Career Highlights
• Four-time National Champion (Bars, Floor – 2021; All-Around, Beam – 2023)
• 19-time All-American (7 regular season, 12 NCAA)
• 10-time All-Pac-12 Conference
• Four-time Pac-12 Champion (All-Around, Bars, Beam, Floor - 2021)
• School-record holder for 10.0s in a career (15)
• School-record holder for 10.0s on beam in a career (14)
• School-record holder for 10.0s on beam in a season (6 - 2023)
• 2021 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year
• Two-time Pac-12 Specialist of the Year (2022, 2023)
• Two-time Regional Beam Champion (2021, 2023)
• 2023 & 2024 AAI Award Finalist
• 2024 Pac-12 Beam Champion
• Seven-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week
• 76 career wins
• Has hit 222-226 career routines
• Four-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Four-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2024 Season (Fifth Year)
• Pac-12 Beam Champion
• First team regular season All-American (beam)
• Two-time first team NCAA All-American (beam, floor)
• Two-time first team All-Pac-12 (beam, floor)
• Set the school record for most 10.0s in a career (15)
• Posted a 9.925 or better in 11-of-16 beam routines
• Posted a 9.925 or better in 10-of-13 floor routines
• Scored a perfect 10 on beam four times
• Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week (1/9/2024)
• 13 event victories (2 bars, 8 beam, 3 floor)
• Hit 42-44 routines
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2023 Season (Senior)
• NCAA All-Around & Beam Champion
• Four-time first team NCAA All-American (all-around, bars, beam, floor)
• First team regular season All-American (beam)
• Two-time first team All-Pac-12 (bars, beam)
• NCAA Los Angeles Regional beam champion
• Broke the school record for most 10.0s in a career on beam after surpassing Theresa Kulikowski’s career mark of seven
• Broke her already-owned school record for most 10.0s in a single season on beam with six
• Scored a career high 39.7625 in the all-around to become Utah’s first all-around national champion since 1999 and fifth in program history
• Became first Ute in history to record a perfect score on beam at the NCAA Championships where she recorded consecutive 10.0s in the semifinal and final
• Finished as the NCAA runner-up on bars (9.95) and fourth place on floor (9.95) at the NCAA Semifinal
• Scored a 9.95 or better on beam 12-of-15 routines and finished first in the nation with a 9.980 NQS
• Recorded season high 9.95 on bars vs. Washington, along with against UCLA, Cal, and at the NCAA Semifinal
• Earned career high 9.925 on vault at the NCAA Regional Final
• Posted a 9.90 or better on floor in eight of 11 routines, which included three 9.95s
• Two-time Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (Feb. 7, Feb. 14)
• 18 event victories
• Hit 48-49 routines
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• One of Utah’s Marsden Leadership Award recipients
2022 Season (Junior)
• Two-time first team NCAA All-American (all-around, beam); 2nd team (bars)
• First team regular season All-American (beam)
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Year
• First team All-Pac-12 (beam); honorable mention (floor)
• Broke the school-record for 10.0s on beam in a single season with three Perfect 10s (Stanford, Minnesota, NCAA Regional Final)
• Became fourth gymnast in school history to record two 10.0s in the same meet after perfect scores on bars and beam vs. Minnesota
• Perfect 10 on bars against Minnesota followed a teammate's perfect score to mark the first consecutive 10.0s on bars in school history; also counted toward Utah’s school-record performance (49.8)
• Scored a 9.90 or better in 13 of 15 beam routines, including all five postseason routines, and a 9.95 or higher in nine competitions
• NCAA Regional all-around runner up with a season-best 39.650
• Scored a 9.875 or better in 11 of 15 routines on bars, and 10 of 13 routines on floor
• Two-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 1, Mar. 8); Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (Feb. 8)
• Utah’s Team Co-MVP
• 9 event victories
• Hit 48-49 routines
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2021 Season (Sophomore)
• NCAA Uneven Bars & Floor Champion
• Two-time first team NCAA All-American (bars, floor); 2nd team (all-around)
• Two-time first team regular season All-American (all-around, beam); 2nd team (bars)
• Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year
• Three-time All-Pac-12 first team selection (all-around, bars, beam)
• Regional balance beam champion and all-around runner up
• Four-time Pac-12 Champion (all-around, bars, beam, floor)
• Four-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week
• Posted career highs on every event and in the all-around
• Finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation on beam, sixth in the all-around and 11th on bars
• Scored a 9.95-plus on beam in eight competitions and a 9.90 or better in 12-of-14 meets
• Posted highest beam score of the NCAA Championships in the team finals (9.9875)
• Utah’s Team MVP
• 31 event victories
• Hit 54-54 routines
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2020 Season (Freshman)
•Second-team All-American (beam)
•First-team All-Pac-12 Conference (beam)
•Saw action in the all-around in four meets
•Starter on bars and beam in all nine meets, floor in seven meets
•Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Jan. 29 and Feb. 18
•Scored season-best 9.975 on beam vs. Oregon State and Stanford
• 9.90 on beam against UCLA counted toward Utah's beam school-record performance (49.775)
•Closed out season with six-straight 9.90-plus scores on beam
•Posted season-high 9.925 on bars at UCLA
•5 event victories
•Hit 30-30 routines
Prior to Utah
• Three-year member of USA National Team (2016-18)
• Qualified as an International Elite in 2013
• Participated in National Team Camp from 2015-18
• 2018 American Cup all-around bronze medalist
• Two-time P&G national all-around champion and first ever to sign with Utah (Junior division)
• Five gold medals at the P&G Championships (all-around 2016, 2017; beam 2016, floor 2016, bars 2017)
• Three silvers at the 2017 P&G Championships (vault, beam and floor)
• 2nd all-around, 2nd on vault, 2nd on floor at the 2017 U.S. Classic
• 1st on floor at the 2016 American Classic
• 2nd (tie) on beam at the 2014 American Classic
• Competed at the U.S. Classic from 2013-17 and the American Classic from 2013-16
• 1st all-around, 1st on beam, 2nd on vault, 2nd on bars, 2nd on floor at the 2017 International Junior Japan meet
• 1st all-around, 1st on floor, 2nd on vault, 3rd on beam at the 2017 Gymnix International in Montreal
• 2nd all-around, 2nd on floor, 3rd on bars, 3rd on beam at the 2017 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy
• 1st all-around, 1st on vault, 2nd on floor, 3rd on bars, 3rd on beam at 2019 Brestyan Invitational (Level 10)
• 1st on vault, bars, beam and floor at 2019 Brestyan Invitational Level 10 Finals
• Trained at Salcianu Elite
• Graduate of Odyssey Charter School
Personal
• Daughter of Matthew and Tori Lynn O’Keefe
• Sisters Paige and Caitlin and brother Dylan
• Graduated in the spring of 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology
• Currently working toward the Positive Psychology Certificate during the 2023-24 academic year
• Name is pronounced my-lee
O’Keefe’s Career Highs
All-around |
39.7625 at NCAA Semifinal, Apr. 13, 2023 |
Vault |
9.925 at NCAA Regional Final, Apr. 1, 2023 |
Bars |
10.0 vs. Minnesota, Mar. 4, 2022 |
Beam |
10.0 vs. Washington, Jan. 30, 2021 |
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10.0 vs. Stanford, Jan. 29, 2022 |
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10.0 vs. Minnesota, Mar. 4, 2022 |
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10.0 at NCAA Regional Final, Apr. 2, 2022 |
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10.0 vs. UCLA, Feb. 2, 2023 |
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10.0 at Metroplex Challenge, Feb. 11, 2023 |
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10.0 vs. California, Feb. 24, 2023 |
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10.0 at NCAA Regional Second Round, Mar. 30, 2023 |
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10.0 at NCAA Semifinal, Apr. 13, 2023 |
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10.0 at NCAA Final, Apr. 15, 2023 |
Floor |
9.9625 at NCAA Championship Semifinal, Apr. 16, 2021 |