University of Tennessee Athletics
2017 Women's Soccer Roster
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O'Keefe, Rylie
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Jersey Number 4
Rylie O'Keefe
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Littleton, Colo.
- High School:
- Dakota Ridge
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- 2017 United Coaches All-Region (third team)
- 2016 All-SEC (second team)
- 2016 NSCAA All-South Region (second team)
- 2016-17 VOLeaders Academy
AS A SENIOR (2018)
- Played in all 22 matches with 19 starts in the midfield
- Netted her lone goal of the season vs. George Mason (8/19)
- Assisted the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory over Wright State (8/30)
AS A JUNIOR (2017)
- 2017 United Coaches All-Region (third team)
- Started all 21 games at midfield, scoring five goals and adding three assists (13 total points)
- Named to 2017 SEC preseason watch list
- Scored first goal of season in 6-1 win vs. ETSU (8/24)
- Posted first two-goal game of the season in a 6-4 victory over Ole Miss (10/5)
- Also added a goal in a 2-1 loss at Vanderbilt (10/19) and a 3-2 win at Arkansas (10/26)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016)
- Member of the 2016-17 VOLeaders class
- Earned NSCAA Division I All-South Region Second Team Honors
- Named second team All-SEC
- Tied for 15th nationally and third in the SEC with nine assists
- Finished second on the team with five goals and 18 points
- Had four multi-point games and tied for the team lead with three game-winning goals
- Assisted on Hannah Wilkinson's goal against No. 12 Auburn (10/27)
- Scored her fifth goal of the season in 3-0 win vs. Mississippi State (10/20)
- Tied a career-high with 110 minutes played in 2-2 tie at Kentucky (10/14)
- Had an assist in OT win over Indiana State (10/2)
- Assisted on Hannah Wilkinson's game-tying goal in the 80th minute vs. Vanderbilt (9/30)
- Scored both of UT's goals in 2-0 win over Georgia to set a new career high (9/22)
- Played full 90 minutes in 2-0 shutout win over Missouri (9/15)
- Assisted on Mary Alice Vignola's game-winning goal against Middle Tennessee (9/11)
- Scored game-winning goal and had an assist in 3-0 win at American (9/4)
- Assisted on Vols' first goal in loss at No. 10 BYU (9/2)
- Had a career-high four points and scored a game-winner in 3-2 win vs. ETSU (8/28)
- Assisted on Maya Neal's game-winning goal in the 77th minute vs. Liberty (8/21)
- Posted a career-high three shots on goal in win over Liberty (8/21)
AS A FRESHMAN (2015)
- Started in 14 games, averaging 73.24 minutes per game, in 2015; scored one goal and assisted on two
- Played a career-high 110 minutes against Kentucky (10/25)
- Played the full time for the first time as a Volunteer in the loss vs. No. 13 Ole Miss (10/23)
- Scored her first collegiate goal (10') with a low blast from the edge of the box on a free kick in 81 minutes of action at Alabama (10/11)
- Posted a career-high four shots over 79 minutes of play vs. No. 12 Florida (10/9)
- Played 63 minutes in her first start as a Vol at No. 7 Virginia Tech (8/30)
- Played 48 minutes vs. Georgia Southern (8/23)
- Shot twice, one of which was on goal, over 86 minutes in her Vol debut vs. Lipscomb (8/21)
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Played as a forward, outside back and midfielder in her prep career at Columbine High School (2011-12) and Dakota Ridge High School (2012-2014)
- As a freshman in 2012 playing forward, she scored 14 goals and tallied 17 assists to earn league MVP, all-conference and first-team all-state accolades
- Had two goals and two assists as an outside back in 2013 and four goals and three assists as a midfielder in 2014
- Plays club ball for the ECNL Colorado Rush and helped the team to a national title and a Super League Division I title in 2012, CSVSA League championships in 2010 and 2011 and Denver Cup crowns in 2013 and 2014
- She proved clutch in 2012, scoring the winning goals in the Rush's semifinal and championship wins in 2012
PERSONAL
- Majoring in Psychology
- Chose Tennessee over Colorado, Auburn and Seattle
- High school extracurricular activities include S.W.O.D. Women of Dakota, Leadership Council and volunteering at the Thunder program (coaching soccer for children with disabilities)
- Was named to high school honor roll her senior year
- If her team wins, she will wear the same pre-wrap all weekend
- Has modeled her game after Carli Lloyd of the U.S. Women's National Team
- Parents are Karl O'Keefe and Kristi O'Keefe
- Has one younger sister, McKenna O'Keefe
- Enjoys snowboarding
- Rylie Katherine O'Keefe was born on Oct. 3, 1996, in Littleton, Colo.
- Recipient of the Wayne Basler Women's Soccer Endowed Scholarship
SOC | Joe Kirt Postgame vs. Texas A&M (9.26.25)
Friday, September 26
SOC | Mattern & Norris Postgame vs. Texas A&M (9.26.25)
Friday, September 26
SOC | Leah Klurman & Cayden Norris Postgame vs. LSU (9.21.25)
Sunday, September 21
SOC | Joe Kirt Postgame vs. LSU (9.21.25)
Sunday, September 21
