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Laura Keating



Profile
Year Senior
Height 5-7
High School Horseheads
Hometown Whitesboro
Biography
Laura Keating

Basketball

2007-08: Played in 25 games while starting ten … Averaged 19.3 minutes per contest … Shot 43% from the floor, knocking down 61-of-142 shots … Ranked second on the team shooting 35% (22-of-63) from behind the arc … Snagged 48 rebounds and dished out 35 assists … Totaled 14 steals and averaged 6.7 points per game … Scored 168 points on the season … Scored in double-digits on eight different occasions … Started the first ten games of the season then was the first player off the bench for the final 18 contests … Scored a season-high 15 points while knocking down 2-of-3 3-pointers in the Pioneers’ win over Hartwick College (2/1/08) … Ranked fifth on the team averaging 7.8 points in 16 total Empire 8 Conference contests.

2006-07
: Named UC Female Athlete of the Week once during the season … Started in 21 contests … Averaged 12.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game … Shot 42% from the field and 36% from three point range while leading the team in three pointers made (42) … On Jan. 13th, Keating scored a career-high 23 points while grabbing eight rebounds in the Pioneers’ 78-60 loss to Ithaca College.

Personal: Laura is a 2004 graduate of Horseheads High School and is the daughter of Mary Keating … She is currently pursuing a degree in health studies … Also a member of the women’s lacrosse team … Her brother John Keating is a former UC men’s lacrosse player and coach.


Lacrosse

2008: Played in 14 contests while starting 12… Recorded 20 total points… Netted 11 goals and added nine assists… Ranked second on the team with two game-winning goals… Collected 23 ground balls and 37 draw controls … Tallied a season-high four points on three goals and one assist in her first game of the season as the Pioneers defeated Potsdam 19-11 (3/12/08) … Tallied at least one point in 12 out of 14 games … She currently ranks fourth on the College’s all-time list with 151 career ground balls … Ranks eighth in school history with 50 career goals … She needs ten assists to tie Casey Pelletier for the College’s career record for assists (43).

2007:
Second straight appearance on Empire 8 All-Conference team … Led the Pioneers with 62 ground balls and 43 caused turnovers … Ranked second on the team with 37 points on 21 goals and a team-best 16 assists …Tallied a season high seven points in the Pioneers’ 18-4 win over Cazenovia (3/27/07) … Finished second in the conference averaging 4.13 ground balls per game … In two seasons with the Pioneers she has netted 39 goals and assisted on 24 others.

2006: Earned All-Conference Second Team status … Led the conference in ground balls per game with 4.71 …Ranked fifth on the team with 26 points off of 18 goals and eight assists … Started all 15 games for the Pioneers … Caused a team-high 21 turnovers.

Personal:
Laura is a 2004 graduate of Horseheads High School and she is the daughter of Mary Keating … Laura is currently pursuing a degree in health studies … Also a member of the women’s basketball team … Her brother John is a former UC men’s lacrosse player and assistant coach.