Although her Middle West team lost to the Middle East team in a thriller, 92-90, in the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-State games on Saturday at UCO's Hamilton Fieldhouse, Keith has been all about winning.
She's done it in every sport she has participated in, whether it's basketball, softball or track and field. She finished her four-year high school career as one of the state's best prep athletes ever.
"No doubt about it," Washington girls basketball coach Rocky Clarke said. "The proof is in the pudding. I've seen some great athletes over the years and she's right up there."
Whatever team she was with won, and she excelled individually as well. She helped win two state basketball championships and one runner-up finish. She won three slow-pitch softball state titles and one fast-pitch championship. She set a state record in the high jump as a sophomore -- and then broke her own record two years later as a senior this year. Keith also won gold in the long jump in 2004.
"I never imagined that I would have accomplished all that during high school," said Keith, who scored eight points on Saturday. "Once you get that feeling of winning, it becomes contagious and you want to keep doing it over and over again. I just kept working hard and got a lot of help from teammates and coaches along the way.
"It's been great."
She was named The Oklahoman's Little All-City player of the year twice for slow-pitch softball and basketball. She was also named to The Oklahoman's Super Five team twice.
"She's a God-gifted athlete, but she also has a great work ethic," Clarke said. "She's the total package. And she's a great kid off the field, too."
It was made even more evident after she suffered a torn ACL in her left knee in December 2004. She battled back to her dominant self this season to lead the fast-pitch softball team to a title and become one of the best basketball players in the state again.
Four years and lots of winning with Keith.
"It's been a really good experience," said Keith, who has signed to play basketball at Southern Nazarene. "I've won state in every sport I played in. What else can you do?"
Cushing's Charitie Lewis led the Middle East team with 18 points on Saturday, while Deer Creek's Breezy Martin led the Middle West team with 11 points.
Small East 76, Small West 46: Future Oklahoma women's basketball players Jenna Plumley and Rose Hammond combined for 22 points in the win. Depew's Hammond scored a game-high 14 points while Frontier's Plumley added eight.
"It was fun," Plumley said. "It took both of us a little while to get going, but we got going in the third quarter. After playing a little while, it kind of hyped both of us up to see how it's going to be like playing together (at OU)."
The Small East team outscored the Small West team 26-5 in the third quarter in the rout. Brooke Tyson of Fort Cobb-Broxton led the Small West team with nine points.
Large East 74, Large West 68: Coweta's Kailan DeCamp scored a team-high 20 points and hit two big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to help the Large East team pull away in the final minutes. Jessica White of Jenks chipped in with 15 points.
Norman North guard Amy Pryor scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Large West team.
