Keely Rochard Season 2021

2022 USA Softball Player of the Year Finalist
2022 NFCA First Team All-American
2022 NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region First Team
2022 ACC Pitcher of the Year
2022 All-ACC First Team
2022 VaSID Pitcher of the Year
2022 VaSID First Team
2022 ACC Pitcher of the Week (2/15, 4/5)
2022 Preseason All-ACC Team
2021 NFCA First-Team All-American
2021 ACC Pitcher of the Year
2021 NFCA All Mid-Atlantic First Team
2021 ACC All-Tournament Team
2021 JWOS First Team All-American
2021 VaSID First Team All-State
2x First-Team All-ACC
8x ACC Pitcher of the Week
5x NFCA DI National Pitcher of the Week
2x Preseason All-ACC
2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25
2021 JWOS Preseason First-Team All-American
2021 D1Softball Preseason Second-Team All-American
First-Team NFCA All-Region (Mid-Atlantic)
2x Fastpitch News DI Pitcher of the Week
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week (4/16/19)
 
2022: Started 30 games in the circle and appeared in 40 contests finishing with a 26-4 record and six saves… Recorded a .174 opponent batting average… Ended her career with the highest winning percentage in school history (.802), second in strikeouts (1,120) and wins (97) … Finished the season with a 1.89 ERA and .90 WHIP… Finished 4th in all of NCAA Division I in strikeouts (328)… Recorded 15 strikeouts in the win against No. 24 Northwestern (2/11)... Threw a three-hit shutout against Ohio State while tallying 17 strikeouts, tied for a season-high (2/25)... Tossed a no-hitter against No. 22 UCF, the 8^th of her career (4/3)... Recorded her 1,000th career strikeout in the win over Liberty, becoming the second in program history to reach this milestone (4/12)... Threw a four-hit shutout against Boston College (4/29)... Threw a no-hitter (9^th of her career) and struck out 17 in the Blacksburg Regional win over Saint Francis (PA) becoming only second in program history to throw a no-hitter in the NCAA Tournament (5/20)... Earned a complete game shutout against No. 12 Florida in the first game of the Blacksburg Super Regional (5/28)...

2021: Started 38 games in the circle and appeared in 41 contests… Became the third NFCA All-American in program history and second first-team All-American, joining just Angela Tincher… Finished the season in the Top 3 in all of NCAA Division I in strikeouts, shutouts and wins for the second straight season… Started all three games of the Los Angeles Super Regional, including Game 1 where she got the win and only allowed two runs on three hits to No. 2 UCLA… Got the win in all three games in the Tempe Regional, going the distance in each one, striking out 27 batters in 19.0 innings and allowing just seven walks and runs… Avenged her two losses versus Notre Dame in the regular season with a complete-game win over the Irish in the ACC Tournament quarterfinal, surrendering just four hits and no earned runs (5/13)… Started and got the win in all four games at Syracuse including a seven-inning no-hitter in Game 1 (4/30), her second no-hitter of the season and seventh of her career… Tossed a no-hitter against Georgia Tech (4/18) with three Ks and two walks… Went 2-1 in the circle at No. 12/14 Duke (4/2-4), striking out 20 batters in Durham… Threw three shutouts at Louisville (3/26-28) and racked up 37 strikeouts, surrendering only eight hits and two runs in 20.0 innings… Struck out a career-high 19 batters in consecutive starts vs. Pitt and totaled 46 Ks in 18.0 innings while allowing just three hits and no runs… Threw a one-hit complete game shutout in the rubber match vs. No. 13/14 Florida State (2/21) while striking out nine batters to win the series.

2020: Started 16 games in the circle … Completed two no-hitters in the shortened season … Lead the NCAA in strikeouts (183), wins (15) and shutouts (7) … Had 11 double-digit strikeout outings … Did not allow a run in the final 27.0 innings of the season … Threw complete-game shutouts in all three games in the sweep of Virginia, including a no-hitter in the series finale (3/8) … Posted a 0.30 ERA at the Spring Break Challenge, striking out 44 batters in 30 innings … Threw her fourth career no-hitter against Jacksonville (2/29), striking out 13 … Threw back-to-back complete-game shutouts vs. Purdue (2/29) and at Jacksonville (2/29) … Allowed a season-low three hits and struck out 10 in a complete game win over Bradley (2/22) … Threw a career-high 150 pitches in the win over No. 18/17 South Carolina (2/14) … Posted a career-high 15 strikeouts and allowed just one walk and two earned runs versus Iowa (2/9) in her most recent outing.

2019: Played in 32 games, starting 26 of those in the circle … Set the school record for winning percentage with a .880 clip, going 22-3, while her 11 shutouts were tied for the most by a sophomore in program history … Picked up two wins at the Lexington Regional, with both of those over Illinois (5/17-18), allowing only three runs in 13 innings with five strikeouts … Came in relief versus NC State (5/9) in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship, throwing three innings of no-hit ball with six strikeouts and no walks … Threw a season-high 119 pitches with seven strikeouts in the victory over Longwood (4/30)  … Accumulated six strikeouts in six innings pitched at Boston College (4/26) … Notched a two-hit shutout versus North Carolina (4/21), her 11^thshutout of the season … Shutout streak snapped at Charlotte (4/17) – 24 innings in a row of no runs allowed – allowing a run but getting the win with five strikeouts … After allowing a leadoff hit, retired 21 batters in a row versus Virginia (4/13) with eight strikeouts … Threw a perfect game against No. 20/17 JMU, marking the first-ever versus a ranked opponent, finishing with four strikeouts … Pitched seven innings with seven strikeouts at Duke (4/6) and allowed zero runs … Pitched in five innings versus Louisville allowing just one run (3/30) … Recorded 13 strikeouts at Pitt (3/24) … Threw a two-hitter in five innings versus Binghamton (3/19) on her way to 11 strikeouts … Appeared in five innings versus Georgia Tech (3/10) and recorded nine strikeouts … Tallied two strikeouts in seven innings of action versus UAB (3/3), throwing a three-hitter with one run given up … Pitched in four innings in the second matchup versus No. 8 Georgia (3/2) and had two strikeouts … Came in versus No. 8 Georgia (3/1) in the bottom of the eighth and earned the save, striking out one … Lasted 44.0 innings to start the year without giving up an extra-base hit, allowing a double to Radford (2/27) on her way to only allowing two hits and posting five strikeouts in three innings of work … Earned the win and did not allow a hit in three innings against Georgia State (2/24) on her way to four strikeouts … Pitched in seven innings and recorded nine strikeouts against Georgia State (2/23) … Threw two no-hitters in consecutive days on Feb. 16-17, becoming only the third player in school history to accomplish the feat and the first since 2000 … Tossed a seven-inning no-hitter at Charleston Southern (2/17), tying a career-high 13 strikeouts with two walks on 91 pitches … Collected a five-inning no-hitter versus Detroit Mercy (2/16), fanning nine batters with one walk on 67 pitches … Accomplished shutouts against all three opponents that she faced opening weekend … Recorded 10 strikeouts in her seven innings pitched versus Purdue (2/10) … Threw a one-hitter in Tech’s five-inning, run-rule win against College of Charleston (2/9) … Pitched a complete game of seven innings and posted a career-high 13 strikeouts versus Central Michigan (2/8).

2018: Went 5-4 in 18 appearances with 11 starts … Her .219 opponent’s batting average ranked eighth in the ACC … Earned the winning decision in back-to-back appearances, striking out 11 batters, in wins over Presbyterian (3/3) and Iowa State (3/4) … Struck out six and allowed two hits in her first career victory vs. Florida A&M (2/9) … Registered seven strikeouts twice, a season-high, vs. Ball State (3/6) and at Liberty (4/17) … Allowed two earned runs and struck out six in 6.1 innings pitched vs. Duke (4/21) … Allowed three hits, one run and struck out six in a complete game victory at Georgia Tech (4/28) … Fanned 30 batters in the final 30.1 innings she pitched of the season.
 
High School: Lettered four times for Coach Thomas Bunn at Warhill HS … Four-time All-Conference … Three-time 3A First Team All-Region … Three-time 3A First Team All-State … Two-time state champion … Two-time Daily Press Player of the Year … Two-time Peninsula Softball Player of the Year … VHSL 3A Softball Player of The Year … Finished her junior and senior seasons with a 51-1 record with a 46-game winning streak … Played club ball for the Williamsburg Starz Gold.
 
Personal: Keely Grayson Rochard was born August 13, 1998 in Virginia Beach, Va. … The daughter of Steve and Lisa Rochard … Has two siblings, Samuel and Ayden … Majoring in sociology.