Photo Courtesy of William Penn Men’s Basketball

Keota basketball standout JD Stout will take his talents 45 minutes to the west, as the senior recently committed to William Penn University in Oskaloosa.

The 6’0’’ guard was a thorn in opponents’ side for the last four seasons and capped off his prep career with a first-team all state selection by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association. Stout led the Eagles to a 20-4 campaign this year and topped the class 1A leaderboard with 29.1 points per game. He shot 55% from the floor and was a marksman from deep connecting on 38% of his attempts.

The Statesmen are no strangers to winning either, as they were crowned Heart of America Athletic Conference champs this past winter with a 30-3 record and have received a bid to the NAIA National Tournament in each of the past five seasons. Stout tells KCII Sports what led him to William Penn. “I’ve always watched them when I was younger. My dad had a former player that went there and we followed their second place run so the program is very familiar to me. They win a lot and that’s what I want to be a part of.”

Stout has yet to pinpoint a major for this fall, but has an interest in business.