Fun Fact

Kelli is one of 11 people in the United States with the credentials LCSW, CMPC.

I am a licensed clinical social worker and a Certified Mental Performance Consultant.

• My first sport exposure was playing pee-wee league baseball at the age of 8. I remember sitting in the outfield picking blades of grass in my gray Rams trucker hat and matching t-shirt, because I was bored waiting for the ball. Until I heard my name being called, (more like yelled) and there was a fly ball headed my way. The best ending to a story is what happened: I caught the fly ball! I never played baseball again, or softball for that matter, but therein started my love for sport and competitive play.

• I am a 2002 graduate of Central Michigan University and a 2007 graduate of the University of Tennessee where I earned my masters degree in social work. I am currently embedded in athletics at a Power Four (P4) institution. 

• Throughout my professional career, I’ve had experience in a myriad of other settings, including another collegiate athletic department providing mental health support and performance tools, an outdoor wilderness camp, K-12 public education as a therapist and school social worker, and in a community mental health organization. I spent 20 years coaching Track and Field across Michigan, Tennessee, and Indiana, earning Coach of the Year accolades in 2012.

• I have worked with a wide range of athletes and performers from elementary students at a track & field camp who look like baby giraffes trying to learn how to do high knees, to elite, Division I competitors and Olympians. I have experience working with teams and athletic departments to build team culture and develop holistic practice and competitive atmospheres that support student-athlete health and wellness. 

• I consider myself a plant lover and like to play the Animal Cloud game.

Pronounced “think”