KeilANI RICKETTS

Played for USSSA Pride from 2013-2019 ... 4x NPF Cowles Cup Champion ... 2x NPF Pitcher ... Played in the Japan Softball League from 2013-2018 with Toyota Industries and then again for Hitachi in 2020-2021 ... Played for Team USA from 2011-2012 and 2018-2021 ... 2018 WBSC World Championship Gold Medalist; Had a 0.89 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 15.2 innings pitched ... 2012 WBSC World Championship Silver Medalist; Went 4-0 in the circle with 25 strikeouts in 27 innings and a 1.03 ERA; Hit .429 (3-for-7) with four RBI and one HR ... 2019 Japan Cup Gold Medalist; Went 1-0 in the circle with a 0.00 ERA and 4 strikeouts in 6 innings pitched ... 2019 Pan American Games Gold Medalist; Went 2-0 in the circle with 11 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA in 6.1 innings pitched; Hit .500 (1-for-2) with 2 RBI ... 2018 USA Softball International Cup; Went 1-0 in the circle with 5.2 innings pitched and 7 strikeouts 

2018 USA Japan Cup; Pitched 1 inning with 1 strikeout ... 2011 Pan American Games Gold Medalist; Went 4-0 in the circle with 22 strikeouts in 16.1 innings and a 0.43 ERA; Hit .250 (1-for-4) with one RBI ... One of 10 finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year ... 2013 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and All-Big 12 Defensive Team honoree ... 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year ... 2012 Honda Softball Player of the Year and a finalist for the Honda Cup ... 2012 and 2011 NFCA first-team All-American and 2010 NFCA second-team All-American ... 2012 Big 12 Player of the Year ... Finalist for 2012 Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year ... 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 first-team All-Big 12 ... Named to the 2012, 2011 and 2010 NFCA All-Central Region first team ... 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 ... two-time NFCA Player of the Week (2/27/12, 2/12/13) ... 16-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (2013: 2/12, 2/26, 3/19; 4/23, 4/30; 2012: 3/6, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, 4/24, 5/1; 2011: 2/15, 5/10; 2010: 2/23, 4/13 and 5/4) ... Big 12 Player of the Week (5/8/12) ... Three-time USA Softball National Player of the Week (2/12/13, 5/10/11 and 2/23/10).

National Team
Member of Team USA in summer 2012 and the 2011 United States Women's National team ... Helped Team USA win silver at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Fastpitch Championship, going 4-0 with a 1.04 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 27 innings and hitting .429 with one home run and 4 RBI ... Won silver with Team USA at the Canadian Open International Championship .... Recorded two wins and got the title-clinching save at the 2012 World Cup of Softball for Team USA.

2013 (Senior)
Started all 51 games (31 at pitcher, 20 at DP) ... threw 5th no-hitter of season (6th of career) at Oklahoma State (5/12) ... hit grand slam vs. Oklahoma State (5/10) ... season-high 17 K's in game one of DH at Kansas (5/5) ... went 2-3 with 2 RBI and a HR and no-hitter with 10 K's vs. Iowa State (4/28) ... 15 K's at Texas (4/19) ... went 3-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI at Texas Tech (4/13) ... threw no-hitter at Texas Tech (4/12) ... became the winningest pitcher in OU history with a shutout of Baylor (4/7) ... earned the save vs. Baylor (4/6) ... homered twice and drove in 6 runs vs. Northern Colorado (3/9) ... went 2-3 with a HR and 14 K's against Houston (3/1) ... one-hit shutout with 11 K's vs. Florida State (2/23) ... one-hit shutout with 10 K's vs. Georgia (2/21) ... 3-3 with a stolen base vs. Washington (2/16) ... went 2-2 with 3 RBI and a HR vs. UC Riverside (2/15) ... homered in first AB of season vs. Stanford (2/8) ... opened season with back-to-back no-hitters against Stanford (2/8) and Oregon (2/9)

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2012 (Junior)
Played in and started 63 games ... Second in NCAA in ERA (1.08), strikeouts (457), strikeouts per seven innings (11.0) and victories (37) ... Third in NCAA in shutouts (15) ... Ninth in NCAA with 53 walks, a school record ... 10th in NCAA with .548 on-base percentage, the third-best total in school history) ... Led team in batting average (.395) and doubles (13) ... Second on team in slugging percentage (.815, third-best mark at OU) ... Third in RBI (49) and home runs (17, eighth-most in OU history) ... Recorded 32 extra-base hits, seventh-most in school history ... Posted 132 total bases, the 10th-best mark at OU ... Had two multi-HR games, 17 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games, including a season-high 6 runs drive in against Lehigh (5/18) ... Broke own school record with 457 strikeouts on the season ... Recorded 26 games with 10 or more strikeouts ... Posted a 37-9 record to tie the school record for wins in a season and threw 292.0 innings, the fourth-most at OU ...Threw 34 complete games (second-most in school annals) with 15 shutouts and held opponents to .157 batting average ... Tallied 49 appearances, which tied for the fourth-most in school history, and started 43 games, the third-highest total at OU ... In the postseason, recorded a .375 batting average, .488 OBP, .781 SLG, 3 home runs and 12 RBI and a 9-2 record with a 1.02 ERA and 113 strikeouts in 68.1 postseason innings ... Allowed just one earned run and struck out 27 in 17.0 innings in the NCAA Regional (0.41 ERA) ... Gave up just one unearned run with 22 strikeouts in 14.0 innings against Arizona in the NCAA Super Regional ... Season-high 16 strikeouts versus No. 1 Cal in Women's College World Series (6/1) ... Pitched 10 innings and struck out 12 in 2-1 victory over Missouri (4/20) ... Threw first perfect game of career against Kansas (3/30), striking out 10 in 5.0 innings of work ... Struck out 14 batters and hit a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the seventh inning in a 2-0 win over Baylor (3/23) ... Hit a pair of home runs against Wichita State (3/9) ... Set the OU career strikeout record with 16 strikeouts against UNLV (2/10)

 

2011 (Sophomore)
Made 50 appearances, two off the school record, and 42 starts, five off the school mark ... Threw 33 complete games (second-most in school history) and nine shutouts ... In 284.1 innings pitched, the fourt-best total at Oklahoma, struck out a school-record 452 on the year and 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 RBI ... Produced a .594 slugging percentage ... Drew 38 walks, the seventh-best total in OU history, 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 ... struck 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 ... 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 and 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 and 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 ... Struck out 13 Cowgirls in the shutout win over Oklahoma State ... 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 with 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 as she 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)
Went 32-10 (seventh-most wins in a year at OU) with a 1.24 earned run average ... Made 48 appearances, fourth-most in OU history, and 38 starts, the sixth-most ... Threw 29 complete games (sixth-most at OU), including 14 shutouts ... Pitched 259.2 innings, the seventh-highest figure at OU, allowing 136 hits and 46 earned runs ... Struck out 346, 10 away from the school record ... Strikeout total was 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 ... Went 4-2 in the NCAA Championship with a 0.95 ERA ... Had four complete games, including two shutouts and struck out 49 ... Opponents hit .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 ... Did not allow a single run in three games at the NCAA Regional in College Park, Md., and went 3-0 to advance OU to the Supers ... Struck out 27 and held opponents to a .131 average ... Struck out 11 in the regional final against Fordham ... Went 3-0 with a 0.35 ERA at the Big 12 Championship to earned Most Outstanding Player honors ... Threw two shutouts, including the championship game against Missouri ... 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 ... Held opponents to a .143 average and struck out 104 batters ... Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on May 4 ... Became the first Oklahoma pitcher to strike out 15 batters in a game in 15 years on April 10 at Texas A&M ... 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, going 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 with wins over Arizona State and Virginia ... 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 with the only loss coming 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 ... Graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Communications ... Married to Sean Tumanuvao and has one daughter, Elizabeth Tumanuvao.