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As a Graduate Student in 2010: Made 11 appearances on the mound for the Ravens, including three starts...Posted a 3-1 record and a 5.40 ERA over 21.2 innings...Allowed 16 runs (13 earned) on 28 hits, walked 11, threw four wild pitches, struck out 17 and allowed opponents to hit .295 (28-for-95)...Made his first career start, went 4.2 innings, allowed one run on five hits, walked two and struck out three to pick up the win in the second game of a doubleheader at Adelphi on 3/7...Threw one inning of relief, allowed four runs (one earned) on two hits, walked one and tallied the win in the second game of a doubleheader against Felician on 3/14...Struck out all three batters he faced to pitch a perfect eighth in the first game of a doubleheader against American International on 4/10...Tossed a scoreless ninth, allowed one hit and struck out one in the second game of a doubleheader against Assumption on 4/24...Retired both batters he faced, including a strikeout, against Southern Connecticut State in the NCAA Championship East Regional on 5/15...Came back the next day, started, fired seven innings, allowed one run on six hits, walked one and struck out five to pick up the win over Southern Connecticut State in the first game of the final round of the NCAA Championship East Regional on 5/16...Retired all three batters he faced, including two strikeouts, against California, San Diego in the national semifinal at the NCAA Championship National Finals on 5/27.
2010 Statistics

As a Senior in 2009: Made 10 appearances out of the bullpen for the Ravens...Posted a 1-1 record and a 2.84 ERA over 12.2 innings...Allowed five runs (four earned) on 11 hits, walked four, hit a batter and struck out 16 while holding opponents to a .229 batting average...In his Franklin Pierce debut, threw one inning of relief, allowed an unearned run on one hit, walked one and struck out two in the first game of a doubleheader against American International on 3/28...Tossed 1.2 innings out of the bullpen, allowed one run on one hit, walked one, struck out one and picked up the victory in the second game of a doubleheader against Saint Michael's on 4/4...Threw two scoreless inning of relief, allowed one hit, walked one and struck out four at American International on 4/20...Tossed a scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts against Pace on 4/24...Fired a scoreless inning out of the bullpen, allowed one hit and struck out one at Stonehill on 4/28...Threw 2.1 inning of perfect relief with one strikeout in the Northeast-10 Championship against New Haven on 5/8.
2009 Statistics

As a Freshman at Siena in 2006: Made 14 appearances out of the bullpen for the Saints...Posted a 4-0 record with one save and a 4.50 ERA over 30 innings...Surrendered 17 runs (15 earned) on 19 hits, walked 24, struck out 14 and held opponents to a .190 batting average.
2006 Statistics

Before College: Three-year letter-winner at Pine Creek High School (N.Y.)...Team captain and All-Conference selection as a senior...All-Conference selection as a junior as well...Academic All-State Honorable Mention as a junior and a senior.

Personal: Son of Berta and Brian Keeler...Has a younger brother, Scott...Graduated in spring 2009 with a bachelor's degree in accounting...Currently pursuing his master's in leadership.