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Senior
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| Hometown:
Arvada, Colo.
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| High School:
Arvada West
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| Height:
5-7
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| Position:
Pitcher
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| Birthdate:
02/11/1983
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HONORS
2005 MIDWEST ALL REGION FIRST TEAM
2005 FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG 12
2005 FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12
2005 ALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT TEAM
2004 USA ELITE TEAM
2004 NCAA REGIONAL MVP
2004 SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG 12
2004 ALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT
2003 SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
2003 SECOND TEAM ALL-MIDWEST
2003 FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG 12
2003 NCAA REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT
2003 ALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT
2002 SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG 12
2002 BIG 12 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
2005 - SENIOR
Finished senior season with a 32-7 record and ranked as arguably one of the top two pitchers in Oklahoma history ... Named to the Midwest All-Region First Team as a pitcher ... Also named to Coaches All-Big 12 First Team for the second time in her career ... Recorded the lowest career ERA in Big 12 history (minimum of 500 innings) One of only two pitchers in OU softball history to win 100 career games ... Had a career-best streak of 79 innings without allowing an earned run snapped against No. 7 Louisiana Lafayette (3/17) ... Set career-high with 48 inning scoreless streak early in the season .... Opponents hit just .188 with runners are on base and just .152 with two outs ... Held lefties to a .201 batting average ... Thirteen shutouts was a career high ... Named to USA Softball Player of the Year Preseason Watch List ... Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on March 1 ... Named to NFCA Leadoff Classic all-tournament team ... Threw second one hitter of the season and eighth of her career against Michigan State (2/25) ... . Brilliant in one hit, 12 strikeout shutout against Creighton (2/18) ... Dominant in three-hit shutout of No. 4 Texas (4/10) ... Also tossed another three hit shutout in first game of doubleheader against No. 8 Baylor ... Dealed crucial slump-ending shutout vs. Nebraska (5/1) ... Tossed four shutout innings, while striking out eight on Senior Night against North Texas (5/4) ... Dealt a two-hit shutout against Kansas during Big 12 Tournament play ... Named to the All-Big 12 Tournament Team after recording two wins and 0.36 ERA ... Made the all-tourney team every year of her career ... Held the NCAA Regional 14 field to a .151 batting average on 11 hits in 21 innings, while going 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA during the tourney ... Lost no hitter with one out in the seventh inning of regional opener against Wichita State.
2004 - JUNIOR
Member of 2004 USA Elite Team that won the First World University Softball Championships ... Went 1-0 with a 0.84 ERA in 8.1 innings of work for the USA ... Named to 2004 Coaches' All-Big 12 Second Team, as well as garnering 2004 Region 1 Championship MVP and 2004 All-Big 12 Tournament honors ... Performance peaked during 2004 postseason and keyed OU's remarkable run ... Finished junior campaign with 22-15 record, 1.22 ERA and seven shutouts ... Already ranked in the top six of every major career pitching category for OU ... Ranks No. 3 on career lists for strikeouts (512) and ERA (1.04), while also at No. 4 in wins (69) ... 2004 totals in innings pitched (257.2 - 6th), appearances (43 - 7th tie), games started (38 - 4th), complete games (31 - 4th tie) and strikeouts (185 - 6th) rank among the top-10 single season performances in Sooner history ... Hit .353 during the postseason, including a .444 average during the WCWS ... Also led team with 10 postseason RBI, which accounted for all but two of her season total ... Dominated regional field offensively and in the circle to become Region I Championship MVP ... Ranked among the top six in every pitching category during Big 12 play ... Led the Big 12 in innings pitched (111), appearances (18) and games started (17) in conference only games ... Missed first 21 games of the season before returning on March 5 ... Threw 80 innings during postseason, which accounted for 95 percent of the innings pitched ... She had a 0.58 ERA in OU's four regional wins ... Put away No. 9 Louisiana-Lafayette with three-run double as Sooners trumped Cajuns to advance to fifth straight WCWS ... On final day of regional championships she hurled a four-hit shutout in second game, after allowing eight runs in opener ... Became the only the second pitcher in OU history to defeat a No. 1 ranked team when OU knocked off Arizona in third game of Tucson Regional (5/22) ... Tossed a shutout and drove in four runs, including two-run home run, in regional action against Northwestern (5/21) ... Threw 12.2 innings in semifinal game of Big 12 Tournament against Missouri (5/15) only allowing five hits and three runs ... Had a streak of 34 innings without allowing an earned run snapped against Nebraska (3/18) ... Tossed one-hitters on both ends of a doubleheader against Missouri (4/11), while only allowing five balls out of the infield and three runners to reach second base on the day ... Dominant against Oklahoma State (4/9), allowing just one unearned run while striking out season-high nine ... Picked up both wins in regular season sweep of Texas (4/4-5) ... Shut out Nebraska on two hits to advance in championship play at the Kia Klassic (3/20) ... Combined to allow two earned runs in losses to No. 15 Fresno State and No. 9 Washington during Kia Klassic ... Tossed a one-hitter for her first shutout of the year against Centenary (3/14) ... Picked up two saves in five scoreless innings of work during three-game series in Houston, which marked her fist appearances of the season ... Inducted into the Colorado Sportswomen Hall of Fame on March 14 ... On preseason watch list for 2004 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award.
2003 - SOPHOMORE
Second team All-American (Louisville/NFCA)... Earned First-Team All-Big 12 and All-Big 12 Tournament honors ... NCAA All-Regional Team and Second-Team All-Midwest ... Led Sooners on the mound in 2003 with a 34-9 record ... Pitched a conference-high 294.7 innings, the fifth most of any pitcher in the NCAA ... Compiled a team-best 1.02 ERA, which ranked third among conference No.1's and was the 12th best ERA in the NCAA ... Win total of 34 was the fourth best by any NCAA pitcher ... Rung up 12 shutouts on the season ... Allowed two or less hits during complete games six times ... Catalyst behind team ERA of 1.40, which ranked No. 18 in NCAA ... Allowed 193 hits and just 44 earned runs ... Fanned 264 of the 1048 (25 percent) batters she faced ... Threw 82.2 innings during OU's postseason run, which accounted for 92 percent of the Sooners' postseason play ... Went 8-4 during postseason with 69 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .189 ... Batted .227 with 25 hits, three doubles, one triple and six home runs ... Scored nine runs and walked 10 times ... Allowed just one hit and struck out nine Titan batters in OU's 3-0 win over No. 7 Cal State Fullerton at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Ga. (2/23) ... Homered against UAB (2/14) at the OU/Nike Classic in Norman ... Hit a clutch single for the game-winning RBI against Long Beach State (2/15) in the OU/Nike Classic ... Tripled against No. 7 Cal State-Fullerton in Columbus, Ga. at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (2/23) ... Hit a home run against No. 10 Arizona State and UC-Riverside in Tempe (2/28) ... Nearly completed a perfect game against Cal State Northridge (3/14) until Matadors got a hit in the bottom of the seventh ... Fanned a career-high 14 batters at No. 5 Nebraska (3/20) ... Hit her second double of the season at No. 24 Kansas (3/22) ... Blasted game-winning grand slam against Texas A&M (5/2) in OU's opening game of the Big 12 Tournament ... Pitched 25 innings with 0.85 ERA during NCAA Regional ... Picked up all four wins as the Sooners swept through the NCAA Regional in Gainesville, Fla. ... Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week March 26.
2002 - FRESHMAN
Tossed a no-hitter through 5.1 innings en route to her first collegiate win against Louisiana-Monroe (2/9) ... Earned the win in OU's 8-2 victory over OCU after 2.1 solid innings of work ... Knocked in her first run in the Notre Dame game (2/24) ... First hit of her career, a three-run homer, came against Creighton (3/9) ... Also tossed her first no-hitter in that game ... Recorded her second two-hit effort against the Bluejays (3/10) the next day ... Suffered two 1-0 losses during the Kia Klassic to No. 22 FSU (3/14) and Texas (3/15) ... Picked up her sixth win against No. 22 Texas A&M (3/24) ... Lasted six innings and gave up one unearned run ... Credited with the win against Tulsa (3/27) after pitching 1.2 innings of relief ... Also went 2-for-3 at the plate as the designated player ... Retired 13 of the 14 batters she faced over the final 4.1 innings at Oklahoma State (4/3) for her eighth victory ... Shutout relief stint versus the Cowgirls allowed the Sooners to climb back into the game and overcome a five-run deficit for the 6-5 victory ... Picked up her first career save at Iowa State (4/6) ... Closed out the final two innings of the game one victory ... Won her ninth game after pitching OU to an 8-1 win over Missouri (4/10) ... Worked the first five innings and gave up her first earned run in the last 24.1 innings pitched ... Lost first game in the last five decisions versus No. 18 Texas (4/14), 3-2 ... Went six innings and gave up one earned run and eight hits ... Held top-ranked Arizona (4/17) scoreless for eight innings before giving up the winning run in the ninth frame ... Held one of the nation's best offenses to four hits ... Rebounded from Arizona loss for her 10th win over Kansas (4/20) ... Retired 17 of 19 Jayhawks down the stretch ... Delivered a bases loaded single to bring in a run in the game ... Pitched the final 3.1 innings versus OSU (4/24) to pick up her second win of the year over the Cowgirls ... Doubled home the winning runs in the 10th inning against Baylor (4/27) ... Pitched in all five games of the Big 12 Tournament (5/2-5) ... Went 2-1 and earned one save ... Gave up only one earned run in 16.2 innings of work ... Appeared as a reliever, designated player and pinch hitter in the NCAA Regional (5/16-5/19) ... Drew a walk to force in a run against No. 23 Texas A&M (5/17) in the first matchup with the Aggies in the regional ... Hit a RBI-pinch hit single to drive in a run in the championship win over the Aggies (5/19) ... Made two pinch hitting appearances in the WCWS ... Went hitless in her two at-bats.
HIGH SCHOOL - ARVADA WEST
A four-year letterwinner ... Played at first base, in the outfield and as a pitcher ... Three-time All-State and four-time all-conference selection ... Named Female Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Named by the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News as the MVP, Player and Pitcher of the Year in her final two seasons ... An All-Colorado selection and selected as the Colorado Sports Woman of the Year as a junior and senior ...Won the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Colorado as a senior ... Named team captain in her final season ... Recorded a 19-1 pitching record and a 0.77 ERA as a senior ... Also batted .425 in her final season ... A finalist for the Freddie Steinmark Award, given to the top student-athlete in the state, as a senior ... Named to the All-Power Bar National Team in her final season ... Led her team to a first place finish in the league, conference, region and state ... Honored as the team's Freshman of the Year in 1997 ... Coached in softball by Jodi Reinhard ... Also lettered three years in basketball... Second team all-conference pick in basketball as a senior ... Honor roll student her final two years.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kamari Nicole Keiter ... Born on Feb. 11, 1983, in Wheatridge, Colo. ... Parents are Ron and Pam Keiter ... Has two brothers, Zach and Ben ... Brother Zach played football at the University of Wyoming ... Brother Ben played baseball at Wichita State and now plays in the Texas Rangers organization ... Father played pro football for Cleveland Browns ... Elementary education major.
