As a senior: Bouncing back from injury last season, Keast played a vital role in left field and in the Bulldogs' offense ... Appeared in 45 games, making 102 appearances at the plate ... Recorded 10 runs off 27 hits, including three doubles and two RBI ... Finished with a team-best .265 average, team-high .353 on base percentage and .294 slugging percentage ... Totaled 80 put outs and five assits, while posting a .966 fielding percentage from left field.
As a junior: Prior to injury, appeared in 16 games, making 29 plate appearances ... Recorded three runs off two hits, including a double ... Saw most of her time in centerfiel, accummulating nine putouts, including six in league play ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a sophomore: Appeared in 40 games, making 34 starts, splitting time between outfield and shortstop … Hit a career-best .224 with 13 hits, including a double and three homeruns, to go along with 11 runs scored and eight RBI … Went 2-for-4 with a double, homerun, three RBI and two runs scored vs. FDU on April 11.
As a freshman: Appeared in 15 games, making three starts in her first season as a Bulldog … Collected her first-career hit vs. . Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Feb. 23 … Made her first-career appearance on the mound vs. Albany on April 9 ... Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bryant: The fourth member of the Class of 2017 has been an everyday starter at middle infield for the Holliston H.S. softball team since her freshman year. Lauren Keast has helped lead the Panthers to an overall 29-13 record over the past two seasons, en route to two consecutive first-team all-star selections. In addition to softball, Keast earned a varsity letter in soccer at Holliston, as an Honor Roll student and a Student Advisory State Representative.
Personal: Daughter of James and Suzanne Keast, Lauren Alexandra Keast was born on Feb. 27, 1995 ... Has two brothers, Justin and Sean, and one sister, Allison.
Career Highs
Hits: 3 at Wagner (April 9, 2017)
Runs scored: 2, 4x, rec. at Mount St. Mary's (April 29, 2017)
RBI: 3 vs. FDU (April 11, 2015)
Home runs: 1, 3x, rec. vs. FDU (April 11, 2015)
Stolen bases: 1, 4x, rec. at Mount St. Mary's (April 29, 2017)
Walks: 2, 2x, rec. vs. Iona (March 14, 2017)
