Keith Van Horn
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Keith Van Horn (born October 23, 1975 in Fullerton, California) is an American basketball player currently playing forward for the Dallas Mavericks. Van Horn played for the University of Utah and was drafted in the first round by the National Basketball Association in 1997.
Van Horn has played for the New Jersey Nets, the Philadelphia 76ers, the New York Knickerbockers, the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Dallas Mavericks. Standing at six feet, ten inches (2.08 m) tall, the lanky Van Horn is easily recognized for his wearing knee-high white or black socks. Keith is a great post player who can kick it out to the baseline and fire a long range shot.
Among Van Horn's accomplishments is being the first player in the Western Athletic Conference to be named Player of the Year three times (1995, '96, '97), being the second player in WAC history to make first-team all-WAC four years, and being the leading career scorer in Utah and WAC history with 2,542 points.
He has been a literacy spokesman for the Nets and the NBA.[1] (http://www.newjerseyreads.org/press1.html)
Trivia
His shoe size is 16 (dress shoes) or 17 (sneakers). [2] (http://www.nba.com/knicks/community/rz_040202.html)
Is the father of four children. [Ibid.]
External Links
- Keith Van Horn: An NBA Rarity (http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/03draft_vanhorn.html)