Calloway County High School
1968
Stan Key was one of the top all-around players in Western Kentucky high school basketball history. His
senior year at Calloway County he averaged 29.6 points, 13.6 rebounds and 5 assists per game. Stan scored 1,936 career points and was a two time Courier Journal All-State selection (1967 and 1968).
Selected to play in the Kentucky-indiana All Star Series in 1968, he was a starting guard for Kentucky in their series sweep over the Indiana All-Stars. Stan once scored 53 points in a single game long before the three point shot was initiated. His #30 jersey was retired after his senior year, and he was inducted into the Calloway County High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
University of Kentucky’s Coach Adolph Rupp signed him to a basketball scholarship in 1968. He had a stellar career at UK playing on three SEC championship teams. Stan Key is retired executive director of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association and lives in Lexington, Kentucky.