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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Baseball - Pennsylvania

Gatorade Player of the year

Graham Keen

Outfielder/right-handed pitcher
MT. LEBANON HS
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.88

ERA

71

Strikeouts

.471

Batting Average

4

Home Runs
“Graham is a tremendous player both offensively and on the mound. He makes a massive impact on how you coach the game against their offense. You have to be so careful because of the power he possesses. On the mound, he throws four pitches for strikes and he can be overpowering.”
Tim Buzzard
Head Coach - Hempfield Area High

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-5, 220-pound junior right-handed pitcher and centerfielder posted a 7-1 record on the mound with a 0.88 ERA this past season, leading the Blue Devils (13-8) to the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Class 6A Tournament quarterfinals. Keen struck out 71 batters while walking just 13 in 55.2 innings. Ranked as nation’s No. 10 recruit in the Class of 2027 by Prep Baseball Report, he posted a .417 batting average with four home runs, 21 runs scored, 14 RBI and a .717 slugging percentage.

Academic Achievement

Keen has maintained a weighted 4.10 GPA in the classroom. He has made a verbal commitment to play baseball at Vanderbilt University beginning in the fall of 2027.

Exemplary Character

Keen has volunteered locally as a youth baseball coach.