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  Keri McCready

Keri McCready

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.

High School:
North Canyon

Height:
5-1

Position:
IF

Bats/Throws:
R/R

2005: Started and played in 22 games, all at third base ... had a season-high two hits on Apr. 14 against Morehead State as part of a 2-for-2 effort in Miami's 8-0, five-inning win ... had a two-RBI single against Butler on Apr. 21 in a 7-2 Miami win ... handled 46 of 49 chances in the field.

2004: Played in 27 games, starting 22 ... scored both of her runs in wins over Eastern Michigan (4/10) and Wright State (4/21) ... her 38 assists in the field ranked fifth on the team ... made just three errors while adding 24 putouts to the 38 assists for a .954 fielding percentage.

2003: Started 30-of-32 games played ... went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI against Ohio (3/29) ... walked twice, scoring a run, the next day in Miami's 2-1 victory over the Bobcats (3/30) ... drove in the game's only run with a single in the RedHawks' 1-0 win at Akron (4/12) ... reached base in all three plate appearances, walking twice and singling, while driving in a run vs. Western Michigan (5/8) on the first day of the MAC Tournament ... had the game-winning, two-run single to thrust the Red and White into the MAC Championship game in a 4-3 victory over Marshall (5/10).

2002: Started 12 games at third base and filled in as a pinch runner.

Prior to Miami: Named honorable mention all-conference and conference defensive player of the year all four years ... played for the North in the North-South All-Star Game ... selected conference scholar-athlete her sophomore year ... three-year letterwinner in softball and captain of the team as a senior.

Personal: Born February 22, 1983 ... daughter of Kevin McCready and Patricia Tryhus ... cousin, Derek, is a pitcher for the University of New Mexico baseball team ... majoring in exercise science.