Georgia State University Athletics

Athletic Honors
2023 Sun Belt Conference Championship Pair of the Tournament

Academic Honors
Spring 2023 CSC All-District At-Large Team
Spring 2023 President's List
Fall 2022 Dean's List
Spring 2022 President's List
Fall 2021 Dean's List
Spring 2021 Dean's List 
2021 CCSA All-Academic Team
Fall 2020 Dean's List 
Spring 2020 President's List
Fall 2019 President's List 
Spring 2019 President's List
Fall 2018 President's List

2023
Dorn ended the 2023 spring campaign posting a 16-19 overall final mark with appearances at the first, second and third flights... Paired with teammate Elise Saga for every outing and notched a 9-6 record at the third flight and a 7-11 record at the second flight... Downed five nationally ranked foes for the season... Was named Sun Belt Conference Championship Pair of the Tournament alongside Saga after securing three straight-set victories for dual match tournament play... Helped lead the Sandy Panthers to a Sun Belt Conference Championship Title in the league's inaugural season of beach volleyball... Helped lead GSU to a second consecutive NCAA Championship berth in a season that saw the team ranked top-14 or better nationally for every week... Closed career with the Sandy Panthers with 83 total career victories... Ranks top-5 all-time in individual wins for her career at GSU...  

2022
Charted a 18-19 record pairing with Elise Saga for every match at the top flight and once at No. 2 flight entering the season... Downed nationally ranked opponents five times including No. 5 ranked LSU and host No. 20 Tulane in the team's season opening tournament in New Orleans on Feb. 25... Downed nationally ranked opponent South Carolina twice in regular season play... Collected a victory over ranked Stetson on March 4... Helped lead the Sandy Panthers to a historic 2022 season and NCAA Tournament run highlighted by the first ever C-USA Beach Volleyball Championship and an upset over second-seeded TCU to advance to the NCAA round of six... The win over TCU notched a school-record 28th victory for the Sandy Panthers and marked the largest upset in NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship history, the first time GSU has secured a second victory in NCAA Tournament play throughout the history of GSU athletics across all sports and tied the school record for highest-ranking victory in GSU athletics history... The team's No. 7 ranking for the final AVCA Coaches Poll marked the highest finish in a Division I Collegiate Poll for any team in GSU sports history

2021
Accumulated an 18-11 record ... Partnered with Meagan McCall and Kate Novack ... Registered a 12-6 overall CCSA record ... Downed nationally ranked opponents nine times ... Finished 4-5 with McCall including wins over No. 8 LMU and No. 6 Cal Poly in the third position on Feb. 27 ... Went 14-6 with Novack, splitting time between flights No. 2, 3, and 4 … Dorn/Novack went undefeated at the annual Diggin Duals home event, earning two wins over No. 18 South Carolina and two wins over Southern Miss ... Earned two wins at the CCSA Tournament over Southern Miss and No. 12 FIU to close the season ... Named to the CCSA All-Academic Team.

2020 
Participated in all 14 of Georgia State’s duals and earned a 12-2 record ... Played each dual with partner Kate Novack in the third flight ... The duo led the team in number of victories ... One of six Panthers to collect 10 wins this season ... Earned wins over three ranked opponents No. 7 Stetson, No. 10 FIU, and No. 15 TCU ... Finished with a 3-2 record against CCSA opposition ... Season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019
Participated in 31 of 36 duals and earned a 19-12 record ... Won 15 matches playing in the number four and five flights with Ashley McGinn ... Earned three wins in the number two flight with Brooke Weiner, including a win over TCU ... Defeated Tulane's four pair with Mattie Johnson ... Finished the season going 15-7 with McGinn ... Defeated pairs from South Carolina on two occasions, and took down pairs from FAU and FIU ... Finished with an 8-5 record against CCSA opponents ... Defeated Tulane in the opening round of the CCSA Tournament, and later clinched the dual against South Carolina to ensure an elimination round bye for GSU. 

Prep
Attended Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club, Texas ... Competed for 692 Beach Dallas ... Won the ROX Beach National Championship in 2017 and the USAV National Championship in 2016 ... Lettered three years in high school in cross country and track and field ... Was named Academic All-District from 2015-17.

Personal 
Full name is Kelly Marie Dorn ... Born October 3rd, 1999 in Dallas Texas ... Plans to major in Kinesiology and would like to work as a physical therapist.