From Hall of Honor press release dated Aug. 21, 1989:

Joseph N. Keyser earned letters in basketball, football, baseball and golf while at Wittenberg. As a junior and senior basketball player, he led the Buckeye Conference in scoring and named first team all-conference. In 1927-28, Keyser scored 258 points in basketball which was a wittenberg record until 1941. Keyser made notice by scoring 22 points against West Virginia University in 1927, won by Wittenberg 54-42. Known as "Little Joe," Keyser's father, Joe Sr., coached at Wittenberg from 1911 to 1917. "Little Joe" was graduated from Springfield High School in 1925, where he served as captain of a state champion basketball team. He served as the Tiger team captain as a senior and was named honorary captain of the All-Buckeye Conference team. In baseball he was a two-year starter in centerfield and in golf he played two years, serving as captain as a sophomore. In 1986 he was inducted into the Fredonia State (N.Y.) Hall of Fame where he has served as chairman of the health and physical education department and athletics director for 31 years before retiring in 1968. He now resides in Moab, Utah. Classmate Byron Morton will present Keyser at the induction banquet.

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