Locust Fork High School Baseball Player Landon Keith Named ITG Next Alabama Male Athlete of the Month for April 2024
After a strong March, Locust Fork High School baseball player Landon Keith has been voted the ITG Next Alabama Male Athlete of the Month for April 2024 by receiving 69.06% of the possible votes over a list of three additional finalists.
Those other finalists, which came across two different sports, were Southside-Gadsden soccer player Camren Thompson, Parker baseball player Christian Dooley, and Gulf Shores baseball player Connor Gehr.
Keith, a junior, certainly impressed in March despite Locust Fork struggling at times on their way to a combined 5-6 record over the month.
Across 12 games, Keith went 28 for 38 at the plate (.737 batting average) with an impressive four home runs, six triples, seven doubles, 21 RBIs, and eight bases stolen. Keith also had a hit in every game in March, as well as eight multi-hit games.
On the mound, Keith made two appearances when he allowed a combined three earned runs over six innings pitched. Keith also held a 1-0 record as a pitcher, as well as a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 12-to-5.
For a Locust Fork team that sits at 14-13 overall, Keith has slashed .618/.732/1.191 across 23 games for the season so far, along with owning five home runs, 33 RBIs, and 16 bases stolen. Keith also has 10 doubles and seven triples and has drawn 18 walks compared to 10 strikeouts.
A two-way player, Keith has made five pitching appearances so far this season. He owns a combined 1-1 record with a 3.20 ERA, one save, and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 29-to-12 across 15.1 innings pitched. Keith has held opponents to a combined .218 batting average against.
Congratulations once again to Locust Fork’s Landon Keith, the April 2024 ITG Next Alabama Male Athlete of the Month.
