{"id":2521,"date":"2020-12-10T14:10:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T19:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dakotacollege.edu\/foundation\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2024-04-02T08:46:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:46:43","slug":"alumni-spotlight-kacy-keysor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dakotacollege.edu\/foundation\/2020\/12\/10\/alumni-spotlight-kacy-keysor\/","title":{"rendered":"Kacy Keysor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Kacy Keysor has a busy schedule. An elementary school physical education teacher by day, he is also the athletic director of Kenmare High School Athletics, in addition to being the head basketball and track-and-field coach. Just listening to Keysor\u2019s daily schedule is exhausting but judging by his attitude you\u2019d never guess that.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWhenever someone asks me, \u2018What\u2019s up?,\u2019 I just tell them, \u2018My life, and the sky,\u2019\u201d Keysor said with a tone of enthusiastic certainty.<\/p>\n\n

Keysor has the natural optimism characteristic of the best kind of teachers and coaches. He talks adamantly about serving his students and players, and doing what he can to care for them, to help them excel.<\/p>\n\n

Growing up in a military family, Keysor attended more schools than he could count on one hand before he even started high school. But after his father retired from the Air Force and transitioned into teaching and coaching, He caught a glimpse of where his own future was heading.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cMy dad was my coach for most of my life,\u201d Keysor said. \u201cI saw firsthand his passion at practice and during game time. He exceled at sports with his dad coaching him to his fullest potential. If there was any doubt that he would follow in his father\u2019s footsteps it was put to rest when he served as a peer mentor for an elementary class during his high school years.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI really enjoyed being around those kids and discovered my passion to teach,\u201d Keysor said.<\/p>\n\n

After graduating high school, Keysor had the chance to make one of his dreams come true, to play basketball at the collegiate level. He was recruited by Coach Jason Harris, and after visiting campus for the first time, knew he had found his new home away from home.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cFrom the very first day of my visit, the people who worked there treated me like I was already part of the community,\u201d Keysor said. \u201cI felt so welcome there and it was a no brainer that\u2019s where I would be spending the next two years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Keysor exceled on the court but found his classroom experience to be the most rewarding part of his college career. In fact, Keysor\u2019s performance in the classroom earned him a top place among his peers and he was elected to give the class speech at graduation.<\/p>\n\n

Tim Davis, his college speech teacher, helped him prepare for the graduation speech. \u201cMr. Davis really helped me figure out what I wanted to say, and how it was that I got where I was at that point in my life. It was really important that I honor my classmates and our teachers, and he knew that. He put in so much time with me. He didn\u2019t have to do that, but he wanted to,\u201d Keysor said.<\/p>\n\n

He went on to earn a four-year degree and eventually return to his hometown of Kenmare where he has achieved great success as a teacher and coach. But with all the success that has come Keysor\u2019s way he still looks back on his days at DCB as an integral part to his journey.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cPeople ask me where I went to school, and even though I didn\u2019t earn my bachelor\u2019s degree there, I tell them I went to Dakota College at Bottineau. That was my school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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