(Story courtesy of Texas Lutheran University Athletics)
SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Softball standout Kelly Jurden is a First Team Academic All-American® for the second time and an Academic All-American for the third time overall. To view the entire CoSIDA First Team All-American® Team, click here.
Jurden is in the graduate school portion of her concurrent degree at TLU. She has a 3.97 grade point average as an undergrad and a 4.0 GPA as a graduate student. Jurden's undergraduate majors are mathematics and computer science, and she is pursuing her master's degree in data analytics.
On the field in 2021, Jurden hit .472 and stole 56 bases. She is the all-time steals leader in TLU and Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference history. In 151 career games, she has stolen 169 bases in 177 attempts. Jurden is a career .432 hitter with a career on-base percentage of .513. In 2021, she reached base at a school-record mark of .579.
Fifteen of the 33 members of the 2021 Academic All-America® Division III Softball Teams have at least a 3.90 GPA, with the 11 First Team honorees averaging an undergraduate GPA of 3.82.
For more information on the Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com
