Kelsey Forrester comes to Santa Barbara after serving as the Director of Basketball Operations/Video Coordinator at UC San Diego during the 2023-24 season. At UC Santa Barbara, Forrester will assume a similar as an Assistant Coach/Director of Operations.
In her first season at Santa Barbara, Forrester helped the Gauchos to an 18-13 record, with marquee victories over UC Irvine and Hawai'i in The Thunderdome. At the end of the season, four Santa Barbara student-athletes earned All-Big West Honors.
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A native of Davis, Calif., Forrester attended Davis Senior High School. She earned her bachelor's degree in business marketing from Cal State San Marcos in 2023. In her role, Forrester will be responsible for editing film, scouting, coordinating team travel, practices, and day-to-day program operations.
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Forrester arrived at UC San Diego after a five-year career with the Cal State San Marcos women's basketball program from 2018 to 2023. While with the Cougars, Forrester was a two-time All-CCAA selection (2022-23 first team, 2021-22 second team), as well as a 2022-23 CCAA All-Tournament Team honoree. In addition to her success on the court, Forrester earned CSC Academic All-District recognition in 2022-23 and was a three-time CCAA All-Academic honoree.
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Forrester finished her career with San Marcos ranked first all-time in three-point field goals made (239) and three-point field goal percentage (41.9%), as well as third in steals per game (0.9) and minutes played (2,908).
