
Kelli Nelson
Position: Guard
Height: 5-5
Class: Junior
Hometown: Exira, Iowa
Major: Business Management
2005-06
- Averaged 10.8 points per game
- Started 18 games
- Shot 73.5 percent (25-34) from the free throw line
- Had back to back 20 point games against Truman, 26 points, (2/1) and Pittsburg State, 21 points, (2/4)
- Had eight consecutive games with double digits points
2004-05
- Started five games her freshman year, including the last three of the season
- Recordes a season high 16 points against Rolla
- Hit double digit points six times
- Was named the Bearcats' Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.
High School
- Named first team all-conference as a sophomore and senior at Exira High School
- First team all-district her sophomore and senior seasons
- Holds an Iowa stat record for career steals with 641
- Captain of the Southwest Iowa basketball team as a senior
- Was a four year state track qualifier
Personal Bio
- Daughter of Bill and Sharon Nelson and Jeff and Jean Madsen
- Favorite food is strawberry pie (no whipped cream)
- Enjoys going to Colorado and Hawaii