| Keith DiDomenico |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Salem, Ore.
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| High School:
Sprague High School
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| Height / Weight:
6-5 / 304
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| Position:
Offensive Guard
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| Birthdate:
03/16/1979
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| Experience:
3V
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PERSONAL--(pronounced Dee-DOE-min-ee-co) Born 3/16/79 in Salem, OR...son of John and Donna DiDomenico...his father is a sales associate for Sears and his mother is an office supervisor at Salem Hospital...he has a younger sister, Laura, 17...UESP major...enjoys fishing and camping...Barry Sanders is his favorite athlete...taking first in district in wrestling his junior year has been his top athletic thrill to date...selected OSU because, "I like the coaching staff, it's close to home, and I just really like the school."
OSU--(2000-Senior)--Keith enters his senior season having started 22 games to date and having played in 29 games...Dennis Erickson and Gregg Smith, OSU’s offensive line coach, both feel that Keith is an all-star caliber offensive lineman and after earning honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors as a junior, Keith figures to be solid candidate this fall for even bigger postseason honors...he is the cornerstone on an offensive line that helped Oregon State establish school records in total offense, scoring and passing in 1999...Keith has been a starter at left guard and center and this year will start at right guard for the Beavers...he excels as a pass blocker and is a devastating run blocker...in winter conditioning, Keith posted the top back squat lift among offensive linemen at 500 pounds...he posted a bench press mark of 325 pounds and a power clean lift of 302 pounds.
OSU--(1999-Junior)--Keith enters his junior year on a string of 13 straight starts and having played 19 games, 11 at center and eight at right guard...Dennis Erickson and Gregg Smith, OSU's offensive line coach, both feel that Keith is an all-star caliber offensive lineman...with a solid year as a starter under his belt, Keith ranks as one of the top collegiate centers in the country and certainly with a solid chance of being the top center in the Pacific-10 Conference...in the weight room, Keith has produced personal bests of 290 pounds in the hang clean, 350 in the bench press, 510 in the back squat and 315 in the incline...his best vertical jump mark is 26.00.
(1998-Sophomore)--Keith is a very talented young lineman and he showed a lot of improvement in spring ball...played tackle, guard and center during the spring and he returned to fall camp listed as the No. 1 left tackle, although he was prepared to play either guard position, or even center...when he arrived at fall camp he found himself playing center and he started all 11 games and proved to be a real iron man at the position and was never off the field as long as the game was still in question...Mike Riley, OSU's head coach in 1998, felt Keith was as good as any center in the Pacific-10 Conference.
(1997-Freshman)--Keith earned a letter as a true freshman in 1997 by playing in a eight games and starting two, USC and Oregon, at right guard...Keith was able to gain a lot of experience in his rookie season.
SPRAGUE HIGH SCHOOL, Salem, OR (1993-96)--Keith earned three letters in football, four in wrestling and one in track as a shot putter...started two years in football as an offensive and defensive tackle for Coach Robin Hill and the Sprague Olympians...Keith was a first-team all-league (Valley League) pick as an offensive tackle and second-team as a defensive tackle...was selected honorable mention all-state by the Oregonian on offense...played in the North-South Shrine Bowl at Oregon State on July 19, 1997...he was the district heavyweight wrestling champion as a sophomore and junior and finished sixth in the state as a junior...was the No. 2 ranked heavyweight in the state as a senior, losing only one match, that by a score of 6-5...second in the district as a junior in the shot put...Keith selected OSU over Washington, Arizona State and California...coach Hill said, "He is the best Division I prospect that I have coached. He is an outstanding drive blocker and opened up a lot of holes for us. He is fundamentally very sound."
