Superb skills and love for the game will put him in starting lineup ... strong inside and outside shooter ... solid rebounder ... amazing versatility ... status is uncertain due to an injury sustained during the summer ... As a freshman: Named to the Division II Bulletin All-Freshman team ... voted Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Year ... led the Purple Knights in scoring and rebounding averages, finishing ninth and 15th in the NE-10, respectively ... team-high scorer in 12 games, including back-to-back 30-point performances against AIC and Saint Rose ... became first SMC freshman in more than 25 years to tally consecutive 30-point games ... also led SMC in rebounding in 10 contests, with a career-high of 11 in the third game of season against Southern Connecticut ... highest scoring freshman in the Northeast-10 at ninth overall and was 15th in rebounding ... voted NE-10 Freshman of the Week on Dec. 9th ... six-time NE-10 honor roll selection ... one basket shy of breaking season record for points by a freshman ... also led team in minutes played ... High School: Played four years of varsity basketball at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in Saint Paul, Minn. ... runner-up as a senior for Player of the Year for the state of Minnesota ... led the conference in scoring and was named conference MVP as a senior ... twice notched 30 points and grabbed 22 boards once in final season ... All-State Honorable Mention as a junior ... scored 1,276 career points, averaging 23 points and 10 boards during his career ... led team to conference crown during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... team won its section with a 31-2 record and placed third in the state during Keating's junior year ... Personal: Michael Joseph Keating ... born September 22, 1983 ... son of Patrick Sr. and Jean Keating ... has two brothers and one sister ... second-ever recruit out of Minnesota for Saint Michael's (Anthony Scott ‘02 was first) ... high school basketball teammate of Joe Mauer, the first overall pick by the MLB Minnesota Twins in the 2001 Amateur Baseball Draft ... undecided on major.