Mike Keeley, a graduated standout wide receiver for the Washburn football team, was recently inducted into the university’s Hall of Fame.
Keeley led the Ichabods in receiving for three years, earning first-team all-CSIC honors at wide receiver as a junior and senior.
Keeley had 104 receptions and 1,638 career yards, which were the most in school history at the end of his career. His receiving yard total currently ranks 11th in school history and his 104 receptions is 10th in school history.
As a sophomore, he recorded 32 catches for 463 yards and two scores and then had 30 catches for 538 yards and four touchdowns as a junior, averaging 18 yards per catch.
His senior season, he had 591 yards receiving on 36 catches, scoring three touchdowns.
Keeley is a 1979 Washburn graduate and then received his juris doctorate in 1982. After working as an attorney in Great Bend from 1982-93, he was elected as district judge and has spent the last 20 years on the bench in Barton County.
Mike and his wife, Jan, live in Great Bend.
His daughter, Cindy, is a Washburn graduate and was part of the 2005 women's national championship basketball team, and she married Erin Beck, a member of the Ichabod football team.
His daughter, Christy, is married to former Ichabod football player Dr. Mitch Birt, and his son, Matt, spent two seasons as an Ichabod assistant basketball coach.
Beth Keeley, the youngest family member, attended WU after transferring from Mid America Nazarene, where she led the Pioneers in her freshman year to a Final Four finish in the National Tournament as the starting point guard.