Also the state’s 2023-24 Gatorade Player of the Year, the 4-foot-11 junior earned First Team All-American honors by placing fourth at Nike Cross Nationals this past season. Keller clocked a time of 17:02.0 at the event to produce the highest placement and fastest run by an Illinois girl in the event’s history. She also won the Nike XC Town Twilight invitational in 16:53.0, the state’s fastest 5K time of the season and just 2.3 seconds shy of the meet record set by Gatorade’s 2024-25 Best Female Player of the Year Jane Hedengren.
Keller has maintained a weighted 4.00 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school in the fall.
A member of the National Honor Society as well as the Society for Academic Achievement, Keller has volunteered locally on behalf of multiple community service initiatives. She also has donated her time as a lector at Sacred Heart Church and St. Anthony Parish.
