From Near Death to AVP Champion, the Incredible Story of Former Mustang Jen Keddy
1/11/2023 3:09:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Jen Keddy played indoor volleyball at Cal Poly from 2009-13 and was an AVCA All-American Big West Player of the Year during her Mustang career. After fighting and beating ovarian cancer, she made the switch to playing beach volleyball professionally. She recently won her first AVP title, the AVP Central Florida Open.
Story by: Travis Mewhirter, VolleyballMag.com
When the final ball landed, it all looked very much like any other championship moment:
There was Jen Keddy, falling to her knees in Tavares, Florida, disbelief knocking her to the sand. There was her unlikely partner, Carly Kan, falling down with her, wrapping her 6-foot-4 teammate in a sandy, sweaty hug. There are smiles. Thousand-watt smiles. Smiles that are reserved for toothpaste advertisements and moments such as this. There is an awkward post-match interview, one in which Keddy could not find the words to properly describe the moment.
Three weeks later, she still couldn't find the proper word. She leaned on surreal when discussing her first AVP title, a 17-21, 21-19, 15-12 win over Geena Urango and Emily Capers in the AVP Central Florida Open final. For most, surreal wouldn't be wrong. It was, indeed, the most unlikely victory in a season full of them on the AVP Tour.
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