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Laquoya Kelly                  Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. High School: Hunters Lane Height: 6-0 Event: Throws Year (In/Out): Sr./Sr.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Indoors
Shot Put: 44-6.75/13.58m (2009)
Weight: 60-3.25/18.37m (2010)

Outdoors
Shot Put: 44-11.75/13.71m (2009)
Hammer: 176-2/53.71m (2011)

KELLY'S SEC SCORING

2009 Outdoor Hammer: 6th, 175-1/53.37m

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: SEC scorer and SEC Outdoor All-Freshman Team member in 2009 (hammer)...2009 USA Junior Championships qualifier (hammer)...Member of 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2012: Honors - None...Indoors - Unleashed a season-best mark of 59-0 3/4 in the weight throw to tie for 12th in the championship division at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational...Finished 11th in the Gold Division weight throw at the Akron Invitational with a heave of 55-3...Tossed the weight 54-6 3/4 to place seventh at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge...Outdoors - N/A.

2011: Honors - Made the SEC Academic Honor Roll...Indoors - Finished 10th in the weight throw with a mark of 57-3 ¾ and was 14th in the shot put with a toss of 42-8 at the SEC Indoor meet...Best weight mark of 59-0 came at the Kentucky Invitational...Threw the shot 44-1 ½ at the Penn State National...Outdoors - Finished ninth in the hammer with a best throw of 175-2 at the SEC Outdoor Championships...Was 16th in the shot at that meet with a heave of 41-7 ¼...Had a career-best hammer toss of 176-2 at the UCF Invitational...Top shot mark of 44-0 ¾ came at the UCSD Triton Invitational...Was second in the hammer and shot at the UT-UCLA Dual, recording marks of 173-7 and 43-9 ¾.

2010: Indoors - Just missed scoring in the weight throw at SEC Indoors, placing ninth at 57-8 1/2...Notched four PRs in that event, including a top mark of 60-3 1/4 at the Texas A&M Challenge...Wound up 18th in shot at SECs with toss of 42-10 3/4...Outdoors - Finished 12th in the hammer at SEC Outdoors with a fling of 160-1...Season's best of 169-11 came at the Sea Ray Relays...Had a 163-2 effort at the Tennessee Invitational as well.

2009: Honors - Made SEC Outdoor All-Freshman Team (Hammer)...Indoors - Placed 10th at SEC Indoors in the weight throw at 50-8 3/4...Best mark of 51-9 1/4 came at the Penn State National...Took 16th in the shot at league meet (42-4)...Top shot mark (44-6 3/4) came at Texas A&M Dual meet...Outdoors - Finished sixth in the hammer throw with a PR toss of 175-1 at the SEC Outdoor meet...Had a shot put career best at SEC Outdoors, as well, stretching the tape to 44-11 3/4...Qualified for the USA Junior Championships in the hammer and finished 13th with a heave of 157-1.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year member of the track & field team at Hunters Lane...Also played basketball her first three years...Finished second in the shot put at the 2008 TSSAA AAA state meet, charting a mark of 38-8 3/4...Placed seventh in the discus with a career-best fling of 117-10...Won the shot and discus at the 2008 TSSAA AAA Section 3 meet, extending the tape to a PR of 39-7 for the shot and giving the discus a ride of 113-9...Claimed a city title in the shot and placed sixth in the discus at the Nashville Track & Field Championships...As a junior, Laquoya also appeared in the state meet, taking 13th in the shot at 35-4 and 15th in the discus at 90-2.

PERSONAL: Born May 31, 1990, in Nashville, Tenn....Majoring in psychology... Parents are Leonard and Jacquelyn Kelly...Has two siblings, Jordan Mack and Emerald Kelly.