Kelly Walbert

Kelly Walbert during a Duke women's soccer game.

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.

Notes: All-time points leader with 117 from 1992-95... all-time goals leader, scoring 47 over her career... all-time leader in shots taken with 317... scored 20 gamewinning goals, which holds the all-time record... started 90 games consecutively which ranks first all-time... sixth all-time in assists with 23... Duke's first two-time and three-time All-American... first Duke ACC Player of the Year... first Duke player with International Cap... ACC 50th Anniversary Team selection... 1996 ACC Honor Roll member... drafted to the Atlanta Beat 81st overall in 1996... assistant coach at Texas in 1996... assistant coach at Wake Forest from 1997-01... head coach at Virginia Tech from 2003-2010.

Senior (1995): Started all 22 matches for the Blue Devils... scored 14 goals, tied eighth all-time for goals in a season... had seven assists... tallied 35 points, ranking seventh all-time... ACC Player of the Year... first team All-American... first team All-East... first team Soccer America All-America (MVP)... first team All-ACC... ACC Player of the Week Sept. 5, 1995.

Junior (1994): Earned the starting nod in all 23 contests... scored 18 goals, ranking second all-time... 9 of the goals were gamewinners, which hold the season record... combined for 40 points, ranking third all-time... first team All-American... first team All-East... first team Soccer America All-America (MVP)... first team All-ACC.

Sophomore (1993): Started all 21 games for the Blue Devils... scored nine goals and had four assists for combine for 22 points... had three game winners that came against Davidson, Vanderbilt, and NC State... first team All-American... first team All-East... first team Soccer America All-America (MVP)... first team All-ACC.

Freshman (1992): Became immediate scoring force, leading Duke with six goals and eight assists for 20 points… lone freshman to start all 24 matches... scored game-winning goals against George Mason, Notre Dame, N.C. State in ACC tourney, and Hartford in NCAA semis...also had goals against American and Butler...dished out a school-record three assists against Davidson... also had assists against George Mason, N.C. State, Notre Dame, UNC-Greensboro, and Virginia in NCAAs.

Prep: Four-year letterwinner at Salpointe Catholic High... lettered four years in volleyball...All-Southern Arizona and all-city… member of Arizona Olympic Development Team… concluded career with 93 goals and 82 assists... team won two state titles.

Personal: Born 8/22/74... daughter of Richard and Nancy Walbert.