2026
Played in 31 matches in 2026, starting in 30… Earned First Team AVCA All-American honors for first time in his career… Awarded first team All-MPSF in 2026… Named AVCA National Player of the week for the week March 8, 2026 … Led the team with 468.5 points and also in sets played with 110 … Recorded a team high 396 kills for a .398 hitting percentage, good for eighth nationally … Tallied a career-high 26 kills in a match vs. UC Irvine in the NCAA Tournament Regional Final on May 2 ... Recorded double-digit kills in 20 matches, and 20 or kills three times throughout the 2026 season … Finished third on the team with 39 service aces, including a career high four vs. UC Santa Barbara (Feb.25) ... Chipped in 30 assists as well for fifth most on the squad… Tallied a career-high in points (28), digs (12), and kills (26) vs. UC Irvine (May.2)... Totaled 10 or more points this season in all but five matches.
2025
Played in 24 matches, making 14 starts in 2025 … Earned MPSF honorable mention and all-freshman team honors … Recorded 142 kills on 316 swings to hit .323 on the season … His hitting percentage of .323 put him 27th nationally for the year … Recorded 17 service aces, 35 total blocks (two solo blocks, 33 block assists) and 67 digs … Recorded double digit kills in nine matches, and had a season-high 13 kills three times in 2025, including in the NCAA Semifinal three set win over Hawai’i … Had 13 kills in UCLA’s five-set win over USC on April 17 … Hit a season-high .615 and had eight kills in UCLA’s three set win over Pepperdine on March 27 … Recorded 17 service aces on the year, and had a season-high three service aces against Pepperdine in the MPSF semifinals on April 25 … Recorded 67 digs on the year and had a season-high eight digs twice, at GCU on April 5, and vs. Hawai’i on May 10 in the NCAA semifinal … Recorded 35 blocks on the year (two solo blocks, 33 block assists) and had a season-high four block assists in the Bruins five-set win over BYU on April 11.
High School
An outside hitter from Manhattan Beach, California, Kelly was the 2023 CIF Div. I Player of the Year at Loyola High School which won the HS National Championship. Loyola also captured the 2023 CIF State Championship. Kelly is a three-time volleyballmag.com Top 25 Underclassman selection. He represented the U.S. and was the team captain at the U19 FIVB World Championships, where the team recorded a best-ever finish of fourth. Kelly totaled 17 kills in the bronze medal match. He also helped the U.S. earn the Gold Medal at the 2023 NORCECA Pan Am Games and was named Best Spiker. In 2022, he was the U19 captain and a gold medalist at the Pan Am Games where he was named MVP and Best Spiker. Kelly plays club volleyball for MB Surf which captured the gold medal at the 2023 AAU Boys' Nationals 18 Open. He was also a gold medalist and MVP at the 2023 SoCal Cup 18 Open.
Played in 31 matches in 2026, starting in 30… Earned First Team AVCA All-American honors for first time in his career… Awarded first team All-MPSF in 2026… Named AVCA National Player of the week for the week March 8, 2026 … Led the team with 468.5 points and also in sets played with 110 … Recorded a team high 396 kills for a .398 hitting percentage, good for eighth nationally … Tallied a career-high 26 kills in a match vs. UC Irvine in the NCAA Tournament Regional Final on May 2 ... Recorded double-digit kills in 20 matches, and 20 or kills three times throughout the 2026 season … Finished third on the team with 39 service aces, including a career high four vs. UC Santa Barbara (Feb.25) ... Chipped in 30 assists as well for fifth most on the squad… Tallied a career-high in points (28), digs (12), and kills (26) vs. UC Irvine (May.2)... Totaled 10 or more points this season in all but five matches.
2025
Played in 24 matches, making 14 starts in 2025 … Earned MPSF honorable mention and all-freshman team honors … Recorded 142 kills on 316 swings to hit .323 on the season … His hitting percentage of .323 put him 27th nationally for the year … Recorded 17 service aces, 35 total blocks (two solo blocks, 33 block assists) and 67 digs … Recorded double digit kills in nine matches, and had a season-high 13 kills three times in 2025, including in the NCAA Semifinal three set win over Hawai’i … Had 13 kills in UCLA’s five-set win over USC on April 17 … Hit a season-high .615 and had eight kills in UCLA’s three set win over Pepperdine on March 27 … Recorded 17 service aces on the year, and had a season-high three service aces against Pepperdine in the MPSF semifinals on April 25 … Recorded 67 digs on the year and had a season-high eight digs twice, at GCU on April 5, and vs. Hawai’i on May 10 in the NCAA semifinal … Recorded 35 blocks on the year (two solo blocks, 33 block assists) and had a season-high four block assists in the Bruins five-set win over BYU on April 11.
High School
An outside hitter from Manhattan Beach, California, Kelly was the 2023 CIF Div. I Player of the Year at Loyola High School which won the HS National Championship. Loyola also captured the 2023 CIF State Championship. Kelly is a three-time volleyballmag.com Top 25 Underclassman selection. He represented the U.S. and was the team captain at the U19 FIVB World Championships, where the team recorded a best-ever finish of fourth. Kelly totaled 17 kills in the bronze medal match. He also helped the U.S. earn the Gold Medal at the 2023 NORCECA Pan Am Games and was named Best Spiker. In 2022, he was the U19 captain and a gold medalist at the Pan Am Games where he was named MVP and Best Spiker. Kelly plays club volleyball for MB Surf which captured the gold medal at the 2023 AAU Boys' Nationals 18 Open. He was also a gold medalist and MVP at the 2023 SoCal Cup 18 Open.