Montgomery, Ala. – Senior second baseman Junior Kelley of Auburn University Montgomery was named the NAIA National Player of the Week on Wednesday. This award marks the first time in Senator Baseball history that a member of the team has won the weekly national honor. Earlier this week, the Whatley native was also named the Southern States Athletic Conference Player of the Week and the NAIA Region XIII Player of the Week.

During the week of April 2-8, Kelley hit .714 with four doubles, three homers and 11 RBI in wins over Columbus State and conference foe Shorter College. He also established a new AUM record for consecutive games with a hit on Saturday with a two-hit outing versus Shorter. Kelley safely hit in 33 straight games before a 0-2 outing in Saturday’s nightcap. Against Columbus State, he set a new Senators single-game record with three doubles.

Kelley is hitting .472 with 13 doubles, 10 home runs and 49 RBI on the year. Through 45 games in 2007, he maintains a slugging percentage of .739 and has walked eight times with only two strike outs. In only his second year with the Senators, he stands as the school’s seventh all-time leader in total hits with 185, the third all-time leader in doubles with 35, and the eighth all-time leader in homers with 18.

The fourth ranked Senators face Southern Polytechnic State on the road this weekend before returning home on Tuesday, April 17, for a game with William Carey University beginning at 6 p.m.