University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2019 Softball Roster
Milligan, Keeli
Jersey Number 4
Keeli Milligan
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Vidor, Texas
- High School:
- Vidor HS
- Prev School:
- Texas A&M
Bio
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2019)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2019)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2019)
2019 (Senior)
Competed in all 58 games (started 56) in her lone season as a Ragin’ Cajun … positioned near the top of the lineup, with 49 of 56 starts coming in either leadoff or No. 2 slot (40 starts as leadoff) … split time evenly between outfield (28 starts) and second base (27 starts) … set the school and Sun Belt record with 60 stolen bases, surpassing the school record previously held by Dorsey Steamer (51 steals) and the Sun Belt mark held by WKU’s Olivia Watkins (54 steals) … career-best total for stolen bases and second time with 50-plus (had 54 at Texas A&M in 2016) … was successful in each of the first 32 stolen base attempts … only caught stealing seven times in 67 total attempts … became the first Ragin’ Cajun to reach the 60-mark in stolen bases … ranked No. 2 nationally in stolen bases … one of only two players nationally to accumulate 50-plus stolen bases, and reach the 60-mark … recorded multiple steals 18 times, including tying the school single-game record of four twice … was one of the team’s hottest hitters March 31 to end of regular season, hitting .458 with three doubles and 10 RBI in slap-hitter’s role … generated 44 runs, helping team rank Top 10 nationally in scoring offense … tallied 57 base hits, the third-most on the squad … in Sun Belt play, finished with a .408 average which was the second-highest mark on the team and ranked fourth in the league … started the season reaching base each of the first 10 games, totaling 12 runs and 15 stolen bases … produced at least one RBI in three straight games to help Louisiana clinch a spot in the Louisiana Classics championship game … posted the game-winning RBI on Feb. 15 vs. Austin Peay, singling to center to snap a 1-all tie in the fifth inning … accounted for four runs and four stolen bases vs. Kent State in the Baylor Invitational opener (Feb. 22) … opened the scoring in the run-rule win over No. 23 Oregon State in Oklahoma with an RBI double in the first inning … picked up her second multiple-hit game vs. Baylor, going 2-for-3 on March 11 at Lamson Park for the first of four multiple-hit games in a three-week span … delivered a pinch-hit, two-run double down the left field line to break open the series finale at Georgia Southern (March 31) … had a pair of RBI in next SBC outing, bringing home two runs in the series opener vs. UT Arlington … produced season-highs in hits (4) and RBI (3) in the second game of an April 13 doubleheader at Appalachian State … followed up with a three-hit effort two days later at Campbell … with three stolen bases in the Georgia State series opener on April 18, tied Dorsey Steamer’s single-season record … the next night, became the school’s stolen base record holder with her 52nd swipe of the season … 3-for-3 showing in the middle game of the Coastal Carolina series on April 27 was her fifth multiple-hit game over a two-week span and capped off a 17-for-30 (.567) run at the plate which started in the App State series finale … tallied runs in both of Louisiana’s wins at the NCAA Oxford Regional … named to the All-Sun Belt First Team at second base and was selected to the All-Louisiana Second Team at the utility position.
Prior to Louisiana
Competed at the SEC’s Texas A&M from the 2016 through 2018 seasons … produced 171 hits on a .339 average, scored 130 runs, recorded a .422 on base percentage and swiped 105 stolen bases over 117 attempts … collected the second-most stolen bases in Aggies history highlighted by a single-season record 54 as a freshman in 2016 … rounded up 183 putouts as an outfield during her stay in College Station … named to the USA Softball National Player of the Year Watch List in 2017 and was a NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year finalist in 2016 … earned All-SEC and NFCA All-South Region honors in her freshman campaign … added a sparkling .379 average to the record-setting stolen base performance (54-for-59) in her collegiate debut campaign and generated 75 base hits and scored 59 runs, the second-highest total in school history … was a driving force behind Texas A&M's run to the Women's College World Series in 2017, batting .382 after April 1 that season, which ranked first on the team.
High School
Was a two-sport standout at Vidor High School playing volleyball and softball … named the District 20-4A Co-Newcomer of the Year on the diamond as a freshman and earned Offensive MVP honors from her team as both a freshman and a sophomore … chosen first team All-District 20-4A as a sophomore and was the district MVP following her junior season … received Beaumont Enterprise Super Gold Most Valuable Player honors during a senior season in which she carried a .714 batting average … listed as a pre-season All-American for the Softball Factory Under Armour Team and was selected as a top performer at the games … played select softball for the Impact Gold-Jackson out of Spring, Texas.
Personal
Born Sept. 3, 1996 … daughter of Steven and Kari Milligan … participated in Youth Leadership of Southeast Texas … graduated as a Distinguished Student in 2015 received the Award of Excellence in History and English ... a general studies major.
All-Sun Belt First Team (2019)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2019)
2019 (Senior)
Competed in all 58 games (started 56) in her lone season as a Ragin’ Cajun … positioned near the top of the lineup, with 49 of 56 starts coming in either leadoff or No. 2 slot (40 starts as leadoff) … split time evenly between outfield (28 starts) and second base (27 starts) … set the school and Sun Belt record with 60 stolen bases, surpassing the school record previously held by Dorsey Steamer (51 steals) and the Sun Belt mark held by WKU’s Olivia Watkins (54 steals) … career-best total for stolen bases and second time with 50-plus (had 54 at Texas A&M in 2016) … was successful in each of the first 32 stolen base attempts … only caught stealing seven times in 67 total attempts … became the first Ragin’ Cajun to reach the 60-mark in stolen bases … ranked No. 2 nationally in stolen bases … one of only two players nationally to accumulate 50-plus stolen bases, and reach the 60-mark … recorded multiple steals 18 times, including tying the school single-game record of four twice … was one of the team’s hottest hitters March 31 to end of regular season, hitting .458 with three doubles and 10 RBI in slap-hitter’s role … generated 44 runs, helping team rank Top 10 nationally in scoring offense … tallied 57 base hits, the third-most on the squad … in Sun Belt play, finished with a .408 average which was the second-highest mark on the team and ranked fourth in the league … started the season reaching base each of the first 10 games, totaling 12 runs and 15 stolen bases … produced at least one RBI in three straight games to help Louisiana clinch a spot in the Louisiana Classics championship game … posted the game-winning RBI on Feb. 15 vs. Austin Peay, singling to center to snap a 1-all tie in the fifth inning … accounted for four runs and four stolen bases vs. Kent State in the Baylor Invitational opener (Feb. 22) … opened the scoring in the run-rule win over No. 23 Oregon State in Oklahoma with an RBI double in the first inning … picked up her second multiple-hit game vs. Baylor, going 2-for-3 on March 11 at Lamson Park for the first of four multiple-hit games in a three-week span … delivered a pinch-hit, two-run double down the left field line to break open the series finale at Georgia Southern (March 31) … had a pair of RBI in next SBC outing, bringing home two runs in the series opener vs. UT Arlington … produced season-highs in hits (4) and RBI (3) in the second game of an April 13 doubleheader at Appalachian State … followed up with a three-hit effort two days later at Campbell … with three stolen bases in the Georgia State series opener on April 18, tied Dorsey Steamer’s single-season record … the next night, became the school’s stolen base record holder with her 52nd swipe of the season … 3-for-3 showing in the middle game of the Coastal Carolina series on April 27 was her fifth multiple-hit game over a two-week span and capped off a 17-for-30 (.567) run at the plate which started in the App State series finale … tallied runs in both of Louisiana’s wins at the NCAA Oxford Regional … named to the All-Sun Belt First Team at second base and was selected to the All-Louisiana Second Team at the utility position.
Prior to Louisiana
Competed at the SEC’s Texas A&M from the 2016 through 2018 seasons … produced 171 hits on a .339 average, scored 130 runs, recorded a .422 on base percentage and swiped 105 stolen bases over 117 attempts … collected the second-most stolen bases in Aggies history highlighted by a single-season record 54 as a freshman in 2016 … rounded up 183 putouts as an outfield during her stay in College Station … named to the USA Softball National Player of the Year Watch List in 2017 and was a NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year finalist in 2016 … earned All-SEC and NFCA All-South Region honors in her freshman campaign … added a sparkling .379 average to the record-setting stolen base performance (54-for-59) in her collegiate debut campaign and generated 75 base hits and scored 59 runs, the second-highest total in school history … was a driving force behind Texas A&M's run to the Women's College World Series in 2017, batting .382 after April 1 that season, which ranked first on the team.
High School
Was a two-sport standout at Vidor High School playing volleyball and softball … named the District 20-4A Co-Newcomer of the Year on the diamond as a freshman and earned Offensive MVP honors from her team as both a freshman and a sophomore … chosen first team All-District 20-4A as a sophomore and was the district MVP following her junior season … received Beaumont Enterprise Super Gold Most Valuable Player honors during a senior season in which she carried a .714 batting average … listed as a pre-season All-American for the Softball Factory Under Armour Team and was selected as a top performer at the games … played select softball for the Impact Gold-Jackson out of Spring, Texas.
Personal
Born Sept. 3, 1996 … daughter of Steven and Kari Milligan … participated in Youth Leadership of Southeast Texas … graduated as a Distinguished Student in 2015 received the Award of Excellence in History and English ... a general studies major.
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