JUNIOR COLLEGE: Was an All-American and Player of the Year at Sac/City Chabot (CA)...played for two seasons under head coach Steve Friend.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Granada High School (CA) in 2002...as a senior, was All-League, All Region, All-State, and Player of the Year...three-year baseball letter-winner...was drafted by the Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox and played on the Junior Olympic Team.

PERSONAL: Born June 16, 1984 in Redwood City, California to Paul and Cynthia Keck...has two brothers, Willie and Christopher, and one sister, Candace...a Kinesiology major at LCSC.