Keith Veney
Personal information | |
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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
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 12 or more 3-point field goals in a game
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career 3-point scoring leaders
References
- ^ "Player Index: Keith Veney". basket-stats.info. 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b c "Keith Veney". hoopmagicsa.com. 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Traylor, Grant (June 9, 2009). "Keith Veney comes back to teach". Herald-Dispatch.com. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- 1974 births
- Basketball players from Maryland
- Shooting guards
- Lamar Cardinals basketball players
- Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball players
- People from Forestville, Maryland
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Iceland
- American expatriate basketball people in Poland
- American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic