Jun 24 2009
OK Wife Banned From Games
Back on May 28, we reported here that the wife of Oklahoma’s Connors State College head baseball coach had allegedly attacked umpires after the game.
Now the update: she has been banned from future games.
Sheri Lee Keith, 45, the wife of coach Perry Keith, has been charged in Washington County District Court with two misdemeanor counts of assaulting umpires during the National Junior College Tournament.
Connors State President Donnie Nero and Athletic Director Bill Muse said in a prepared statement last week: “The college does not condone inappropriate behavior from its employees, students, or fans who attended Connors State College functions. The college will take the appropriate actions against such individuals who exhibit improper behavior or judgment at events in accordance with the college’s staff and student handbooks and in regards to established proper fan and or public conduct at events where Connors’ students or employees participate.”
The wife entered a not-guilty plea to the charges earlier this month and was released on her own recognizance by Special Judge John Gerkin. She is due back in court on September 9.
Witnesses told police that Keith barged into the umpires’ locker room (after a game in which Connors lost to Eastern Oklahoma State College) and began cussing out the officials as they were changing to street clothes.
Keith hit home-plate umpire Michael Lentz a couple of times before umpire John Williams stepped in to stop her, a court affidavit alleges. She allegedly grabbed Williams around the throat and also scratched him on the arm, hand and face.
