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Jersey Number 33
Kelsey Branson
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- Cathedral Catholic HS
2025 (Senior)
- Has started all 19 matches, posting 13 points on five goals and three assists
- Scored the season's opening goal against Oregon State (8/14)
- Finished the match with six shots against the Beavers, putting three on target
- Scored UW's second goal in its 3-0 clean sheet win over Long Beach State (8/21)
- Bagged UW's lone goal in the 1-1 draw at Seattle U (8/28)
- Setup the match winner against Illinois (9/21), handing the Fighting Illini their first defeat
- Racked up three points in UW's 3-1 win at Purdue (9/28), assisting on the opener and heading home the Dawgs' third goal
- Played the full 90, helping lead UW to a 1-0 upset of No. 4 UCLA (10/3), the Huskies' highest-ranked win since 2017
- Logged 73 minutes in 1-0 win over No. 15 Wisconsin to clinch the Big Ten Championship
- Played the full 90 against Illinois (11/2) to advance the Huskies to the Big 10 Semi-Final game
2024 (Junior)
- Earned Big Ten Fall All-Academic honors
- Started in all 21 matches
- Tallied two goals and three assists
- Registered 36 shots, with 14 on goal, for a .389 shot-on-goal percentage
- Played 110 minutes in match against Utah State (11/15)
- Scored match-winner and her first goal of the season in a 1-0 victory over Indiana (9/29)
- Added her second goal and recorded an assist in a 3-0 win against Oregon (10/27)
- Notched assists in wins over New Mexico State (9/1) and at Nebraska (10/20)
- Played 90 minutes or more in six matches
2023 (Sophomore)
- Started all 19 matches
- Second on the team with four goals
- Added three assists for 11 total points
- Setup the match-winning goals against San Diego (8/27) and CSUN (9/3)
- Scored in four consecutive matches, all in Pac-12 play
- Scored first goal fo the season at Arizona State (10/5)
- Tallied a goal and assist at Arizona (10/8)
- Led UW to first point at No. 2 Stanford (10/14) since 2004, tallying the Huskies’ lone goal
- Named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for efforts against the Cardinal
- Scored UW’s final goal in the 3-1 win over Utah (10/19)
2022 (Freshman)
- Selected to the All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
- Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after scoring the game-winning goal in UW’s 3-2 Apple Cup win over Washington State, the first victory for the Huskies in Pullman since 1996
- Appeared in 16 matches, starting the final seven
- Tied for second on the team in scoring with five goals, four against Pac-12 opposition
- Added four assists for 14 points, tied for third most on the team
- Registered a .278 shot percentage and a .778 SOG percentage
- Took the fewest total shots of any player in the Pac-12 with at least four goals
- Scored her first collegiate goal at Sacramento State (9/15)
- Scored in back-to-back matches against Colorado (10/2) and Stanford (10/6)
- Bagged UW’s lone goal at USC (10/27)
- Buried the game-winner in the 70th minute at Washington State (11/5)
HIGH SCHOOL
- All conference first team all four years
- CIF Western League Player of the Year 2021
- Female Athlete Career Award
- Team captain varsity soccer
- Eight consecutive semester of above a 4.0
- Honor roll every semester
CLUB
- Played travel ball with San Diego Surf
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Ali and Tim Branson
- Mother, Ali, played soccer and father, Tim, played rugby at Santa Clara
- Two siblings
- Cousin, Emma, rowed for UW
- Plans to major in business at Washington
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