2017-18 Women's Squash Roster
Kira Keating
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- The Potomac School
- Hometown:
- Chevy Chase, Md.
At Princeton — 2017-18 (17-1, 5-1 Ivy): capped career in historic fashion by winning Holleran Cup draw to earn Second-Team All-America honors … won last nine matches of the season, including all three during Howe Cup weekend; only two Princeton players (Keating and Emme Leonard) were perfect during the Howe Cup … posted final-shift win over Trinity to help Princeton rally from 4-1 deficit; victory helped move Princeton to #1 in national rankings … posted victory in Princeton's first team win at Penn since 2006. 2016-17 (12-6, 4-2 Ivy): finished third on the team with 12 victories … helped Princeton defeat Yale in both the regular season and the Howe Cup quarterfinal with 3-1 wins … won first seven matches of the season … played between the No. 5 and No. 8 spots in the lineup … won a match in the Holleran Cup draw at the CSA individual championships … team co-captain. 2015-16 (11-6, 5-1 Ivy): recorded 11 victories, including 10 during the regular season to help Princeton earn a No. 3 seed in the Howe Cup … posted a 3-2 win over Penn at No. 7 during the regular sason … won one match in the Holleran Cup … played mostly in the middle of the lineup, but won at No. 2 against St. Lawrence. 2014-15: broke into the lineup late in the fall season and posted a 9-3 record for one of the best winning percentages on the team … played mostly at the No. 8 spot, thugh earned three wins at the No. 7 position … went 2-1 at the Howe Cup, including crucial 3-2 win over Yale in the Howe Cup quarterfinal; added a win over Harvard in a 5-4 semifinal loss … won her collegiate debut 3-0 over George Washington.
Before Princeton — peaked at No. 2 in the U.S. national rankings at the U-17 level … earned Top-10 finish at the most recent Gold Nationals, winning the U-19 consolation; also won the U.S. Open consolation, beating the second-ranked player in Germany … earned All-America honors … served as captain for the Potomac School and led team to first ever berth in top division at high school nationals; team also won conference championship.
Personal — born Dec. 28, 1995 … daughter of David Keating and Holly Schadler … has two older brothers, Bryan and Geoffrey … both brothers played at Cornell; Bryan played No. 4 on Cornell during the 2013-14 season … enjoys cooking, nutrition and pottery; wrote columns on nutrition for The Potomac School … considering studying history or economics at Princeton.
