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Waubonsie Valley graduate and Saint Xavier University senior Aly Kelley had five hits and two RBIs on Thursday, helping her team win two games to advance to the championship game of the NAIA Region VII tournament.

Kelley was named to the All-Region VII team on Thursday. She was previously named the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament MVP and the CCAC player of the year.

Saint Xavier must beat Olivet Nazarene twice on Friday to win the tournament. Last weekend, Olivet Nazarene swept Saint Xavier in the finals of the CCAC tournament.

The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference on Wednesday named Waubonsie Valley graduate Aly Kelley as its softball player of the year.

Kelley is a senior catcher at Saint Xavier University.

Kelley is hitting .338 on the year with 46 hits, 20 runs scored, and 33 RBI. She has a team-best six home runs this season as well as the most total bases (70) and highest slugging percentage (.515). Behind the plate, Kelley has been just as tough with 184 putouts and 25 assists with only three errors. Among active starters in the field, Kelley has the highest fielding percentage at .986.

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Brad Engel

Brad Engel is the longest-tenured member of The Sun sports staff and has won several national and state awards in his coverage of preps as well as the Chicago Bears, Chicago Fire and general sports.

Paul LaTour

Paul LaTour has been honored with national awards in each of the last three years and currently serves as The Sun's sports enterprise writer in addition to his duties covering high school and college sports.

Dustin Michael Harris

Dustin Michael Harris joined The Sun in August 2005 and has covered everything from high school sports to men's college basketball in addition to his new role as one of The Sun's sports columnists.

Patrick Mooney

Patrick Mooney covered politics, prep sports and professional baseball for several print and online media outlets before joining The Sun in August 2007. He concentrates on prep sports, writing features, profiles and breaking recruiting news.

Sean Fuchs

Sean Fuchs joined The Sun in January 2008 and covers prep football in addition to swimming and diving and other high school sports. During his career, he’s won national awards covering prep, college and pro sports.

Brad Nolan

Brad Nolan worked as a Sun sports staff writer for nearly five years before taking over as sports editor in April 2005. Since then, The Sun has continued to be honored as one of the top sports sections in the nation.

Chris Sosa

Chris Sosa formerly served as The Sun's assistant city editor before taking the assistant sports editor position in January 2007. He also writes a weekly sports column for The Sun.

D.J. Wanberg

D.J. Wanberg has served in several different capacities during his long-standing career with The Sun. Most recently, he worked as a sports staff writer and sports night editor until being named associate sports editor in 2006.

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