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Junior
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| Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.
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| High School:
Archbishop Mitty HS
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| Height:
6-2
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| Position:
LHP
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| Bats/Throws:
L/L
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Career
Named to the 2011 NFCA All-America first team ... A 2010 NFCA second-team All-American ... Named to the 2010 and 2011 NFCA All-Central Region first team ... 2010 and 2011 All-Big 12 first-team selection ... 2010 Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player ... A top-25 finalist for USA Softball's National Collegiate Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011 ... Earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors on Feb. 23, April 13 and May 4, 2010, and February 15 and May 10, 2011 ... Named USA Softball's National Player of the Week on Feb. 23, 2010, and May 10, 2011 ... Holds Oklahoma single season strikeout record (452 in 2011) ... Member of the 2011 United States Women's National team ... Recorded two wins and got the title-clinching save at the World Cup of Softball for Team USA.
2011 (Sophomore)
A 2011 NFCA first-team All-America ... Named to the 2011 NFCA All-Central Region first team ... 2011 All-Big 12 first-team selection ... A top-25 finalist for USA Softball's National Collegiate Player of the Year ... Went 29-15 on the year with a 1.48 earned run average ... Made 50 appearances and 42 starts ... Threw 33 complete games and nine shutouts ... Allowed 195 hits, 60 earned runs, 79 total runs and 82 walks in 284.1 innings pitched ... Struck out a school-record 452 on the year ... Held opponents to a .187 batting average ... Finished third in the nation in strikeouts (452) and in strikeouts per seven innings (11.13) ... Hit .286 on the year with 38 hits, 27 runs scored, 13 home runs and 45 runs driven in ... Produced a .594 slugging percentage ... Drew 38 walks and had a .454 on-base percentage ... Had 12 multiple hit and 14 multiple RBI games on the year ... Longest hitting streak was eight games from May 5-28 ... Had a 1.10 ERA in non-conference games ... Went 20-7 in those games with 271 strikeouts in 172.0 innings pitched ... Hit .314 in those games with nine home runs and a .651 slugging percentage ... Went 4-3 in the NCAA Championship with a 1.62 ERA ... Hit .429 during the postseason with three home runs, a .905 slugging percentage, eight walks drawn and a .600 on-base percentage ... Led Oklahoma to its first Super Regional title with a sweep of 10th-ranked Arizona ... Allowed just one extra-base hit, a two-run home run, that also resulted in the Wildcats' only runs of the weekend ... Walked four and allowed 15 hits, while striking out 20 in 14.0 innings ... Hit .333 against the Wildcats with a home run in each game of the weekend ... Set an Oklahoma single game record with 19 strikeouts against Iona in the NCAA Regional opener ... Went 2-1 during the regional with a 1.62 ERA ... Allowed five earned runs on nine walks and nine hits ... Struck out 34 and held opponents to a .115 batting average ... Led the team with a .636 batting average at the regional ... Recorded seven hits, including one double and one RBI ... Drove in six runs, had a 1.000 slugging percentage ... Drew five walks, four of those coming in one game against Tulsa, for a .750 on-base percentage ... Named Big 12 Player of the Week on May 10 ... Scored a season-best three runs against North Texas on May 5 ... Had a 2.06 ERA in conference play ... Struck out 181 batters, the fourth most in a single season in Big 12 history ... Started 17 of 18 conference games and threw a complete game in 12 of those ... Had four home runs in conference play and drew 14 walks ... Drove in four runs on four occasions, including twice in conference play ... Struck out 16 in a nine-inning loss at Missouri on April 16 ... Went 2-1 at the Judi Garman Classic with a 1.17 ERA ... Struck out 40 in 24.0 innings pitched ... Threw three complete games ... Drove in seven runs at the plate and walked five times ... Registered her second save of the year in a 5-3 win over No. 7 Arizona ... Struck out 17 in a 4-3 eight-inning win over DePaul ... Went 2-0 at the Oklahoma Spring Festival, shutting out opponents in both games ... Struck out 22 in 12.0 innings pitched and allowed just one extra-base hit and held opponents to a .146 batting average ... Got both wins for Oklahoma at The Preview featuring Bedlam ... Sooners defeated Illinois-Chicago 5-3 before downing archrival and 19th-ranked Oklahoma State 7-0 ... Struck out 13 Cowgirls in the shutout win ... Struck out 27 batters in 18.1 innings pitched at the Cathedral City Classic ... Went 2-0 at the Troy Cox Classic with a 2.00 ERA ... Struck out 30 in 14.0 innings pitched ... Held opponents to a 1.37 batting average ... Hit .500 at the tournament, recording six hits, two of those home runs ... Drove in five runs and drew three walks ... Earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors after her impressive start at the Kajikawa Classic ... Went 3-0 at the event with a 0.88 ERA ... Struck out 27 in 16.0 innings pitched ... Threw two complete games and held opponents to a .098 batting average ... Hit .364 on the weekend with one home run, five RBI and two walks.
2010 (Freshman)
A 2010 NFCA second-team All-America ... Named to the 2010 NFCA All-Central Region first team ... 2010 All-Big 12 first-team selection ... A top-25 finalist for USA Softball's National Collegiate Player of the Year ...Went 32-10 on the year with a 1.24 earned run average ... Made 48 appearances and 38 starts ... Threw 29 complete games, including 14 shutouts ... Pitched 259.2 innings, allowing 136 hits and 46 earned runs ... Issued 91 walks and struck out 346 ... Strikeout total is second best in a single season at Oklahoma ... Held opponents to a .151 batting average ... Hit .244 on the year with 21 hits, 15 runs scored, five home runs and 28 walks ... Went 7-2 in the postseason with a 0.74 ERA ... Threw seven complete games and four shutouts ... Pitched 57.0 innings and allowed 29 hits, 22 walks and six earned runs ... Struck out 84 while holding opponents to a .146 batting average ... Pitched 35.0 of 37.0 innings of the postseason without allowing a single earned run to score ... Went 4-2 in the NCAA Championship with a 0.95 ERA ... Had four complete games, including two shutouts ... Gave up 21 hits, five earned runs and 13 walks ... Struck out 49 ... Opponents hi .158 during the NCAA Championship ... Started all three games of the Seattle Super Regional against top-ranked Washington ... Went 1-2, allowing five earned runs and 13 hits ... Struck out 22 Huskies ... Struck out nine in OU's 6-1 win in the first game against UW ... Did not allow a single run, earned or unearned, in three games at the NCAA Regional in College Park, Md. ... Went 3-0 to advance OU to the Supers ... Allowed eight hits and six walks ... Struck out 27 and held opponents to a .131 average ... Struck out 11 in the regional final against Fordham ... Went 3-0 at the Big 12 Championship ... Earned Most Outstanding Player honors ... Allowed just one earned run for a 0.35 ERA ... Threw two shutouts, including the championship game against Missouri ... Allowed eight hits and nine walks ... Struck out 35 and held opponents to a .121 average ... Struck out 11 against Missouri in the title game ... Struck out an OU Big 12 Championship record 12 in the first two games against Texas Tech and Texas A&M ... Delivered a three-run home run to push OU ahead for good after giving up first semifinal run of the game against A&M ... Went 8-2 during Big 12 play with a 1.44 ERA ... Threw 72.2 innings ... Had eight complete games, including five shutouts ... Gave up 36 hits and 24 walks, allowing 15 earned runs to score ... Held opponent to a .143 average ... Struck out 104 batters ... Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on May 4 ... Struck out nine and allowed just two hits and one walk against Kansas on May 1 ... Struck out seven and allowed one run and three hits in the run-rule win over Oklahoma State on April 28 ... Had a two-run home run at Nebraska on April 24 ... Became the first Oklahoma pitcher to strike out 15 batters in a game in 15 years on April 10 at Texas A&M ... Shut out A&M with the 15 strikeouts ... Earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors after the performance against the Aggies ... Struck out 11 in a loss at Oklahoma State on April 7 ... Got the win at Iowa State on April 3 with 12 strikeouts ... Had best offensive output at North Texas on May 6 ... Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored ... Went 2-1 with a 0.84 earned run average at the Judi Garman Classic ... Got wins over Arizona State and Virginia ... Had one hit, a double, against the Sun Devils ... Went 2-0 with a 1.02 ERA during the Oklahoma Spring Festival ... Struck out 13 against UNI on March 13 ... Had a three-run home run against UNI on March 14 and a grand slam against Utah on March 12 ... Went 1-1 at The Preview featuring Bedlam with a 0.64 ERA ... Dropped a 1-0 decision to archrival Oklahoma State and rebounded with a win over Louisville ... Went 2-1 at the Cathedral City Classic ... Only loss was to top-ranked Washington ... Held opponents to a 0.94 batting average ... Struck out 10 against San Diego State on Feb. 25 ... Went 3-0 at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic with a 0.37 ERA ... Threw three complete games, including two shutouts, and got her first save of the season against Boise State ... Posted wins over Northwestern, California and Long Beach State ... Struck out 12 in the opening game against Northwestern ... Named USA Softball's National Player of the Week on Feb. 23 after the event ... Also named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week ... Opened her career with a 2-1 record at Dot Richardson's National Collegiate Softball Invitational ... Only loss was to a ranked Tennessee team.
High School
2009 EA Sports/ESPN Rise National Player of the Year ... 2009 EA Sports first-team All-America ... Finalist for Gatorade National Player of the Year as a senior ... California's Gatorade Softball Player of the Year in 2009 ... Led Archbishop Mitty to the 2009 National Fastpitch Coaches Association National Championship ... 2009 WCAL Pitcher and Player of the Year ... 2009 San Jose Mercury News Player of the Year ... 2009 Cal Hi Sports Focus Central Coast Section Player of the Year ... Perfect 22-0 record as a senior pitcher ... Recorded an earned run average of 0.10, totaling 347 strikeouts in 146 innings pitched ... Hit .456 with nine home runs in her final season ... Named to the EA Sports All-America second team as a junior ... Two-time Under Armour High School All-American ... Cal Hi Sports first-team All-State ... Cal Hi Division II State Athlete of the Year ... 2008 Cal Hi Sports Focus Central Coast Section Player of the Year ... 2008 San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro Player of the Year ... 2008 San Jose Mercury News Player of the Year ... 2008 West Catholic Athletic League Pitcher of the Year ... Named team's most valuable player as a junior ... Softball team won 2008 and 2007 Division II Central Coast Section championship and West Catholic Athletic League title ... Hit .525 as a junior ... Posted an 11-1 record with a 0.30 earned run average during same season... Struck out 172 batters in 87 innings pitched ... Earned three letters in basketball ... 2008 West Catholic League Honorable Mention ... 2008 San Jose Mercury News third team ... Basketball team won 2007 and 2008 state championship ... 2009 WCAL first-team all-league and San Jose Mercury News first-team all-county ... Division II Central Coast championship and state championship.
Travel Ball
Participated in the 2009 Canada Cup ... Won the 2009 ASA 18U GOLD National Championship with the Sorcerer GOLD-Phil from Vallejo, Calif. ... Went 7-0 in the circle during the tournament... Struck out 58 batters in 47 innings of work ... Gave up 15 hits and eight walks ... Hit .444 (8-for-18) with six runs batted in.
Personal
Born Keilani Ricketts in San Jose, Calif. ... Daughter of Jeff and Carol Ricketts ... Has three siblings - Samantha, Richard and Stephanie ... Samantha, a softball All-American at Oklahoma ... Stephanie on softball team at the University of Hawaii ... Richard is a member of the Air Force Academy football team ... Majoring in health and exercise science.
