George Keeney graduated from Dupont High School in 1966 and attended West Virginia Tech. He began working for the Department of Highways in 1968. After 37 years of service to the public, he retired as a Project Supervisor / Senior Engineering Technician. In 1973, he began his officiating career and was appointed his first regional tournament the following year. He has worked over 60 regional tournaments in West Virginia and Kentucky. During the 1978-79 season, George was selected to work the WV State Tournament and continued for 35 consecutive years ending with his retirement in the 2013-14 state tournament. For one year, he worked the Kentucky State Tournament. He was selected the 1992 Official of the Year in West Virginia and the Outstanding Official in the Cliff Keen Eastern National Tournament in 2009. What George is proudest of is his commitment to the Kanawha Southern Wrestling Officials Board, training young officials, and demanding that they provide the best possible officiating to the youth of our great state whether it be high school, junior high. or peewee. There have been more officials selected to work the WV State Tournament from the Kanawha Southern Board than any other!!! George is known as the "official's official" by his peers and is highly respected by the wrestling community. Making his home in Scott Depot, George continues to stay active playing senior softball, coaching Little League Baseball, and devoting his life to his family. He would like to mention his father Albert M. "Bus" Keene who provided him with lifelong lessons about values in life including faith, family, and integrity. As George says, "Call the Stall, call the fall, call it all." George resides with his fiancee Jeanne Harvey Lowe and their precious grandchildren Michael and Katelyn Lowe.