Joseph Kelly, a 1985 graduate of Stonehill, helped put Stonehill baseball on the map in the early days of the Northeast-10 Conference (then known as the Northeast-8).
Kelly is the first Northeast-10 Player of the Year in program history, earning the honors his senior season in 1985 as Stonehill posted a 17-14 overall record, including a 9-3 mark in Northeast-8 play to win the Conference’s regular season championship. The team went on to win the first postseason baseball tournament in Conference history with a 6-3 triumph over Bryant in the finals.
A native of Allston, Mass., Kelly earned All-Northeast-8 first team outfield honors as a junior and senior. The team captain as a senior, he was regarded as the best defensive outfielders in Stonehill history, finishing his career with 62-straight error free games - a school record at the time. Kelly batted .352 his senior year and .357 as a junior after hitting .407 his sophomore year - ranking seventh in New England.
Joseph Kelly, a 1985 graduate of Stonehill, helped put Stonehill baseball on the map in the early days of the Northeast-10 Conference (then known as the Northeast-8).