Kelsey Keeran

Position:
Midfield/Forward
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sunbury, OH
High School:
Columbus Academy

Working toward a double major in Spanish and business ... A member of the 2003 U.S. Under-23 National Team ... Competed as part of the UNC swim team during the 2002-03 season, swimming the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke ... National Society of Collegiate Scholars member

2003: As a junior, earned first-team All-America honors after leading the Tar Heels in scoring with 43 points ... Also named All-ACC and All-Southeast Region ... Recipient of four team awards: the Anderson Mark of Excellence Most Valuable Player Award, the Keller Award for Open-Play Assists, the Lingo Award as the Spectators' Player of the Year and the Practice Player of the Year Award ... Started all 22 games at forward ... Scored three goals and added an assist for seven points against Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 23 ... Had two-goal games against Temple, James Madison and Radford

2002: Missed the first four games of her sophomore season with a broken jaw, an injury suffered in the preseason ... Returned to action in Sept. 12 game against Radford and played in a protective mask for the rest of the season ... Started all 16 games in which she played ... Scored four goals and added three assists for 11 points, fifth on the team ... Scored twice in a 3-2 win at Maryland on Oct. 26 and earned ACC Player of the Week honors for her performance ... Other goals came against Old Dominion (Sept. 21) and Duke (Oct. 5)

2001: As a true freshman, played in all 21 games and started 19 ... Scored seven goals, the fifth-highest total on the team, and added six assists for a total of 20 points, fourth-highest on the team ... Three weeks into the season, shared ACC Player of the Week honors after totaling five points (two goals and an assist) in the Sept. 9 win at Temple ... Also had two goals in UNC's win over Virginia Commonwealth on Sept. 2 ... Named to National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Academic Team for 2001 and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the 2001-2002 school year ... Also named to the Dean's List both semesters

National/International: Member of the Under-23 team in 2002 and 2003 ... Also has played for the Under-21, Under-19 and Under-16 teams ... Played for the Midwest Cyclones in the United Airlines USFHA summer league in 2000-02 ... A four-time National Futures tournament and Junior Olympics selection ... Participated in A camp in 1999-2001

At Columbus Academy in Gahanna, Ohio: Two-time Player of the Year in Ohio and a three-time All-Ohio selection ... Her team won state championships in 1997, '99 and 2000 ... A three-time state qualifier in swimming ... Also a state qualifier in track ... Earned All-Ohio honors in lacrosse, and her team won the state championship in 2000 ... Recipient of the Yale Cup as the best female athlete at her school ... Earned a total of 13 varsity letters in field hockey, lacrosse, track and swimming ... MVP of the field hockey and swim teams her sophomore to senior years, track as a sophomore and lacrosse as a senior ... As a senior, was captain of the field hockey, swim and lacrosse teams ... Graduated cum laude

Personal: Born Dec. 18, 1982, in Columbus, Ohio ... The daughter of Keith and Debbie Keeran ... Has one sister, Meredith (25) ... Meredith played four years of field hockey and ran two years of track at Syracuse

More on Keeran: Favorite pastime is reading gossip magazines ... Favorite pregame meal is a bagel with cream cheese and fruit ... Favorite saying is "Just Do It" ... Favorite class she has taken at UNC is Philosophy 34 - Bioethics ... Favorite sports besides field hockey are soccer and softball ... Loves Chinese food ... Says her most prized possession is her family ... After college, plans to try out for the U.S. National Team and perhaps go to law school ... Her dream job would be one that "makes a lot of money and makes me happy at the same time" ... Athlete she most admires is her sister, Meredith, "because she has incredible discipline and work ethic" ... If she could spend a day with anyone, she'd pick Oprah ... Something few people know about her is that she has a titanium plate in her chin after breaking her jaw at the start of the 2002 season ... During the offseason, worked on distributing the ball better ... Says Coach Karen Shelton has had the biggest influence on her field hockey career