2016 (FRESHMAN)
Season: Made 24 game appearances as an outfielder, pinch hitter and designated hitter … Started four games … Hit .296 (8-for-27) with a .411 on base percentage. At No. 15 South Carolina: Made debut as a pinch-hitter and singled in first at-bat. At Duke (3/9): Made first career start, drawing a walk. Vs. New York Tech (3/11): Entered the game as a pinch-hitter and went 1-for-1 with a walk and two runs. West Virginia (3/22): Started at DH and went 1-for-2 with a walk and a run. At Lafayette (4/6): Went 2-for-4 with a walk, three runs and an RBI. Bucknell (4/19): Hit 1-for-2 with two walks and a run and RBI.
2015 CUBA TRIP
Went 2-for-6 with an RBI, two runs scored and a walk in three appearances and one start in the four-game Cuba Baseball Friendship Tournament … One of five Nittany Lions to have a multi-hit game, going 2-for-2 with a run scored off the bench in series finale at Matanzas … Started in left field in historic 9-3 win over Mayabeque - the first win for a U.S. team against a Cuban National Series team - and drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk … Pinch-ran in the tournament opener at Industriales.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered four years playing for Pat Yanchus and Dan Letarte at St. John's Prep … 2014 and 2015 USA Today All-Massachusetts first team … 2015 ESPN Boston All-State team … Three-time Boston Herald Dream Team … 2015 Salem News All-Star … Helped lead St. John's Prep to three consecutive Catholic Conference titles and 81 wins over 4 years … Elected as a team Captain as a senior … Batted .423 as a senior … 19 career high school home runs … Three-year member of the National Honor Society … German National Honor Society member … History and English award winner … National Society of High School Scholars member.
PERSONAL
Full name is Keith Alexander Leavitt … Born April 13, 1996 in Salem, Mass. … Parents are Keith and Elizabeth Leavitt … Has a younger brother, Luke … Majors in political science.
ON CHOOSING PENN STATE
“I chose Penn State because I knew it would be a place that would help me grow in all facets of life.”