Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Baseball - Mississippi

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BASEBALL

Colten Keith

Infielder/Right-handed pitcher
BILOXI HS
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.527

Batting average

8

Home runs

49

RBI

0.659

On-base percentage
“Colten Keith has the tools to play this game for many years after high school. I truly believe I will be going to Major League parks and watching him play. He hits for power and average along with his great speed and a plus arm. He has all the tools that they look for in a draft pick.”
Eddie Lofton
Head Coach - Biloxi High head coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 195-pound junior infielder and right-handed pitcher led the Indians (29-5) to the Class 6A semifinals this past season, batting .527 average with eight home runs, 49 RBI, 46 runs scored and an on-base percentage of .659. A 2019 Perfect Game Preseason Underclassmen First Team All-American and the state’s No. 2-ranked player by Perfect Game, Keith also posted a 6-0 record on the mound with five saves, a 1.47 ERA and 74 strikeouts in 38 innings pitched.

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Academic Achievement

Keith has maintained an 88.6 average in the classroom. He has verbally committed to play baseball on scholarship at Arizona State University beginning in the fall of 2020.

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Exemplary Character

Keith has volunteered locally on behalf of Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry and as a youth baseball instructor.