Prior to Illinois State: Kiefer is a three-sport varsity athlete, competing in softball, basketball and volleyball at Lake Park High School...Three-year starter on the softball team and two-year starter on the basketball squad...Helped Lake Park win two Regional Championships and the program's first Sectional Championship since 2008...Named a team captain for the volleyball team as a senior...Received Academic All-Conference honors every year and has been on the highest honor roll each semester.

Travel Team: She has played for the Roselle Rockers and Chicago Cheetahs.

Personal: She is the daughter of Brian and Stephanie Kiefer and has one sibling, Jackson...Her mother, Stephanie, played softball at ISU under Melinda Fischer, the winningest coach in program history...Her father and uncle, Zach Grenberger also attended ISU...Kiefer plans to major in sports communication... She chose Illinois State because she grew up a Redbird fan and the campus has always felt like home... She attended her first ISU Homecoming at 2 months old, and her family returns to campus whenever they can.