Daniel Keller
Daniel Keller

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
High Point, N.C.

High School:
Southwest Guilford

Height:
6-3

Event:
Multis

Sophomore Year: Scored at the ACC Indoor Championships in the Heptathlon with a sixth-place finish • Also competed in the pole vault • Earned All-ACC honors with his third-place showing at the ACC Outdoors • Placed ninth in the pole vault at the ACC Outdoors.

Freshman Year: Finished sixth in the decathlon to score points at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Won the pole vault at the Carolina Fast Times meet • Also competed in the heptathlon during the indoor season, establishing the third-best mark in school history.

Prep: Set record in the pole vault at 15'9" at the North Carolina 3A state meet • 2004 and 2005 state champion in indoor track pole vault • All-conference honors in track for four years and cross country for two • Southwest Guilford High's Athlete of the Year in 2005 • MVP of outdoor track for four years • MVP of indoor track for two years • Team captain in soccer and basketball • Earned varsity letters in five different sports.

Personal: Majoring in Business Administration • Lists setting the state record in the pole vault as his biggest sports thrill because he left a mark that would last in North Carolina • Hobbies include juggling, paintball, movies, music and friends • Athlete he most admires is Lance Armstrong • Lists his father as having the greatest influence on his athletic career • Favorite book is "The Catcher in the Rye" • Favorite movie is "The Shawshank Redemption" • Favorite television show is "That 70's Show" • Favorite food is his mother's cooking • Rides a unicycle • Daniel Farabee Keller is the son of Kelly and Lyn Keller • Born August 30, 1986, in High Point, N.C.