| Keri O'Keefe |
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 | Class: Junior
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 | Hometown: Tremont, Ill.
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 | High School: Tremont
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 | Height: 5-7
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 | Position: OF/1B
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 | B/T: L/L
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2009 Sophomore
Named to the Fall 2008 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2008 Freshman
Played in 34 games with eight starts ... primarily served as a pinch runner and as a sub in the outfield ... doubled in her first collegiate appearance at Southeastern Louisiana ... recorded a season-high three putouts in her first collegiate start ... scored a run in the second Missouri State tilt of the season ... put down a sac bunt in the Missouri State series finale ... scored runs in the series openers against Temple and Eastern Illinois ... went 1-for-2 in the first game of the SEMO series ... singled in the St. Bonaventure victory ... collected the first RBI of her collegiate career in the Western Illinois series finale.
At Tremont
Named to the Bloomington Pantagraph and Peoria Journal-Star All-Area teams as a senior ... was a first-team All-Conference and Academic All-Conference honoree in 2007 ... received her school's Women's Sportsmanship Award as a senior ... chosen as a U.S. Army National Scholar-Athlete ... was a four-year letterwinner in both softball and cheerleading ... posted a .429 average and a .637 slugging percentage in 2007 ... helped the Turks to a 22-7 ledger en route to conference and regional crowns in 2007 ... earned All-Conference first-team honors in 2005 and 2006 after receiving honorable mention plaudits as a freshman ... was in the top 10 of her graduating class and a member of the high honor roll ... selected as an Illinois State Scholar.
Personal
Born Jan. 11, 1989, in Normal, Ill. ... daughter of Heidi and Mark O'Keefe ... has an older brother, Kyle, and an older sister, Kelli, as well as two younger brothers, Kolin and Konnor ... her brother, Kyle, is a member of the Monmouth College football team.