SOUTHEASTERN COORDINATOR
AND CLINICIAN
making the transition from slow pitch to fast pitch softball. A 4 year starter at short
stop for the Nationally NAIA ranked Saints, Tracy earned All District Honors each year
as a lead-off hitter or a number 3 hitter in the line-up, she maintained a career
batting average of .351%. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Physical Education in 1988. In 1996, Tracy was inducted to The Limestone College Hall
OF Fame at the celebration ceremony of its inaugural year.
After college Tracy spent 11 years traveling the country playing Major Women’s and
Major Co-ed softball. An experienced infielder at 3rd base and both middle infield
positions she has had a distinguished career. She has been a member of a combined
5 USSSA World Series titles teams; 3 Major Women’s titles and 2 Major Co-ed
Championship titles. Tracy has been named to a combination of 5 All World Teams
with 1 Women’s Batting Champion Title at the 1999 Women’s World Series, and 2
Women’s MVP titles at the Coed World Series Championships. She has an ASA
Nationals Coed title where she was named the female MVP in, and 3 NSA Coed World
Series titles winning the female MVP and the Female Gold Glove twice. After the
1999 World Series Keefer retired from playing to concentrate on her own high school
program and athletes.
Since graduating from Limestone, Tracy has earned a Masters Degree in Learning
Disabilities from Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. Currently in her 15th year
of teaching Physical Education and coaching, she is the Head Softball Coach ( 9th
year) at Dacula High School in Dacula, Georgia. Tracy has had the experience of
coaching, tennis, boys and girls basketball, and softball (fast and slow–pitch) at the
Middle and High School levels. She has also coached both fast and slow-pitch 18 and
under traveling softball. Through coaching Tracy has had the opportunity to mentor
over 20 young ladies that have pursued their softball careers in college from Junior
college to Division I.
In 1996, Dacula began it transition from slow-pitch to fast pitch with Keefer at the
helm. The program’s inaugural year was spent getting it’s feet wet playing a JV
schedule. As a Class AA school playing at AAA competition the Dacula Falcons made
their first trip to State Play-offs within their second year of Varsity competition in
1998, finishing 5th with a 23-14 record. In 1999,the Falcons added a repeat
appearance, record and finish.
Since then Dacula has climbed to, AAAAA classification, remaining competitive with in
an extremely tough Region. In 2002 the Falcons returned to the State Play-offs and
finished in the top 16.
In 2004 , Coach Keefer ( 131 – 101) took her High School team to a Colorado
Tournament that included State Champions in all High School classifications from
both Colorado and some teams from Oklahoma to see how her Falcons would match
up to the competition out West. The Lady Falcons wound up in 2nd place behind
Oaklahoma’s Owasso High School. Returning to Georgia, the Falcons narrowly
missed a chance at the State Play-offs by one game, while posting a 21 -7 record on
the season.