| Kelly Quinn |
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High School: Chicago Tribune All-State and Illinois Coaches Association All-State selection in 2007 ... Ranked in Rivals.com's top-100 prospects in the class of 2007 ... Chicago Tribune Top-50 Players to Watch ... Three-time Chicago Sun-Times All-Area selection and a Sun-Times preseason top-100 selection ... Three-time Pioneer Press All-Area honoree ... Three-time All-Central Suburban League North selection ... Named varsity team offensive MVP as a freshman in 2004 ... Batted .509 with a team-best 62 hits and 52 runs scored in 2005, reaching base in every game ... Led team with a .485 average in 2006, also pacing the team in hits, runs, double, triples and home runs ... Had a 35-game hitting streak spanning the 2005-06 seasons ... Northbrook won the 2006 conference title with an undefeated record ... Played club with the Illinois Chill 18U in 2003 at age 14 and with the Chill Gold from 2004-06, coached by her father Gerald Quinn ... Led the Gold team in runs in all three seasons ... 2007 National Merit Scholarship winner ... Scored a perfect 36 on the ACT ... Scored a 2310 out of 2400 on the SAT ... National Honor Society member ... 2004 National Semifinalist in the Biology Olympiad ... 2005 National Semifinalist in the AIME Math Contest ... 2006 Nominee for the NCTE Achievement Awards in writing ... U.S. Marine Corp Distinguished Female Athlete Award ... Robert Byrd National Scholarship winner ... Illinois State Scholar ... National AP Scholar with Honor ... High school's nominee for Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team ... Glenbrook Scholar.
Personal: Born Kelly Eileen Quinn on 1/18/89 ... Daughter of Gerald and Joanna Quinn ... Chose Northwestern over Iowa, Wisconsin, South Florida and Princeton ... Majoring in materials science and engineering.
