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Jimmy Keenan

Height:
6-3
Weight:
225
Class:
Sophomore
Position:
C
Hometown:
White Plains, N.Y.
High School:
Iona Prep

As a Sophomore (2024)
All-BIG EAST First Team … All-ECAC Team … NABC All-East Region Team … Jack Kaiser Most Outstanding Player Award in 2024 BIG EAST Tournament … one-time BIG EAST Player of the Week (March 18) … four-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection (Feb. 19, March 11, April 15, May 13) … Started in 56 of 57 appearances … led the team with a .335 batting average, a .615 slugging percentage, 73 hits, 57 RBIs, 21 doubles (38th in NCAA) and 12 home runs … posted a .403 on-base percentage to go with 25 walks and a pair of triples … set the program record with 27 successful caught stealing attempts … logged a .995 fielding percentage, surrendering just two errors in 398 chance … doubled twice while driving in a run and logging a tally in the team’s upset victory over No. 2 Florida (Feb. 16) … smacked a pair of hits and knocked in a run in lone game off the bench at Houston (Feb. 25) … drilled two doubles at Texas (Feb. 27), scoring twice and producing one RBI … smacked a two-run homer at Sam Houston (March 1) … registered a career-high six RBIs against Iona (March 5), going 3-for-5 at the dish with two runs scored and falling a home run shy of the cycle … produced three consecutive two-hit performances against Hofstra (March 8-10) … went 3-for-5 with three doubles, a trio of RBIs and two runs scored against LIU (March 12) … produced four RBIs and fell a triple shy of the cycle against Stony Brook (March 13) … logged a 2-for-5 performance with a double, a home run, three runs scored and a pair of RBIs against Rider (March 15) … smacked a two-run homer in series finale against Rider (March 17) … reached base safely in three of four plate appearances, scoring twice and driving in one run against Manhattan (March 19) … tripled and homered in a two-RBI, two-run outing against Fordham (March 22) … logged three base knocks at Fordham (March 24) … smacked a two-run shot in the series opener at Villanova (April 5) before rattling off three hits, one run and an RBI the following day (April 6) … homered in back-to-back games at UConn (April 13-14), posting two RBIs and three runs scored in each contest … went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored … drew a season-best three walks and scored once against Iona (May 1) … snapped 11-game home run drought with a solo shot and logged two tallies to complete sweep of Creighton (May 4 – Game 2) … produced three straight games with two hits and a run scored, starting with a combined five RBIs in a doubleheader against Seton Hall (May 11) and concluding against Fairfield (May 14) … walked off against Georgetown (May 22) in the opening game of the BIG EAST Tournament, finishing 2-for-5 with a pair of RBIs and two runs scored … smacked game-winning, two-run homer in the eighth inning, part of a three-hit, four-RBI performance to take down Xavier (May 23) in the tournament semifinals … helped Red Storm to 10^th BIG EAST Tournament title with a 2-for-4 showing and a run scored against Georgetown (May 25) in the championship game … went 2-for-6 at the dish with a double, a home run, two RBIs and a pair of tallies in the team’s extra-inning victory over Penn in the NCAA Charlottesville Regional elimination game (June 1).

As a Freshman (2023)
Made 33 appearances, 24 of which were starts … ranked second on the team with a .343 batting average to go with a .439 OBP and a .627 slugging percentage … registered 30 RBIs while scoring 19 runs … tallied six home runs and 11 doubles … led the team with six runners caught stealing and boasted a .994 fielding percentage … launched a pinch-hit home run in his first collegiate at-bat against Old Dominion (Feb. 19) … produced a season-high four hits to go with three RBIs against UAlbany (March 12) … logged a 3-for-5 day at the dish, tallying a pair of doubles and two RBIs at LIU (March 15) … scored twice at Quinnipiac (March 18) … chipped in three RBIs while going 2-for-4 at the plate in the series finale with Quinnipiac (March 19) … went 3-for-4 with a season-best three runs scored and a pair of RBIs against FDU (April 19) … homered in team’s win at Georgetown (April 29), recording three RBIs … rattled off three hits in team’s win over Iona (May 3) … knocked in two runs against Xavier (May 12) … took the Musketeers deep for a solo shot in game two (May 13) … tallied his first career multi-homer game with two dingers and four RBIs in the series opener against Butler (May 18) … BIG EAST Academic Honor Roll

Before College:
Four-year letterwinner and three-time captain at Iona Prep… named to the All-CHSAA First Team on two separate occasions and named the Ron Patnosh Player of the Year in 2022… helped the Gaels to a CHSAA championship in 2022.

Personal:
James Michael Keenan… son of Hugh and Lisa Keenan… has an older brother, Jack, who plays baseball at Marist… chose St. John’s for its winning tradition and its track record of pro players… lists his parents as the people he admires most and Mike Trout as his favorite athlete.