ALBANY, 25 September 2006 – As the sun peers through the blinds that cover the large glossy windows in room 255, there is a rustle in the extra long twin size bed with the New York Giants quilt. It is he himself, Keith Andrew Sullivan rising up from another great night of sleep. The self proclaimed “eligible bachelor” is known by everyone at Saint Rose simply as “Sully.”

            Sullivan was born in Suffern, New York, at Good Samaritan Hospital, to his parents, Caroline and James. He attended Monroe Woodbury Central High School, which is about an hour and 45 minutes south of Albany. Now at age 19, Sullivan is “the man” on the College of Saint Rose campus. Standing at 6’4”, 230 pounds, he’s hard to miss. “Everyone knows him, and everyone likes him,” said Nicholas Homyk, a student that lives in Brubacher East, one floor below Sullivan.

            He is majoring in Elementary Education, and his concentration is American Studies. He’s not only generous, very well built, and handsome, but he’s smart as well. Last year as a freshman, Sully posted a yearly G.P.A. of 3.1. He said the accomplishment was “no big thing.” He’s a very laid back guy with a lot to offer.

            Sully is a Resident Assistant (R.A.) here at Saint Rose in Brubacher Hall. He’s very well liked by all of his students and surrounding freshman. He is in his first year as an R.A. Many people enjoy his sense of humor, and the fact that he gets involved with his students. His door is always open, and his students seem to love that. Not often are there Resident Assistants who actually get along and share stories with their students. His personality takes him far. Within the past five years, Sully has made the transition from a high school student to a college apprentice. He has successfully trained to become an R.A., and now he plans on graduating from Saint Rose and going to graduate school here to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a teacher. When asked why he chose the College of Saint Rose, he explained that it had a great reputation, and it was a small school in a big city with a lot to offer. He then said that he loves the challenge of meeting fresh faces and having the opportunity to make new friends. Lastly, he was happy to say that most of the students that graduate from Saint Rose land good jobs directly after school.

            When Sully was a child, he had dreams of playing basketball in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He had hopes of playing alongside of Patrick Ewing and contending for a championship with him. That was his childhood idol. As Sully aged, so did his perception of the real world. He realized that making it big in the NBA is almost one in a million, so he decided to focus his attention solely on academics. He changed his dream, and now he just wants to succeed in life and become a very well liked teacher in either Rockland County or Orange County, both located in the state of New York. Sully plans on getting married and having three children, all around the age of 30. He plans on conquering all of his expectations with his self proclaimed future wife, Jessica Simpson. “Everyone wants to marry her,” explains Sully. He would love to wind up with two boys and one girl. He says that he wants to experience both worlds when having children.

            When Sully isn’t walking through the halls of Brubacher talking to friends or snacking on some wings from “Wings over Albany,” he can be found on the basketball court. He is the team manager of the basketball team, and this upcoming season will be his second tenure with the team. Last year as a freshman, Keith had thoughts of trying out for the team. When he found that it was too late, he was asked to become the team manager and help out with whatever was needed. He of course took the job with a big smile on his face. Duties were to make sure that the water, food and uniforms were ready for home and away games, and most importantly, he was the team’s statistical genius. He kept control of all the stats anyone could imagine, and he has them all on record for the coaches to analyze. Sully also made sure that everybody on the team was ready to go to away games, and they had everything that they needed. He was in a way, “the handy man on the team.”

            Sully has hundreds of friends all over campus; freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. “He’s such a well liked kid, and he’s so cool,” said one of Sully’s buddies, Marc Schmader.  Being a first year R.A. came easy to the big fellow. He’s got a great swagger to him, but he’s not over confident. He just has personality to attract many friends. Even in other countries and states, he makes friends. He has traveled to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Florida, North and South Carolina, Cancun, and the Dominican Republic. For example, when he was in the Dominican Republic with his family, he was swarmed by the lovely Spanish women because he was such a gentleman. He loved that they spoke Spanish. “It was just so different and intriguing to me,” said Sully of his experience outside of the United States.

            At home, Sully isn’t much different. He drives around in his 2001 Toyota Corolla, nicknamed “The Red Beast” to and from work. He currently works as a part time disaster recovery tape operator at IBM, and he’s also a fill in mailman in Greenwood Lake. He has nothing but fun at these jobs as well. He has also worked as a camp counselor and he said that he loves working with people and having the opportunity spread his knowledge to others. When he was a senior in high school, he played on the basketball team as the starting center. When Monroe Woodbury won the Section 9 Basketball Championship, he said that it taught him the value and nature of teamwork, and that if everyone works together toward one goal, nothing is impossible. This is one of the mottos Sully lives by: “Nothing is impossible.”

            Sully also values his family more than anything in the world. He spends a lot of time with his mother, father, his brother Greg, and his cat Diamond. He loves playing catch or shooting a few hoops with his brother on a Sunday afternoon, and then relaxing in the family room with his father and brother watching the Giants play another game of football. His grandmothers were just as important growing up as anyone else. In fact, the grandmother on his mother’s side was the first person to teach him how to tie his shoes. She taught him the bunny knot process. Looking back on it now, he is just in awe with how far he has come. He said that without his family, he doesn’t know where he’d be.

            Being an R.A., manager of the basketball team, maintaining a 3.1 grade point average, and still having time to hang out with his friends just isn’t enough for Sully. He wants to bump up his G.P.A. to at least a 3.5 and get more involved with the students this year. He really has a lot of goals in his life, but they’re all possible due to his hard work ethic and good heart. Marc Schmader said it perfectly: “Sully is The Man.”