Jason Keep
Jason Beau Keep (born May 9, 1978) is a former professional basketball player who started his collegiate carrier with the Oklahoma State Cowboys an later transferred to the university of San Diego Torrero’s in which he achieved three championship Rings with both teams. During his professional debut he worked in the NBA with multiple teams such as the Indiana pacers, the San Antonio Spurs, the Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings. He also played overseas in the Philippines, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Egypt, Chile, Poland, Argentina, Mexico, France and Germany. He was drafted in the 2003 NBA Draft, in which he set and still holds the NBA bench press record with 27 repe*ions. He also played in C.D. Universidad de Concepción Básquetbol, which is a team of División Mayor del Básquetbol de Chile. Through his carrier he was awarded multiple awards including the MVP of the West Coast Conference Tournament. He now works as a successful tattoo artist.
Player profile
Born in Bend, Oregon, he played his final season of collegiate career at San Diego after starting his career at North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and routing through Oklahoma State. He sat out 2001–02 season at San Diego under NCAA transfer rules.
Keep led WCC in rebounding (9.1 rpg) and field goal percentage, and ranked second in scoring during his senior career. He recorded nine double-doubles, including a 30-point, career-high 16-rebound effort versus UCLA. Keep scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds at University of San Diego. He registered 23 points and 15 rebounds versus the Saint Mary's College of California. Averaged 18.5 points and 10.5 rebounds and shot .577 from the field in the WCC Tournament.
At Oklahoma State University, he scored a season-high 14 points versus Missouri-Kansas City. He recorded 11 points and two blocked shots versus Lamar. He also shattered a backboard during a game, which aired on ESPN. During the 2003 NBA combine draft he benched 185 pounds for a record 27 times. Grabbed season-high 10 rebounds in 12 minutes versus University of Texas at San Antonio. Keep tallied nine points and seven rebounds in season-high 24 minutes at Wichita State.
External links
- Player Profile
- PBA-Online! Profile
- NBA Prospect Profile
- Arrest article