Macalester College Athletics

Kelly Roysland returns for her fourth year as the Macalester head women's basketball coach. Roysland came to Macalester prior to the 2014-15 campaign after serving as the interim head coach (2014) and an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota for four seasons (2010-14). Last season, the Scots went 11-14, the program’s highest win total since the 2011-12 campaign.

While at Minnesota, Roysland worked with the Gophers' guards, as well as having responsibilities with scouting and recruiting. She aided Minnesota in securing the 17th-ranked recruiting class in 2011 and the 34th-ranked recruiting class in 2010 nationally. She also helped guide the team's guards to numerous accolades, including six All-Big Ten honors six times, as well as earning WBCA All-Region 6 and WBCA Honorable Mention All-America honors.
 
A native of Fosston, Minn., Roysland was a four-year letterwinner in basketball for the Gophers from 2004-07. She served as a team captain as a senior, and also played one year of volleyball as a fifth-year senior in 2007.
 
Prior to returning to Minnesota, Roysland was an assistant coach at North Dakota State University. She was hired at NDSU in June, 2008, and helped the Bison post back-to-back 16-13 records, including a combined mark of 23-13 in the Summit League.
 
Roysland finished her basketball career at Minnesota ranked 12th (currently 15th) on Minnesota's all-time scoring list with 1,074 career points. She averaged 8.5 points per game over 126 contests for the Gophers, including a team-high 13.2 points per game during her senior season in 2006-07.
 
As a senior, Roysland was named Minnesota's Most Valuable Player, while earning third-team All-Big Ten accolades from the conference's media members and honorable mention honors from the league's coaches. She also fared well in the classroom, earning academic All-Big Ten acclaim her final three seasons with the Gophers, and was a two-time recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award, in 2007 and 2008.
 
During her career, Minnesota made three trips to the NCAA Tournament and one appearance in the WNIT. Roysland played in nine NCAA Tournament games, which included reserve roles on the Golden Gophers' 2004 Final Four team and 2005 Sweet Sixteen squad, while averaging 6.6 points per game in those nine contests.
 
Roysland earned her bachelor's degree in sport management, graduating from Minnesota in 2007. She went on to receive a master's degree in exercise science from Minnesota in 2009.