University of Dayton Athletics

2024-2025 (Graduate student)
•    Grad transfer who graduated from Ohio State with a Bachelor's of Science in Human Ecology in the spring of 2024 

PRIOR TO UD
At Ohio State
•    Team captain 
•    Played in 121 games and scored 895 career points
•    Had career averages of  7.4 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 55.3% from the floor
•    Averaged 5.2 points and 3.4 rebounds as a freshman, and 7.8 points and 5.6 rebounds as a sophomore
•    As a junior, was averaging 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds while shooting 63.5 percent from the floor before injuring his shoulder on Jan. 5.  Tried to play through it for five weeks before eventually having surgery.  Finished the year with averages of 10.8 points and 7.5 rebounds
•    As a senior, coming off the surgery, played in all 36 games with average of 6.6 points and 4.1 rebounds
High School
•    Finished his high school career at Long Island Lutheran, who was 22-3 and ranked 11th nationally in 2019-20
•    Led the team in scoring (18.0), rebounding (8.7) and blocked shots (2.0) while shooting .682 (178-261) FG and .712 (178-250) FT
•    Was a MaxPreps high school All-American and named to the all-tournament team at the Beach Ball Classic, the ‘Iolani Classic and the Montverde Invitational 

Personal
•    Son of Carol and Zed Key, Sr.
•    Has a sister – Jade
•    Mom played basketball at Buffalo
•    Pursuing his Master’s in Interdisciplinary Educational Studies
•    Has a pet python named “7” who has its own Instagram account (@7thesnake) and a rescue cat named Scatpack
•    Possibly the biggest car enthusiast in college basketball who owns a Lincoln Town Car lowrider and a Volkswagen Golf R32 (only 500 red ones were ever produced)
•    Fixes his own cars and while at OSU, also worked on teammates’ cars

Flyer 23's:  James Hough (1950-51), Ray Dieringer (1951-52), Don Miller (1952-53), Carmen Riazzi (1954-57), Tom Nartker (1957-58), Tom Boykin (1958-59), Ken Barnett (1959-60), Chuck Izor (1960-62), Jim Wannemacher (1964-67), Steve Hess (1970-73), Mike lee (1975-79), Rusty Jackson (1979-81), Damon Goodwin (1982-86), Norm Grevey (1987-91), Jeff Elder (1992-95), Rodney Horton (1995-97), Yuanta Holland (1998-2001), Chris Wright 2007-08), Luke Fabrizius (2008-12), Brian Vondehaar (2012-14), Jack Westerfield (2015-19), R.J. Blakney (2021-23)