Kelly Breen

Gabby Lantier

/ Softball

Breen Throws the Ball to first against Boston College

Breen celebrates a home run against Virginia

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-5
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Arnold O. Beckman
Hometown:
Placentia, Calif.
Club Team:
R/R

Senior Year (2025): Breen appeared and started in all 49 games, the only Syracuse player to do so … She finished the season hitting a career-best .287 (43-for-150) with 19 runs, 20 runs batted in, 55 total bases, and seven doubles ... Breen had two hits, including her first home run of the season, scored twice, and drove in a run in a win against LONG ISLAND (2/14) ... In a victory versus TENNESSEE TECH (2/14), Breen had two hits and an RBI … Syracuse defeated TENNESSEE TECH (2/15) again, thanks in part to Breen's two runs and one hit... Breen led the Orange by LONG ISLAND (2/15) with two hits and two runs scored ... She had a season-best three hits against BUFFALO (2/21) ... She had a three-RBI performances against MORGAN STATE (3/1) … Breen had a pair of multi-hit outings, recording 2-for-4 performances in both ends of a double-header against UALBANY (4/23) ... She closed the season with a two-hit game against CAL (5/3) ... She earned 2025 Academic All-District, selected by College Sports Communicators (at least a sophomore, 3.5 cumulative grade-point-average, participated in 90 percent of contests) ... Breen was named to the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better semester grade-point-average).

Junior Year (2024): Started 49 a career-best games, all at shortstop ... Tied with Laila Morales-Alves and Taylor Posner for the second-most doubles with seven ... Recorded a three-hit game against GEORGIA TECH (3/30) and COLGATE (4/10) ... Also hit a home run versus COLGATE ... Finished the season with a six-game hitting streak ... Recorded a hit against BOSTON COLLEGE in the ACC Tournament, giving her a hit in all five postseason games she's appeared in ... Breen was named to the 2024 Softball All-ACC Academic Team (3.0 g.p.a. in the most recent semester, 3.0 cumulative g.p.a.) ... She was named to the 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the full academic year) ... Breen earned Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Sophomore Year (2023): Started 47 games, primarily as a middle infielder … Led the Orange in home runs (7) and slugging percentage (.468) … Second on the squad in RBI (26) and hits (38) … Hit her first home run of the season against PURDUE… Also tied a career-high in hits in game with three against the Boilermakers (2/17)… Drove in a career-high six runs against PURDUE on two hits and one home run in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge finale (2/19) … Brought a home with a single against CLEMSON (3/4) … Tallied a base hit against UC SAN DIEGO (3/12) … Picked up a run and two hits in the doubleheader at CANISIUS (3/22) … Recorded a two-run RBI single against NC STATE (4/6) … Hit a double against NC STATE (4/7) … Launched a home run and scored two runs against NC STATE in the series finale (4/8) … Hit a bases-clearing triple to score two in win over LAFAYETTE (4/22) … Recorded 3 hits with a home run in win against LAFAYETTE (4/22) … Drove in two runs on two in the first two games of the VIRGINIA series (4/28) … Recorded her first multi-home run performance of her career in the series finale against VIRGINIA (4/29) … Orchestrated a multi-hit performance against BOSTON COLLEGE in the series finale (4/7) … Scored a run and logged a single against VIRGINIA at the ACC Tournament (5/10) ... Breen was named to the 2023 Softball All-ACC Academic Team ... She was named to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Breen earned Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2022): She was one of three players to start all 47 games in 2022 ... She ranked second on the club in doubles (10) and home runs (7) ... Breen's 29 runs batted in ranked third on the Orange roster ... She saw most of her field time at second base for the Orange ... Breen completed the campaign with 82 assists, the second-highest total on the squad ... She finished her rookie campaign with a six-game hitting streak ... She hit .300 (6-of-20) during that span ... Breen recorded a double and drove in a run when the Orange defeated ACC-rival NORTH CAROLINA (5/7), 6-2 ... In a 4-3 loss to CANISIUS (4/13) ... Breen drove in two runs and and scored once ... In the second game of the twinbill with the GOLDEN GRIFFINS (4/13), she had a double and an RBI in an Orange win ... When Syracuse defeated PITT (4/2), 5-4, Breen had a two-run double ... She keyed a 4-1 triumph against host HOFSTRA (3/18) by stroking two hits, including a home run, and by crossing the plate twice ... She had a run-scoring double and a three-run home run when the Orange defeated HOFSTRA (3/16), 6-0 ... Breen drove in two runs in both ends of a doubleheader sweep of COPPIN STATE (3/16) ... In game two, she went 3-of-4 and scored twice ... Breen started a streak of driving in runs in five straight games by doubling in a runner in the second game of a twinbill at VIRGINIA TECH (3/11) ... She had a solo home run in the third game of the series with the HOKIES (3/13) ... She homered in the victory against DELAWARE STATE (2/26) ... Breen clubbed a three-run home run and added a sacrifice fly in a 12-9 triumph against SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-EDWARDSVILLE in the Best of the Bayou ... She accumulated three hits, including a double and a home run, drove in four and scored twice when the Orange defeated SOUTHERN ... Breen was named to the 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... She earned Spring 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

High School: Breen was an Arnold O. Beckman high school softball team captain during senior year ... She finished with a .450 batting average, 90 hits, and five home runs ... Breen was on the 2021 1st Team All-Pacific Coast League ... She was named the Arnold D. Beckman Female Athlete of the Year (2021).

Personal: Kelly Grace Breen was born June 2003 in Fullerton, Calif. ... She is the daughter of Theresa and Robert Breen ... She has one brother, Jeremy … Breen is majoring in human development and family sciences in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.