Kelsey Christine Stewart-Hunter ( Stewart; born August 15, 1994) is an American professional softball player for the Texas Volts of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). She won two softball National Championships with Florida Gators softball and has been named a Second Team and two-time First Team All-SEC player, including being named 2015 SEC Player of the Year. She was also chosen a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American in 2014–15. She graduated as a member of the select 300 hits, 200 runs, 100 stolen bases club. She has been of the United States women's national softball team since 2014. She was a member of the national softball team that won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She later played in the Athletes Unlimited Softball and in 2021 was the third best individual points leader for the league.
Early life Stewart grew up in Wichita, Kansas. She graduated from Maize High School in 2012.
Career Stewart played college softball at Florida. During her senior year in 2016, she was one of two active players in the country with 300-plus hits, 200-plus runs and 100-plus stolen bases. She is Florida's all-time leader in hits runs scored (259), total bases (509), hits (357), triples (29), stolen bases (113), batting average (.393) and on-base percentage (.458).
On January 29, 2025, Stewart was drafted thirty-six overall by the Volts in the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League draft.
National team Stewart represented the United States women's national softball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics. During the tournament she had two hits, including the only home run for Team USA. Stewart and Team USA lost in the gold medal game to Team Japan.
Statistics +Florida Gators YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA 2013 67 238 62 90 .378 30 3 10 9 128 .538% 29 35 36 39 2014 67 233 68 102 .438 57 7 6 14 149 .639% 24 23 35 40 2015 67 232 71 101 .435 41 2 11 19 148 .638% 21 21 26 28 2016 63 211 58 64 .303 20 3 2 7 84 .398% 28 16 15 16 TOTALS 264 914 259 357 .390 148 15 29 49 509 .557% 102 95 112 123
+Team USA YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB 2020 15 35 14 13 .371 7 1 1 3 21 .600% 8 4 1 2021 19 77 12 19 .247 11 1 1 5 29 .376% 7 7 1 Olympics 6 15 1 2 .133 1 1 0 0 5 .333% 0 2 0 TOTAL 40 127 27 34 .267 19 3 2 8 55 .433% 15 13 2
References
External links Kelsey Stewart at Florida Gators Kelsey Stewart at USA Softball