Michaela Keefe Season 2019

In the News

• 4/28/20: Cardinal Blood Courses through Keefe Family - Megan Aguilar (The Stanford Daily)

Career Accolades

• Three-time NCAA champion (2016, 2018, 2019)
• Three-time Pac-12 champion (2017, 2018, 2019)
• NCAA Elite 90 Award winner (2018)
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team (2017)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2019)

As a Senior (2019) • NCAA Champions, Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Played in six matches, appearing in eight sets
• Averaged 1.25 kills per set
• Season-high four kills against Colorado (Oct. 18)

As a Junior (2018) • NCAA Champions, Pac-12 Champions

• NCAA Elite 90 Award winner
• Played in 11 matches, appearing in 16 sets
• Averaged 1.50 kills and 1.75 points per set
• Season-high 11 kills versus Oregon State (Nov. 9)
• Hit a season-best .455 (5-0-11) against West Virginia (Sept. 1)
• Put down a career-high two aces versus Alabama State (Nov. 30) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

As a Sophomore (2017) • Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• Started six matches at outside hitter, appearing in 43 sets
• Career-high 15 kills versus No. 5 Penn State (Sept. 1)
• Career-best four blocks at Texas A&M (Sept. 3)
• Hit .348 with 10 kills and a block in a sweep over Oregon State (Nov. 3)

As a Freshman (2016) • NCAA Champions

• Played in 28 sets as a true freshman before missing the remainder of the season due to injury, earning a medical hardship
• Made her collegiate debut in a win over No. 17 Illinois (Sept. 3)
• Finished with two kills, the firsts of her career, in one set played against No. 20 Purdue (Sept. 9)
• Made her first collegiate start at Saint Mary’s (Sept. 16), finishing with four kills, 10 digs and an ace
• Hit .333 with eight kills and 13 digs in a sweep at Pacific (Sept. 17)
• Notched her first career double-double with a season-high 13 kills and 10 digs at California (Sept. 20)
• Posted a career-high 17 digs in a five-set win at No. 7 Washington (Sept. 28)

USA Volleyball

• 2015 Invitational Select USA Volleyball Holiday Camp in Colorado Springs

Prior to Stanford

• A 2016 graduate of Marymount High School in Los Angeles
• Three-year letterwinner in volleyball
• Three-time league champion, winning the Sunshine League her sophomore year and the Mission League as a junior and senior
• Advanced to CIF quarterfinals during her junior and senior seasons
• Two-time all-league first team
• Recognized twice by PrepVolleyball as one of the top 40 players in the nation
• Four-year letterwinner in basketball, captaining her squad as a senior (2015-2016)
• Four-time MVP for the basketball team, and two-time MVP of the Mission League
• Two-time All-CIF first team as a junior and senior for basketball
• Played club for Sunshine 18 Westside
• Captained her team as a senior

 Personal

• Daughter of Adam and Kristin Keefe
• Has a twin sister, Caitlin, and two younger siblings, James and Kerry
• Mother, formerly Kristin Klein, was a four-time AVCA All-American at Stanford (1988-1992) and was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame
  • She was also a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team, which competed in Atlanta
• Father played basketball (1988-1991) and volleyball (1988-1990) at Stanford, and is also a member of the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame
  • He was the 10^th overall pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1992 NBA draft, playing professionally for the Hawks, Jazz, Warriors and overseas in Spain
• Brother, James, joined the Stanford men's basketball team in the fall of 2019
• Grandfather, Robert Klein, was a three-sport athlete at USC, playing for the 1967 national championship football team, and professionally with the Rams and Chargers
• Uncle, Jimmy Klein, played volleyball and football at Stanford (1989-94)
• Uncle, Patrick Klein, played volleyball at Stanford (1996-99), and helped the Cardinal win its first NCAA title
• Born in Salt Lake City
• Full name is Michaela JoAnn Keefe

Career Highs