Kevin Keith was born and raised in Port Colborne. He was very active and participated in multiple sports growing up in the community. In 1967 Kevin was a member of the Port Colborne Bantam Ontario Baseball Champions and then later the Midget Ontario Baseball championship team. Kevin was an accomplished athlete in gymnastics and baseball. Kevin attended the Canadian Nationals and was part of the Port Colborne High School gymnastics team that won 3 consecutive championships from 1970-1972. He also won the Ontario provincial high school Individual all around gymnastic championship consecutively from 1971-1972. His baseball accomplishments were many and included being part of the All-Ontario Senior Men’s championship team for Fort Erie in 1972 and 1973. In 1975 he was selected to play on Canada’s National baseball team for the Pan Am Games in Mexico City. He then played for the National team again in 1977 for the championships in Nicaragua. In 1977, Kevin played semi pro baseball in Europe and was able to compete in a home run competition during an exhibition game against Hank Aaron. During Kevin’s time at Springfield College in Springfield Massachusetts he was selected as the Senior Athlete of the year in 1976. After Kevin’s playing career, he went on to be a professional scout for the California Angels in 1989. He also helped coach Canada’s Junior Baseball team and coached the Waterdown Mosquito Minor Baseball Wolves which won the all Ontario championships in 1992, 1993 and 2009.
