Owen Kelly

Ole Miss Baseball during Game 1 of the 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament against Missouri at Hoover Metropolitan Complex in Hoover, Alabama on May 19, 2026. Photo by Hayden Carroll/Ole Miss Athletics.

Ole Miss Baseball during their game against Southern Miss in Pearl, Mississippi on April 14, 2026. Photo by Kari Hodges/Ole Miss Athletics.

Class:
Junior
Position:
RHP
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 220
Experience:
TR
Hometown:
Belleville, Ill.
High School:
Belleville East
Prev. College:
Saint Louis
Major:
General Business

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2025 All-Atlantic 10 Second Team

2026 (Junior): Had 16 appearances on the mound, earning six starts … Held a 4.25 ERA and had a 3-2 record … Worked 29.1 total innings, striking out 31 batters … Earned the start in Ole Miss’ first midweek match against Arkansas State (2/17), striking out his first three batters as a Rebel … Worked 2.2 hitless innings against Southeast Missouri (2/24) to earn the win … Worked 4.0 innings in his start against Memphis (3/3), fanning five batters on only three hits … Gave up one hit in 2.0 innings against Austin Peay (3/17) … Allowed no hits in his start against Murray State, striking out a season-high six batters in 4.0 innings to earn the win … Went 2.0 innings of one-hit baseball against UT Martin, fanning four … Worked 1.0 scoreless inning against Missouri in the SEC Tournament

SAINT LOUIS: Made 30 appearances and 16 starts for the Billikens, earning a 7-2 overall record at the mound … Had a career 4.49 ERA in 110.1 innings pitched … Struck out 108 batters, 79 of which came as a sophomore in 2025, which led the team … That season, earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference honors with a 6-2 record … Saint Louis went 11-4 in games he pitched … Walked only 38 batters in two seasons with SLU … Helped Saint Louis claim the 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference Championship … Had a career-high nine K’s against North Alabama (2/22) in 2025, in a game where he allowed no runs on four hits in 5.0 innings of work.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman under coach Ryan Wiggs at Belleville East High School … Also participated with Extreme Elite … As an upperclassman, accrued a 2.15 ERA in 58.2 innings between his junior and senior seasons … In that span, struck out 77 batters to only 22 walks … Had an 4-1 record both of those seasons for an 8-2 overall record … Batters averaged .185 against him.

PERSONAL: Full name is Owen Michael Kelly … Born May 26, 2005, to Brendan and Joanne Kelly … Intending to major in business … Aunt, Katie Middleton, played soccer at Navy.