league history, Kelly was named to the NEC's 25th Anniversary Women's Basketball Team in January.

Following her collegiate career, Kelly went on to sign a professional contract with the Perik Jumpers in Holland for the 2004-05 season. In her one year, she led the nation in scoring at 24 points per game and rebounding at 15 boards per contest, helping her squad to a 2005 National Cup championship.

Kelly began her coaching career as an assistant for the Connecticut Breeze U-13 and U-15 AAU teams for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. She then served as an assistant for a youth Dutch league while she played overseas in the fall of 2004 and spring of 2005. Since returning to the United States in the fall of 2005, she has served as a co-Head Coach of the Connecticut Storm U-15 AAU team. Kelly also served as director of Quinnipiac's women's basketball summer camps and has been an instructor at several other camps in the northeast.

A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Kelly graduated from Quinnipiac in 2004, with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, earning Dean's List honors three consecutive years. Her older brother, Don Kelly, is an infielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.