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Justin Keenan

American basketball player (born 1989)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ55876674
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Justin Anthony Keenan (born May 2, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Shonan United of the B.League. He plays at the power forward and center positions.

Early life and high school career

Keenan was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 2, 1989, as the second of three children. He attended Ottawa Hills High School in Grand Rapids, where he was a four-year letterwinner and an all-city selection in football. He was also an all-city selection in basketball and led his team to a 16–4 record while averaging 15 points, 10 rebounds and two assists per game as a senior.

College career

Keenan played college basketball for the NCAA Division II Ferris State Bulldogs. As a freshman, he led his team in points (15.9) and rebounds (6.9) per game. He was named the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year for the 2010–11 season.

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Professional career

Keenan signed with the Institución Atlética Larre Borges in Uruguay in 2011 and averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds per game in his first season, leading the league in scoring. He had a stint with the Panteras de Miranda in Venezuela before returning to Uruguay to join Club Trouville.

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“Justin Keenan” enters the record as american basketball player (born 1989). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Justin, Keenan and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 2010, 2011—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1988-05-02, 1989-05-02—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Justin, Keenan and American.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55876674. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989, 2010 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from Justin Keenan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.