From Brian McCall at USA Softball via Al’s Fastball:
Ritter and Kelly selected as the 2005 USA Softball Player’s of the Year
[John] Kelly led the USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team to a fifth place finish at the 2005 ISF Junior Men’s World Championship in Prince Edwards Island. It was the highest finish for a USA Junior Men’s team in more than two decades. He carried the U.S. pitching staff through the championship pitching all but 13 innings. In that span he logged 34 innings of work, striking out 19 while compiling an ERA of 3.91. “John Kelly was a warrior for us during the entire tournament,” Head Coach Tim Lyon said. “He stepped up and was ready to take the ball every time we asked him to and gave it everything he had.”
(Photo: John Kelly, shown here pitching for USA Jr. Men, July 2005 at Ramona, CA in So Cal ASA Alliance Tournament. Click photo to enlarge. )
Click here to view John’s bio page at the USA Softball website.