Keali Engelkens

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Class: Junior Hometown: Milledgeville, Ill. High School: Milledgeville

Height: 5-8 Position: P/UT Bats/Throws: L/R

2012: Saw action both at the plate and in the pitching circle, batting .234 with a double and three RBI, while also going 3-0 with a 3.19 ERA and 21 strikeouts...strung together an eight-game hitting streak, in which she batted .500 (11 for 22), April 4-14...batted .300 (12 for 40) at Loyola Softball Park...notched four multi-hit outings...recorded her only extra-base hit of the year, a double, and drove in two runs in a victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff...singled in Loyola's 1-0 win over DePaul...had two hits and drove in a run in a 9-3 win versus Youngstown State...singled in a 3-1 win at Purdue...named Horizon League Pitcher of the Week after earning the win in relief in both ends of a doubleheader sweep of Wichita State...tossed 3.2 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief in to earn those wins at Wichita State...owned a 1.89 ERA if you discard a rough relief appearance versus North Texas in the season opener...hurled 3.2 innings of one-hit relief and struck out four in Loyola's 5-4 win at Butler...struck out three batters in 2.0 innings of relief in a 9-1 win against Northern Illinois...member of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2011: Claimed Second Team All-Horizon League and Horizon League All-Newcomer Team accolades...led all pitchers with a 0.90 ERA in League play...went 6-2 with two saves, 42 strikeouts and only 28 hits allowed in 54.2 innings in conference action...opponents batted only .149 against her in League contests...owned a 0.88 ERA in Loyola's wins...went 6-2 with a 0.77 ERA at Loyola Softball Park...also wielded a potent bat, hitting .429 with a triple and three RBI in only 21 at-bats...scattered five hits and struck out five to earn the win in a 7-4 decision over Cleveland State in her first career start and appearance...twirled a two-hit, complete-game shutout in a 3-0 win against Wagner...combined with Brittany Gardner to throw a no-hitter, Loyola's first since 1999, in a 2-0 win versus Butler on April 30...allowed more than two earned runs just once in her final 15 appearances...scattered three hits, struck out a season-high eight batters, and did not allow an earned run en route to the win in a 9-1 decision over Green Bay...did not surrender an earned run over a four-appearance stretch, covering 15.0 innings, April 22-26...named Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on April 25...earned the save in a 2-0 victory at Detroit that clinched the Horizon League regular-season title...picked up the win in relief in a 4-3 victory over Purdue...making her first career plate appearances, went 4 for 4 in game two of a doubleheader versus Valparaiso...tripled, singled, and drove in three runs in an 8-0 win against Valpo...also recorded hits against Notre Dame and Purdue...NFCA Scholar-Athlete.

High School: During her senior campaign in 2010, posted a 21-4 record with a 0.81 ERA and 195 strikeouts, to only 18 walks, in 155 innings of work...completed 23 of her 25 starts as a senior and also batted .576 (53-for-92) with 43 runs, six doubles, three triples, a home run and 19 RBI...helped Milledgeville to four conference championships and a pair of regional titles, while also posting over 1,000 strikeouts in her career...four-time team MVP and three-time recipient of the team's Hustle Award...also a four-time all-area and all-conference pick...three-time Sauk Valley Newspaper All-Area Player of the Year selection...two-time Journal-Standard Player of the Year...earned first team all-state honors as a senior and second team recognition as a junior...also played for the Illinois Firebirds Elite and helped that squad to the 2007 and 2008 USSSA Illinois State Championships...class valedictorian...Illinois State Scholar...honor roll student.

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