#28
Jackson Keeler
Freshman
Midfield
Landenburg, Pa.
Tatnall School
At Delaware: First-year team member for the Blue Hens...will add depth to the Delaware midfield unit...expected to battle for backup faceoff position behind returning starter Dan Cooney.
High School: Competed in lacrosse at the Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del. under head coach Pete Duncan...led team to a 9-8 record and a berth in the state quarterfinals as a senior in 2010...earned second team All-State honors and played in the Delaware State Senior All-Star Game, scoring two goals...selected to play in the 2010 Champion® High School Showcase July 17-22 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla...earned four letters in both lacrosse and football....played running back for the football team for head coach Jody Russell...both Duncan and Russell are UD graduates...honor roll student.
Personal: Jackson Taylor Keeler...born Nov. 6, 1991...son of K.C. and Janice Keeler...honor student as a sport management major at Delaware....works as a valet driver at Delaware Park over the summer...has an older sister, Kate...enjoys golfing in his spare time...father is the head football coach at Delaware...K.C. was a standout linebacker at Delaware and led the team to the 1979 national championship...as head coach, has led the Blue Hens to a nine-year record of 74-42, including winning the 2003 NCAA national championship and finishing as national runner-up in both 2007 and 2010...named AFCA National Coach of the Year in 2010.
