Keeli Burton-Oliver

Photo by: UM Photo/Tommy Martino

Photo by: Ryan Brennecke/UM Athletics

Year:
Redshirt Freshman
Position:
F
Height:
6-2
Hometown:
Sammamish, Wash.

2023-24: Did not play in any games

2022-23 (freshman season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Played in 28 of 30 games, made 17 starts
Averaged 15.1 minutes
Averaged 5.9 points, 3.3 rebounds per game
Shot 51.1 percent from the field
One of eight players on the team to hit 10 or more 3-pointers
Led team with 27 blocked shots, ranked seventh in the Big Sky
Scored 15 points on 7-of-12 shooting against both Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado in back-to-back home games
Scored in double figures eight times in 13 games between late November and early January
Had 14 points and nine rebounds in road win at Eastern Washington on 6-of-6 shooting
Played season-high 27 minutes in home win over Northern Colorado

Career Highs
Points: 15, two times
Rebounds: 9 (Eastern Washington, 12.29.22)
Assists: 3 (Sacramento State, 1.26.23)
Blocks: 3 (Providence [MT], 11.15.22)
Steals: 1, six times
3FG made: 2 (Washington State, 12.2.22)
FT made: 2, five times
FT attempted: 4 (North Dakota, 11.20.22)
Minutes played: 27 (Northern Colorado, 1.7.23)

Double-figure scoring games: 8

Prior to UM: Spent the 2020-21 season at Arizona State … Was held out the entire season for medical reasons … A student at Washington State for the 2021 fall semester, enrolled at Montana for the 2022 spring semester.

Prep: A 2020 graduate of Eastlake High … Named the Class 4A Player of the Year as a senior by the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association after averaging 20.2 points and 14.9 rebounds … Led the Wolves to their first state title as a junior, alongside Lady Griz teammate Haley Huard … Voted the Class 4A tournament MVP after scoring 22 points and adding 12 rebounds in the title game … Named the 2019 Class 4A Player of the Year by the Associated Press … The only player in Eastlake history to four times be named first-team All-Kingco … Averaged 17.6 points and 12.6 rebounds in four-year prep career and posted more than 70 double-doubles … Totaled 1,886 points and 1,351 rebounds over four seasons.

Personal: The daughter of Kenan and Cindi Oliver … Has two younger brothers, Paul and 2K … A biology major.