Kelsey Haycook

Classroom

The Point Pleasant, New Jersey native sports a 3.79 GPA as a Nutrition major through her junior year, and has been named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in each of her three years at La Salle. This past season, Haycook was named a Capital One Academic All-American selection, earned Scholar All-America recognition from the NSCAA, and was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree. Haycook also garnered Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area recognition, and was selected to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team.

Character

“In nearly 17 years of coaching college soccer, I’ve known few young women who possess the maturity, spirit, and character of Kelsey Haycook.  Her integrity and loyalty is truly amazing and she is greatly respected by her peers, coaches, and professors alike.  In my experience, everyone who has an opportunity to connect with her finds themselves a better person, and with a greater perspective on life as a result of their relationship with her. Kelsey also possesses a drive and determination to succeed that I’ve never seen in my career as a player and coach.
Kelsey is known for her pursuit of excellence in her community, the classroom, and on the field, which is shown true by her 2nd team All-American nod as well as her Academic All-American honor last year. Her commitment in the youth organizations and genuine warmth make her an integral part of both La Salle University and her local community.  Her passion and strong will is what drives her to be the truly remarkable person she is today and the contributions she will make to our community in the years to come.”

Head Coach Paul Royal

Community

Haycook has been involved in community engagement activities in both in the La Salle community and her home town of Point Pleasant, New Jersey. For the last two years, Haycook has volunteered at Philadelphia’s Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission. She has also worked extensively with Point Pleasant Recreation Department, volunteering with the Micro Soccer program (2008-2014), their Haunts in the Park event (2007-2013), the Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony (2008-2013), the community Easter Egg Hunt (2009-2013), and at the Princess Party (2010-2013). Haycook has also been active for the Borough of Point Pleasant, working as an event volunteer (2009-2013) for the annual Festival in the Park, in addition to stints as a Summer Kindercamp volunteer (2009-2012) and a volunteer Camp Counselor (2009-2012, 2014). The rising senior also volunteered as a soccer trainer (2010-2014) with Real Shore FC Vision of Lakewood, N.J. From 2009-2012, Haycook worked with Relay for Life as an event volunteer.

Competition

Haycook set La Salle’s all-time record for career points with 114 on a goal against Temple on September 21. The senior set the all-time scoring record at La Salle with her 41st career goal on August 24 against Northeastern, and now has 46 for her career. Haycook has been named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week a total of eight times in her career, including once already this season. As a freshman in 2011, Haycook was named to the NSCAA All-American team, Soccer America’s All-Freshman First Team, and the NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region First Team. As a junior, Haycook received NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region recognition for the third straight year, garnering Second Team honors for her 2013 campaign. She was named A-10 First Team All-Conference, and finished tied for first in the Atlantic 10 for points (41). She tallied four game-winning goals on the season.  As a sophomore, Haycook earned A-10 Second Team All-Conference recognition and an NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Third Team nod after tallying a season total of 22 points in the form of nine goals and four assists. Other accolades procured during her breakout freshman season in 2011 include Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and an A-10 All-Conference Team nod. Starting all 20 games for the Explorers that year, Haycook recorded a team-best 16 goals en route to the all-time freshman single-season scoring record.