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6 Cambria Keefer

  • Class Senior
  • Position P
  • Bat/Throw R/R
  • Hometown Glendora, Calif.
  • Highschool Glendora
  • Major Communication

Biography

Senior Year (2020) - Game-By-Game Stats

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Made 18 appearances as a pinch runner responsible for five runs (ETSU, Syracuse, UT Arlington, Bucknell & Marshall)
  • Appeared inside the circle against Duke during the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Feb.15).
  • Registered a stolen base versus host Marshall at the Thundering Herd Round Robin (Mar. 7).

Junior Year (2019)

  • Totaled five runs against Appalachian State and in Big Ten series with Maryland (Apr. 23) and Michigan State (May 4)
  • Made 13 appearances on the mound with eight strikeouts

Sophomore Year (2018)

  • Earned the complete-game victory over LIU Brooklyn (March 11) with seven innings pitched, three hits, one walk and four strikeouts 
  • Tossed a career-high six strikeouts in a win over North Dakota (March 4) in 5.1 innings and just one earned run allowed 
  • Pitched six shutout innings and earned a win over Maryland-Eastern Shore (March 2) 
  • Posted back-to-back complete-game victories Feb. 17 and 23, first an eight-inning win over Houston, an RPI Top 50 team, with two earned runs 
  • Then her first career complete-game shutout over Kennesaw State - which has been receiving votes in the national polls for the majority of the year - with four hits, two walks, and four strikeouts


Freshman Year (2017)

  • Saw action in 25 games, starting seven and pitching 35.0 innings
  • Earned her first career start at Ohio (Feb. 17), registering a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout in the first frame


Prior to Rutgers

  • Four-year letterwinner at Glendora HS...honored as team MVP in 2016, along with first team all-area and first team Palomares League honors
  • Registered a 2.03 ERA in 106 innings pitched with 13 wins and 120 K's in her senior season
  • Named team MVP and league MVP in 2015earned first team All-Area and first team All-CIF in 2015
  • Led the team to becoming league champions with 12 wins, 142 strikes in 133 innings pitched and a 1.63 ERA in 2015
  • Tied for the strikeout lead of the Baseline League with 102 strikeouts in 2014
  • Named MVP of the San Dimas Tournament after leading the team to the title in the event
  • Also participated in tennis for two years and volleyball for one
  • Two-time Scholar Athlete (2014 and 2015)
  • Member of the Link Crew, a freshman leadership group
  • Volunteers with coaching with the Glendora Lassie League
  • Daughter of Charles and Carol Keefer.

KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
Nickname: Cambam
One word to describe Coach Butler: passionate
Best player ever competed against: Lili Piper
Major: Communication
I chose my major because: Communicating is something everyone does everyday so I felt it would be a skill applicable to any future endeavors I face.
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Hidden Grounds
If I wasn’t playing softball, I’d be: Living in a shack on the beach with a lot of dogs.
One word to describe myself on the field: Supportive
One word to describe myself off the field: Fun
Few people know that I: Surf
I chose Rutgers because…: I wanted to live on the East Coast for a change since I grew up on the West Coast
Favorite cereal: Captain Crunch Berries
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: 500 days of summer
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Seth Rogan
Favorite musician/group: Billie Eilish
The first song I knew all the words to is: Fergalicious
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Shopping
Famous people I have met include: Cole Sprouse
Favorite all-time gift received: A book about mindfulness from my dad
Pets I had growing up were: Dogs, snake, fish, frogs
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: Tinky Winky from teletubbies
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Great Barrier Reef
The website I visit most often is: Professor Mark Beal, Junior year of undergrad Marketing class
The quote that most resonates with me is: Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Pink
One thing on my bucket list is: Swim with whales
Phone app you cannot live without: Spotify

Statistics

Season:
2020

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2017Freshman

    P
    27
  • 6

    2018Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6
  • 6

    2019Junior

    Pitcher
    6
  • 6

    2020Senior

    P
    5'5"
    6
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