Biography
AT SOUTH ALABAMA
SENIOR SEASON (2022)
• Second-Team all-Sun Belt Conference selection
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honoree
• Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List selection
• Started 41 of her 43 games played with each coming at third base
• Batted .293 during the season as she recorded 34 hits, including nine extra-base hits
• Her five triples were second-most in the Sun Belt Conference and tied two other players for the most in a single season at South
• Scored 16 runs and drove in eight, while also stealing a pair of bases
• Registered eight multi-hit outings – seven two-hit and one three-hit performance
• Was 2-for-2 with a pair of runs scored and a RBI versus Belmont (2/25) at The Snowman
• Had a RBI triple vs. Dartmouth (3/4) in game one of the Tennessee Invitational and then had recorded a walk-off sac fly in the eighth inning against the Big Green (3/6)
• Recorded a three-hit performance with a run scored against Nicholls State (3/16)
• Also went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI in a conference road victory at App State (4/8)
• Best four-game stretch of the season came in a road game at Nicholls State (4/20) and the UL Monroe series (4/22-24), recording two hits each outing helping South post a perfect 4-0 record over the road trip
• Batted .727 as she was 8-for-11 with four runs scored, three RBI, a double, a triple, a home run and a 1.273 slugging percentage over the four-game stretch
• Was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, a double against Nicholls
• Batted .750 (6-for-8) and reached base in seven of her nine plate appearances in the series versus the Warhawks, while scoring a pair of runs and driving in two to go along with a triple and a home run in the series opener
• Went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored in the regular-season finale at Troy (5/7)
JUNIOR SEASON (2021)
• First-Team all-Sun Belt Conference selection
• First-Team all-South Region selection
• Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List selection
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honoree
• Only Jag to start all 52 games with all of those starts coming at third base
• Led the team at the plate with a .365 overall batting average and a .429 average in conference play
• Had a team-best 54 hits with 24 of those coming against league foes
• Scored 21 runs and drove in 13, while registering eight doubles and a triple
• Ranked among the SBC leaders in hits (10th), batting average (eighth) and sacrifice hits (T-seventh)
• Had seven multi-hit games, which was tied for second on the club, and three multi-RBI outings
• Hit .465 in leadoff opportunities and was 10-for-32 (.313) with runners in scoring position
• Hit .571 with runners on third and less than two outs, .364 (16-for-44) in two-out situations and was successful in advancing runners 55.2 percent of the time
• Began her Jaguar career with four-straight multi-hit efforts and five in her first six games
• Went a combined 4-for-7 with three runs scored and a pair of doubles in the season-opening doubleheader at College World Series participant and nationally ranked Georgia (2/12) at the Red & Black Showcase
• Had two hits against Virginia (2/13) and then posted a three-hit performance in her home opener versus Murray State (2/19), which were all part of a seven-game hit streak
• Doubled, drove in a pair of runs and scored a run versus Northwestern State (2/28)
• Was 2-for-3 in South’s historic road win at No. 2 Alabama
• Recorded two RBI and a double at Ole Miss (3/10)
• Went 3-for-3 with a double in game three of the SBC road series at nationally ranked Louisiana (3/28)
• Was also 3-for-3 with a run scored in game two of a doubleheader versus UTA (4/18)
• Had a pair of hits scored a run and drove in three in South Alabama’s come-from-behind win over Troy (5/14) at the Sun Belt Championships
• Her bases-clearing, fifth-inning double versus the Trojans trimmed the deficit to two
AT WRIGHT STATE
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020) – COVID 19 SEASON
• Lettered two seasons at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio
• Started all 17 games in which she appeared
• Hit .306 with a .361 slugging percentage
• Recorded 11 hits, six runs, seven RBI and one triple in 36 at-bats
• Recorded four multi-hit games and a pair of multi-RBI outings
• Went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs while scoring once in a win over Wagner (2/29)
• Had three hits and scored a run in a win over Nebraska (3/6)
• Went 2-for-3 showing versus New Mexico State, scoring a pair of runs and drove in three against the Aggies
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)
• Appeared in 54 games with 53 starts
• Hit .235 in 153 at-bats with 36 hits, 26 runs and eight RBI
• Had three doubles and two triples
• Posted eight multi-hit outings and a pair of multi-RBI games
• Walked multiple times in a game on seven occasions, including four versus Valparaiso (2/24), while also scoring a season high three times against the Crusaders
• Went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored in a win at Morehead State (3/19)
• Scored three runs, drove in a pair and had a triple in game two of the series at Youngstown State (4/16)
• Scored and walked twice, and had two stolen bases in game one of a three-game series versus Northern Kentucky (4/2)
AT TEAYS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered four seasons at Teays Valley High School in Ashville, Ohio
• Helped the Vikings advance to the semifinals of the state playoffs three times, leading Teays to a state championship in 2015 and a runner up finish in 2016
• Three-time First-Team All-Mid State League selection
• Twice selected as Mid State League Player of the Year as well as First-Team All-Central District
• Batted .585 as a junior
• Lettered four seasons in basketball for the Vikings
• Played three seasons of club ball for the Ohio Stingrays based out of Columbus, Ohio
PERSONAL
• Full name is Meredith Kathleen Keel
• Born in Columbus, Ohio
• Daughter of John and Julie Keel
• Second of three children in her family; has an older brother, Davis, and a younger sister, Morgan
• Father played football at Capital University (1985-89)
• Superstition while at bat is to take four steps to the line and four steps back between every pitch
• Has a phobia of cotton balls
• Majoring in health promotion
