The University of Mississippi Athletics
2023 Softball Roster
Keila Kamoku
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- INF
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Height:
- 5-4
- Experience:
- 1L
- Hometown:
- Kapolei, Hawai'i
- High School:
- Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
2023 (SOPHOMORE): Started 57 of 60 games at second base for the Rebels … Helped lead Ole Miss to its seventh straight NCAA Tournament appearance … Posted a .286 batting average with 44 hits, including 15 for extra bases … Tallied multiple hits in eight games … Ranked third on the team with eight home runs and a .494 slugging percentage … Scored 26 runs and drove in 25 more … Assisted the Rebel defense in turning an SEC-leading 26 double plays … Registered a .948 fielding percentage with 89 putouts and 76 assists … Went 2-for-3 in the season opener against North Carolina, driving in two runs (2/10) … Hit her first home run of the season, a grand slam, in the win over Southern Illinois (2/16) … Homered and scored twice against SFA (2/26) … Doubled twice and stole a pair of bases in the midweek victory at Southern Miss (3/15) … Had a career day, going 3-for-3 with two home runs and three RBI in the win over Louisiana Tech (4/12) … Hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the ninth inning to help Ole Miss take its first SEC series of the season against Missouri (4/17) … Homered in the bottom of the seventh inning to help the Rebels rally past No. 14 Alabama in the final game ever at the Ole Miss Softball Complex (5/7) … Tallied multiple hits, including her first career triple against No. 15 Utah (5/20) … Homered to send Ole Miss into the Regional Final against Baylor (5/20).
2022 (FRESHMAN): Helped lead Ole Miss to its sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and fourth ever 40-win season … Appeared in 40 games, making 23 starts at second base … Took over down the stretch, starting the final 15 games of the season … Batted .233 with 17 hits in 73 at-bats … Crossed the plate 11 times and drove in 15 more runs … Posted a .949 fielding percentage with 42 putouts and 32 assists … Went 2-for-3 in her collegiate debut, with a pair of singles and an RBI (2/10) … Drove in both runs in the Rebels’ win over South Carolina, going 3-for-3 at the plate (4/23) … Blasted her first career home run, a grand slam, at Memphis (4/26) … Tallied three walks against Georgia in the SEC Tournament (5/11) … Homered against LMU in the NCAA Regional (5/20) … Drove in runs in both come-from-behind wins to send the Rebels to the Los Angeles Regional Final (5/21).
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-time letterwinner at Kamehameha Schools Kapalama in Honolulu, Hawai'I … As a junior, batted .500 with three home runs, nine RBIs and four runs scored before season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Played travel ball for Easton Preps Hansen 16u … Member of honor roll freshman through junior years.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Maile and Kela Kamoku … Born Jan. 3, 2003 … Has four siblings, Blaze, Diezel, Kelia and Zhyten-Tyga.
