Former Greyhound Sean Keville '96 Selected to MAC Hall of Fame

Sean Keville, Class of 1996, selected to the MAC Hall of Fame.

Posted: May 04, 2020

ANNVILLE, Pa. --- Former Moravian College quarterback Sean Keville '96 has been selected as part of the ninth class to be inducted into the Middle Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame that will be announced by the MAC office over the next three weeks.

Keville, a 1996 Moravian graduate, was a four-year letterwinner on the football team while attending Moravian, and he was honored with induction into the Moravian Hall of Fame in 2007. Keville led the Greyhounds to the 1993 Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League Championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs. He was named to the All-MAC Commonwealth First Team in 1993 and 1994 while earning MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year honors in 1994 as a senior. Keville also earned Division III Sports Information Director Second Team All-America, First Team All-NCAA South Region, Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference South Player of the Year and First Team All-ECAC South accolades in 1994.

The Downtown Wilkes-Barre Touchdown Club presented Keville with its Middle Atlantic Conference Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards in 1994. Keville set school record for passing yards in a game (495) and season (2,819), completions in a game (32), season (190) and career (429), passing attempts in a game (50 and season (363), touchdown passes in a game (tied with 4), season (23) and career (49), pass efficiency in a career (132.7) and total offense in a game (481) and season (2,829). He was also honored as Moravian's Outstanding Senior Male Athlete in 1995.

Sadly, Keville passed away on April 8, 2020 from complications after being diagnosed with the coronavirus. Read more on Keville's life at https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/pottsmerc/195965735?fbclid=IwAR1wsU_KM7gmE7HGWXVeqRewgrrEVGbjlTvCjdZsW484Iuep1xxaZ0eBBjI. Keith Goller from the Allentown Morning Call wrote the following tribute to Sean on April 17 - https://www.mcall.com/sports/mc-spt-sean-keville-moravian-quarterback-covid19-20200417-nkps5glgqba5vfcbgbn2vabl6a-story.html.

Moravian plans to honor Keville with his MAC Hall of Fame award at a football game during the upcoming season. More information on the presentation to the Keville family including his wife Madeline and daughter Maggie will be announced at a later date.

The MAC of which Moravian was a member from 1945 until 2007 established a Hall of Fame as part of the celebration of its 100th anniversary in 2012-13. Moravian's Rocco Calvo and Harvey "Gil" Gillespie" were two of a 36-member inaugural class selected in 2011-12 from current and former MAC member institutions while Kathy Beck DeKorte '92 was honored in 2013-14, Doug Pollard was selected in 2014-15, Heather Bortz '05 was picked in 2015-16 and Christina Scherwin '05 and Heidi Wolfsberger Peoples '02 were honored in 2016-17. Emily Shertzer '02 was selected in 2017-18 while Scot Dapp was honored last spring. All 10 of Greyhounds' MAC Hall of Fame selections are also members of Moravian's Athletic Hall of Fame.