St. Mary's Lax Book

James H. Keating University of Maryland | Inducted 1981

Jim Keating began his outstanding athletic career at St. Mary’s High School in 1950 where he was a four sport athlete earning 13 letters in football, basketball, wrestling, and lacrosse. He was selected First Team All-State Lacrosse his senior year. At the University of Maryland, he started and lettered four years on the varsity lacrosse team. He led Maryland to the National Championship in 1955 and 1956, earning 1st Team All-America those same two years. After entering the Air Force, he led an active military life that included an assignment at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he served as lacrosse coach and Assistant Director of Athletics. His coaching record at Air Force was 81 wins and 13 losses. He led the 1971 Air Force lacrosse team to the first NCAA playoffs. Jim Keating served two tours of duty in Vietnam where he was awarded The Distinguished Flying Cross and The Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters. Keating was a 1992 Charter Inductee to the St. Mary’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

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