“Seth just looks like a ballplayer, from the way he commands the mound and batter’s box to the way he moves around the field. At the plate, there simply aren’t many holes; he’s going to find the barrel and do some damage. On the mound, his command of three pitches to go along with a mid-90s fastball has made him virtually unhittable. It’s very hard to string anything together.”

Sean Ryan

Head Coach head coach at Benedictine College Preparatory and Virginia Baseball Coaches Association president

Athletic Excellence

At the time of his selection, the 5-foot-10, 190-pound senior shortstop and right-handed pitcher owned a .583 batting average with eight home runs and 26 RBI through 20 games this spring, leading the Hawks (19-2) to the Class 4 Region B final. He had amassed an OBP of .676 and mashed his way to a 1.192 slugging percentage for an OPS of 1.951 in addition to stealing 12 bases in 13 attempts. Through 20 games, he’d fanned just five times in 71 plate appearances to go with 15 walks, while 55 percent of his hits had gone for extra bases. On the mound, Keller had compiled a 5-0 record with 61 strikeouts in 30.1 innings (2.01 Ks/IP) en route to a 0.23 ERA, a .429 WHIP, a .071 OBA and a K-to-BB ratio of 10.2-to-1. Ranked as the nation’s No. 132 prospect in the Class of 2022 by Perfect Game and as the No. 2 prospect in Virginia by the Prep Baseball Report, he made the All-Tournament team at the 2021 Jupiter World Championship.

Academic Achievement

Keller has maintained a 3.61 weighted GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at Old Dominion University this fall.

Exemplary Character

Keller has donated his time as an instructor on behalf of the RBA West Infield biweekly baseball camp as well as at Kime Performance, and he has served as a volunteer referee for the Special Olympics. He has also participated in a community service initiative with the Hanover baseball team whereby team members collected and wrote letters of gratitude to American servicemen and women. Since the 2019 campaign, he’s spent over 100 hours a season prepping and cleaning up the baseball facility both before and after practice, and he’s donated his time to the Ronald McDonald House Charities as well.