Kelly’s career in construction is his second; he came to it relatively late in life after a 14-year career in professional baseball, which included 6 seasons in the MLB with the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Building has, however, been a lifelong passion for Kelly, and there was never a question that he would enter the field after baseball.

Upon retiring from baseball in 2007 after a string of injuries, Kelly partnered with a family member who had decades of experience in construction, and together they began building luxury custom homes here in Austin. Kelly Wunsch Homes was founded a couple of years later as a solo venture, and over the years Kelly has built a reputation as a builder with a designer’s eye, as a stickler for details, and as an eager student of building science. A chance introduction to Ethan by a mutual acquaintance in 2015 eventually led to the merger of Kelly Wunsch Homes and Eliot J Construction in 2016. With Capital Construction Company, Kelly’s skills dovetail perfectly with Ethan’s to create a company that’s much more than the sum of its parts.

Kelly was born and raised in Houston, growing up and getting into trouble in his early teens with his best friend—also now one of Capital’s Project Managers–Matt Brown. Kelly would later excel in athletics and academics, eventually going to Texas A&M University to play baseball…though on an engineering scholarship. In 1993 he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round of the MLB Amateur Draft, and while in the minor leagues in 1995, he would meet the woman who would eventually become his wife.

Jessica and Kelly have been married since 1998 and have two wonderful sons, Fischer and Reece. Kelly has been a busy dad coaching their various sports teams over the years, and in what little free time he has, he enjoys hanging with his wife, exercising, tinkering around the house, and watching Aggie Football.