Keith Veney

Keith Veney
Personal information
Born 1974
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Bishop McNamara
(Forestville, Maryland)
College Lamar (1992–1994)
Marshall (1995–1997)
NBA draft 1997 / Undrafted
Position Shooting guard
Career highlights and awards

Keith Veney (born 1974)[1] is an American former college basketball standout from the Marshall University. He holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I record for the most three-point field goals made in a single game with 15.[2] Veney, a native of Seabrook, Maryland, played high school basketball at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville where he led the area in scoring at over 30 points per game as a senior.[3] He then went on to play his first two years of college basketball at Lamar University before transferring to Marshall for the remaining two years.[4]

During his cumulative four-year NCAA career, Veney scored 409 three-pointers, which is currently in the top 10 all-time in Division I history.[2] At the time of his graduation, he was number one.[3] Veney scored 51 points while making a still-standing NCAA record 15 three-pointers (on 25 attempts) against Morehead State on December 14, 1996.[2][4]

After college he went on to play five years of professional basketball in France, Israel, Iceland, Poland and the Dominican Republic.[3] Afterward, he returned to the United States as a Nike NBA player representative before eventually starting his own company, Veney Management Group.[4] Today, he also runs basketball clinics and camps for younger players all over the country.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Player Index: Keith Veney". basket-stats.info. 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). 2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Media Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "Keith Veney". hoopmagicsa.com. 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Traylor, Grant (June 9, 2009). "Keith Veney comes back to teach". Herald-Dispatch.com. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
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