Kellee Murphy Kirkelis '96 ranks among the softball program's career leaders in virtually every pitching category. Known as "Murph" to her teammates, she pitched 431.0 innings during her three-year career and, at the time of her induction, ranks first in wins with 56. Kirkelis struck out a school-best 436 of the batters she faced. During her junior season, her 24 wins and 191 innings pitched set single-season records for the Royal Blue. In 1996, Kirkelis led Saint Joseph's softball program to a school record 38 wins and recorded the first ever NAIA National Tournament win over Southern Wesleyan. She posted a 1.28 earned run average and struck out 158 batters along the way. Over her storied three-year career, Kirkelis was named the Maine Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 1995, 1996 and 1997, and was chosen NAIA Honorable Mention All-American and All-New England in 1996. During her first year, Kirkelis was selected Maine Athletic Conference and State of Maine Rookie of the Year, as well as All-State.
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Career Statistics:
| YEAR | ERA | W | L | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| 1995 | 1.88 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 97 | 74 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 90 |
| 1996 | 1.28 | 24 | 6 | 191 | 136 | 61 | 35 | 54 | 158 | ||
| 1997 | 1.17 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 143 | 83 | 44 | 24 | 24 | 188 | |
| Total | 1.38 | 56 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 431 | 293 | 139 | 85 | 101 | 436 |
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SAC | SB | AVG |
| 1995 | 28 | 70 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | |
| 1996 | 45 | 130 | 11 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .338 |
| 1997 | 37 | 121 | 20 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .339 |
| Total | 110 | 321 | 46 | 105 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .327 |
