Kelsey Lalor
{{short description|Canadian baseball player (born 1998)}}
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Kelsey Lalor (born March 1, 1998, in Red Deer, Alberta) is a Canadian baseball player. She is a member of the Canada women's national baseball team which won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.{{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/baseball/event-overview-women.htm |title=Baseball - Event Overview - Women |website=Toronto2015.org |publisher=Pan American Games |accessdate=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210030046/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/baseball/event-overview-women.htm |archive-date=December 10, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/BB/TO2015_BB_C33_BBW400000C_CAN.pdf |title=Baseball: Women: Team Roster: CAN - Canada |website=Toronto2015.org |publisher=Pan American Games |accessdate=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111427/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/BB/TO2015_BB_C33_BBW400000C_CAN.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://baseball.ca/canadian-womens-baseball-team-named-for-toronto-2015-pan-am-games|title=Baseball Canada | Canadian Women's Baseball Team Named for TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games}}
Playing career
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Lalor made her debut for the national team at the 2013 Canada-Japan series in Granby, QC. Competing at the 2014 IBAF Women’s World Cup, Lalor scored five runs while registering four RBI’s in six games played.
Competing with Team Alberta, she helped the squad capture the gold medal at the 2014 Senior Women’s Invitational (also known as the Canadian women’s baseball championships).{{Cite web|date=2015-05-20|title=Kelsey Lalor|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kelsey-lalor/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website|language=en-US}}
She joined the Boise State Broncos softball team in 2020, where she played shortstop.{{Cite web|date=2019-08-06|title=Kelsey Lalor commits to play softball at Boise State|url=https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/sports/kelsey-lalor-commits-to-play-softball-at-boise-state/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=Red Deer Advocate|language=en-US}} She was named to the All-Mountain West Conference team in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Kelsey Lalor - Softball |url=https://broncosports.com/sports/softball/roster/kelsey-lalor/8052 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Boise State University Athletics}}
Honors and awards
Lalor has received several award:{{Cite web|title=Kelsey Lalor - Softball|url=https://broncosports.com/sports/softball/roster/kelsey-lalor/7519|access-date=2020-10-01|website=Boise State University Athletics|language=en}}
- 2016 & 2018: Women's Open Player of the Year by Baseball Alberta
- 2018: All-World Team as an outfielder in 2018
- 2019: Baseball Canada Women's National Team MVP{{Cite web |title=Baseball Canada Women’s National Team – Most Valuable Player Award |url=https://baseball.ca/uploads/files/WNT%20MVP%20Award%20(EN).pdf |website=Baseball Canada}}
- 2020: Academic All-Mountain West
- 2020: Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
- 2022L All Mountain West Conference (softball)
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Category:Baseball people from Alberta
Category:Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Canadian women baseball players
Category:Pan American Games medalists in baseball
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Category:Sportspeople from Red Deer, Alberta