01/27/2012 Baseball Begins Practice for 2012 SeasonDefending Big Ten Champions hit the practice field for the first time this season on Friday afternoon. 10/20/2011 Green-White Series RecapWhite defeats Green, two games to one, in best-of-three series. Career Stats | Game-by-Game Statistics: 2010 | 2011
Junior enters the 2012 season as the starter in left field for the second straight year. SUMMER 2011: Played for the Outer Banks Dare Devils in the Coastal Plains League. 2011 (SOPHOMORE): Started 53 games in left field and played in 55 games overall . . . compiled a .260 batting average with one home run and 17 RBIs . . . collected 51 hits, including eight doubles, and scored 19 runs . . . ranked second in the Big Ten with 13 sacrifice bunts . . . hit the game-winning homer in the top of the 10th to lead MSU past Ohio State, 5-4, on April 15 in Columbus . . . excellent fielder made several diving catches in left field for the Spartans . . . had a career-high four hits against SIU-Edwardsville on March 5. 2010 (FRESHMAN): Started 12 games in left field and saw action in 34 games overall . . . hit .300 with one homer, two doubles and seven RBIs . . . scored 18 runs and had 18 hits . . . produced a .391 on-base percentage . . . went 3-for-5 with two runs in the 26-11 win over Iowa (4/4). HIGH SCHOOL: Hit .451 as a senior en route to being named to the all-state Dream Team . . . garnered all-region, all-district and all-conference honors also as a senior . . . four-year letterwinner for Coach Dave VanNoord at Hudsonville High School as a junior, where he earned all-region, all-district and all-area first team honors . . . played in the 2009 Michigan High School East-West All-Star Game at Comerica Park . . . also garnered all-conference accolades as a sophomore . . . on the football field, he was named all-conference as a sophomore and junior and also was named team MVP as a junior. PERSONAL: Born June 20, 1990 in Grand Rapids . . . son of John and Sheryl . . . grandfather is his biggest baseball influence . . . Ken Griffey Jr. is his favorite athlete. KEUR'S CAREER STATSYear Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2010.... .300 34-12 60 18 18 2 0 1 7 23 .383 3 6 6 2 .391 0 4 1-1 28 1 1 .967 2011.... .260 55-53 196 19 51 8 0 1 17 62 .316 8 7 16 4 .313 0 13 6-10 86 1 2 .978 TOTAL... .270 89-65 256 37 69 10 0 2 24 85 .332 11 13 22 6 .332 0 17 7-11 114 2 3 .975 |
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