2006-07: Saw action in all 31 games, starting30 ... Tallied 18 points while dishing out five assists in the winover Montreat ... Had 15 points, including two three-pointersagainst No. 1 Maryland in the Junkanoo Jam Tournament ... Netted 17points while establishing a career high with seven assists ...Totaled 14 points in the win over Longwood ... Earned a spot on theall-tournament team at the Christmas City Classic after hitting16-of-31 shots for 45 points over a two-game span ... Had acareer-best 28 points at the Christmas City Classic against CentralMichigan ... Tied her career high with seven assists againstJacksonville ... Recorded 10 second-half points to help theBulldogs down UNF for their first A-Sun victory over the season ...Had 16 points against ETSU ... Netted 15 points and grabbed sevenrebounds in the win over Mercer ... Scored 19 points againstBelmont ... Drained 14 points and pulled down five rebounds in thewin over Lipscomb ... Recorded 19 points, five assists and fourrebounds in the win over Jacksonville ... Poured in 17 points andhad six rebounds in the win over Stetson ... Had 12 points in thewin at Lipscomb ... Netted a game-high 20 points at Belmont ...Posted 14 points and three assists in the win over Campbell ...Tallied a game-high 18 points in the A-Sun quarterinals againstCampbell.
2005-06: Played in 30 games, starting 15 forthe Bulldogs ... Finished second on the team in assists (53) andsteals (35) ... Was the third-leading scorer on the squad,averaging 9.3 points per contest ... Recorded a career-high 25points in the 91-88 overtime win over Kennesaw State ... Alsodished out a career-best six assists in the same contest ... Pulleddown a season-best seven rebounds on two occasions ... Sank aseason-best three three-point attempts in the win over Mercer ...Scored in double figures 13 times, including a stretch of eight ina row ... Finished the year 27-71 from behind the three-point line... Connected on .641 of her free-throw attempts.
2004-05: Logged 794 minutes of action forGardner-Webb while playing in all 27 games and starting 24... Bounced back nicely from a severe knee injury to rankthird on the team with 7.4 points per contest ... Also ranked thirdwith 59 assists and was fifth with 85 rebounds ... Connected on 22three-point attempts, second only to Blackman for the season ...Poured in a personal-best 20 points and 10 boards at Furman on Nov.24 in her fourth collegiate contest ... The 20 point, 10 reboundperformance marked her first career double-double ... Crackeddouble figures in points a total of 11 times ... Dished out fiveassists against NC A&T on Dec. 22 ... Hit four of sixthree-point attempts at Belmont on Jan. 8 in Gardner-Webb’s67-53 win over the Lady Bruins ... Opened many eyes by starting theseason with a nine-point showing at Miami ... Backed that up with10 points and three steals against UCLA two nights later.
2003-04: Took a medical redshirt aftersuffering a season-ending injury against Eastern Kentucky in theseason opener ... Started the game ... Scored five points and hadthree rebounds.
High School: Four-year player for South Cobb(Ga.) High School under coach Cliff Collins ... All-state player asa junior and senior ... Three-time all-county team selection andtwo-time all-conference selection for the Eagles ... Six-timeMarietta Daily Journal Player of the Week ... Atlanta Journal andConstitution Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... Namedteam MVP as a junior and senior ... Team Best Offensive Player as afreshman and sophomore ... Had her jersey retired ... Scored 1,601career points ... Was also on volleyball, softball and track andfield teams ... Also played for AAU team Georgia Dream Team forthree years ... Two-year participant at the invitation-onlyAll-American Camp.
Personal: Candyse Nicole Kelly was born April23, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia ... Daughter of John and KimKelly ... Majoring in business administration.
Favorite Bible Verse: What then shall we say inresponse to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans8:31.
