Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

2016: Appeared in 29 games, including 17 starts for the Purple and Gold... Collected 13 total hits on the season... Recorded eight runs scored and seven RBI... Also added three walks and two stolen bases...

2015: Appeared in 23 games for Minnesota State and started in two contests...Grove recorded seven runs, three walks, two stolen bases and four hits in her first season as a Maverick...Tallied two walks against St. Cloud State (3/29/15).

High School: A four-year starter out of Burnsville High School, Grove earned four letters as a member of the softball team, where she played at third base…Was part of the team that won the 2010 class AAA State Championship as an eighth grader…Earned all-conference and all-section honorable mentions during her freshman season, where she batted .313 with 12 extra base hits…Followed with three all-conference awards during her sophomore, junior and senior seasons…Batted .371 as a sophomore with three home runs, 21 RBI and a .562 slugging percentage…Named a team captain her junior and senior seasons…As a junior she drove in 14 runs and notched two home runs…Batted .354 as a senior with 16 RBI and two home runs.
 
Personal: Kelly is the daughter of Chris and Sheila Grove…Born March 31, 1996…Her brother Ryan Grove graduated from Minnesota State in 2014…Intends to major in biology/pre-dental.