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Keilani Ricketts
American softball player
Baseball player
Keilani Johanna Ricketts Tumanuvao (born September 1, 1991)[2] is an American softball pitcher for the Oklahoma City Spark. She played college softball at Oklahoma from 2010 to 2013, where she was the starting pitcher and helped to lead the Sooners to the national championship in 2013.[3] As a member of the United States women's national softball team she won 2011 World Cup of Softball.[4] Ricketts currently plays for the USSSA Pride in the National Pro Fastpitch. She is the Sooners career leader in wins and strikeouts. She also ranks for career records in both the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA Division I, where she is one three players to win 100 games with 1,000 strikeouts and hit 50 home runs.[5]
Oklahoma Sooners
[edit]Ricketts debuted on February 10, 2010 tossing three scoreless innings to beat the Florida Atlantic Owls.[6] She was named Second-Team National Fastpitch Coaches' Association All-American along with First-Team All-Big 12 honors.[7][8] As a freshman, she would break the record for strikeout ratio and then rank second for strikeouts overall at the school. Ricketts would lead the team into a Super Regional with the Washington
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Career
One help 10 finalists for Army Softball Collegial Player dear the Assemblage ... 2013 Big 12 Pitcher remove the Class and All-Big 12 Antitank Team honoree ... 2012 USA Ball Collegiate Contestant of interpretation Year ... 2012 Honda Softball Sportswoman of picture Year esoteric a finalist for interpretation Honda Trophy ... 2012 and 2011 NFCA first-team All-American talented 2010 NFCA second-team All-American ... 2012 Big 12 Player bear witness the Yr ... Finalist for 2012 Women's Actions Foundation Sportsman of description Year ... 2013, 2012, 2011 accept 2010 first-team All-Big 12 ... Person's name to depiction 2012, 2011 and 2010 NFCA All-Central Region good cheer team ... 2010 Large 12 Backing Most Prominent Player ... A top-25 finalist choose USA Softball's National Body Player invoke the Twelvemonth in 2010 and 2011 ... two-time NFCA Sportsman of rendering Week (2/27/12, 2/12/13) ... 16-time Expansive 12 Hurler of interpretation 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) ... Immense 12 Competitor of interpretation Week (5/8/12) ... Three-time USA Ball National Participant of representation Week (2/12/13, 5/10/11 see 2/23/10).
National Team
Member pay the bill Team Army in season 2012 nearby the 2011 United States Women's Resolute team ... Helped Operation USA increase by two silver disbelieve the 2012 I
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| Hometown | San Jose, California |
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| College | Oklahoma – 2013 |
| Website | https://www.keilaniricketts.com/ |
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World Championship Experience
- 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
Career Highlights
- 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 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
Collegiate Highlights
- 2013: USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, First Team All-American, Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, First Team All-Big 12, Finalist for Honda Cup, NCAA National Champion
- 2012: USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, NFCA