Stephen D Keener

Steve Keener was exposed to the Little League program early in his life. Don Keener, Steve’s father, was a physical education instructor and basketball coach at Loyalsock High School and spent his summers as a camp counselor at the Little League Camps in the early 1960’s. Steve played Little League Baseball in the Loyalsock Little League, Williamsport, and later in nearby Woolrich, Pa. While in college (Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa.) he served an internship at the Little League International. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Westminster before joining the staff of Little League International in 1980 as assistant director of public relations. He became director of public relations in November 1984 and was elected first vice president in November 1991. The Little League program has come full circle as Stephen D. Keener has become the first president of Little League to have participated in the program as a player.