University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Keke Veal
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Opelousas, La.
- High School:
- St. Thomas More HS
2014-15 (Junior)
Played in 34 games, making 30 starts for the Cajuns ... named third team All-Sun Belt Conference ... led the team in scoring with 14.9 points per game ... garnered All-Louisiana Women’s Basketball Third-Team honors ... set a new career high with 29 points against McNeese State in WBI Tournament quarterfinals (3/21) ... recorded double-digit points in each of final 14 games of the season ... splashed a career-best five three-point field goals at Troy (2/14) ... set personal best in assists with eight at Texas State (1/31) ... logged season and career highs in minutes (42) at ULM (2/12) ... scored 20 points in WBI Tournament Championship against Siena (3/29) ... shot 62.7% (106-for-169) from the free throw line ... named WBI Tournament MVP ... led Cajuns with 113 assists (recorded 81 assists combined during freshman and sophomore seasons) ... earned All-Sun Belt Conference Tournament accolades.Â
Played in 13 games with 12 starts before being sidelined the latter half of the season with an injury … named to the Sun Belt Conference Preseason Second Team … averaged 11.9 points per game, 3.1 steals per game and 2.5 assists per game to lead the team during the first half of the season … scored in double figures the first five games of the season … had a season-high 18 points against Jackson State (11/25) and Southeastern Louisiana (12/29) ... scored 17 points and added five assists, four rebounds and three steals in 24 minutes of action against Sam Houston State (11/15) … tied a career-high six steals against New Orleans (12/14).
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2012-13 (Freshman)
Played in 30 games with 17 starts … averaged a team-high 13.1 points per game and averaged 27.0 minutes … averaged 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game … led the team with 69 steals … scored over 10 points in all but nine games, and scored over 20 points four times … put up a season-high 25 points against UALR (2/28), shooting 10-for-23 from the field with two 3-pointers and three points from the charity stripe … posted 20-point games against FAU (2/16). ULM (3/2), and Western Kentucky (3/9) … had one double-double on the season, scoring 19 points and 10 rebounds against Troy (2/2) … picked up seven offensive rebounds against Southern (11/9).
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High School
Averaged 17 points, six rebounds, four steals and four assists as a senior at St. Thomas More High School … won state championships in 2011 and 2012 … First Team All-State, all-district, and All-Acadiana her junior and senior seasons … four-time Top-28 MVP … nominated for Gatorade Louisiana Player of the Year … nominated as a McDonald’s All-American … district MVP as a senior … named to the all-tournament team in the Sandra Meadows Classic in Duncanville, Texas … helped team to district championships from 2010-12 … led St. Thomas More to the state quarterfinals in 2009 … ranked by ESPN HoopGurlz as the 59th best player in the 2012 class … played under coach Garry Brodhead’s daughter, Ashley,  alongside current Ragin’ Cajuns Kia Wilridge, Robbie Brown, Brooklyn Arceneaux and Jodi Quinn.
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Personal
Full name is Ke’Alana Veal … born on Nov. 11, 1993 in Mamou, La. … daughter of Alonda and De’Lanzo Veal … has five brothers, De’Lanzo, LaErvin, De’Ondrick, S’Zabor, and Jamacan, and one sister, Martika ... majoring in sport management.Â
