| Born: | 09/03/1990 |
| Height: | 5-7 |
| Year: | Sophomore |
| Hometown: | Newbury Park, Calif. |
| High School: | Newbury Park HS |
| Position: | Infield |
UC SANTA BARBARA
2010: One of three players to start and play in all 52
games...Led the team in home runs (5) and sacrifice bunts (8)...Was
second on the team in both runs (17) and walks (21) and was third
with three doubles...Fourth on the team for total bases (42),
stolen bases (3-for-3) and at bats (133)...Was fifth among the
Gauchos for slugging (.316), on-base percentage (.287) and hits
(24)...Hit .180 for the season...Posted a .933 fielding
percentage...Had multiple hits on four occasions and four
multiple-RBI showings...Had a season-high three RBI against Idaho
State (Mar. 5) and Long Beach State (May 1)...Posted four of her
five homers during Big West play...Hit a solo homer in a narrow 2-1
loss to Northridge (Apr. 25)...Went 3-for-3 with a homer and three
RBI in the following game against Long Beach State...Went 1-for-3
with a homer, two RBI and a walk in a 6-0 win over Big West
Champion UC Davis (May 14)...Drew two walks on five occasions.
2009: Started the first nine games of the season before she was forced to medical redshirt due to a broken leg sustained during a contest with San Diego State (Feb. 14)...Prior to being sidelined, recorded a .391 batting average with eight runs, 10 RBI, one double and four home runs...Went 3-for-4 with three runs, five RBI and two homers in an 8-5 victory over Wichita State (Feb. 6)...Hit a three-run homer in the following game, a 9-2 win over McNeese State (Feb. 8)...Went 2-for-2 with a run, RBI and two walks against Utah State (Feb. 13)...Earned eight walks and posted a .548 on-base percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Newbury Park High School under head coach Darrin
Carr...During her senior season she batted .412 with six doubles,
three triples, three home runs and 14 RBI...Posted a .500 on-base
percentage...Was named the Maramonte League Co-Defensive Player of
the Year in 2008...Also earned First Team honors from the Ventura
County Star, team MVP honors and was named to the San Fernando
Valley All-Star team as a senior...As a junior, she was named to
the All-Maramonte League First Team and earned her first team MVP
award...In 2006, she was awarded first team all-league honors and
received Newbury Park's Big Bat award...Freshman year she collected
Second Team All-Maramonte League honors...Served as her team's
captain during her junior and senior seasons...Also competed in
junior varsity basketball and was named Defensive Player of the
Year...A four year member of the honor roll and four-time
scholar-athlete honoree.
TRAVEL BALL
Played shortstop, second base and outfield for the 18U Gold So Cal
Diamonds under the tutelage of coaches Bob Zapia and Jack
Willard.
PERSONAL
Keilani Rae Jennings was born on Sept. 3, 1990 in Ventura,
Calif....Parents are Phil Jennings and Kerryanne and Matt
Budnik...Has three younger siblings, Tyler, Chloe and Michah...Is
majoring in business economics at UCSB...If she didn't play
softball, basketball would be her sport of choice...Cheers for the
LA Dodgers and LA Lakers...Favorite movies include "Step Up",
"Pride and Prejudice" and "Wedding Crashers"...Enjoys watching
"Gossip Girl", "One Tree Hill" and "Grey's Anatomy"...Favorite
aspect of Santa Barbara is the beach...Favorite books are the
"Twilight" series.
CAREER STATISTICS
YearAvgGP/GSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBOB%SB/ATT 2009.3919/92389104108.5481/2 2010.18052/5211617243051621.2873/3 TOTAL.21261/6115625334092629.3304/5
| Career-Highs | |||
| At-bats | 4 | five times | 5/2/10 |
| Hits | 3 | twice | 3/12/10 - most recent |
| Runs | 3 | twice | 3/12/10 - most recent |
| Runs Batted In | 5 | vs. Wichita State | 2/6/09 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | four times | 3/13/10 - most recent |
| Strikeouts | 3 | four times | 5/2/10 - most recent |
| Walks | 3 | vs. Long Beach State | 2/14/09 |