Jon Keseley was an elite hockey player at St Louis Park High School. At Gustavus Adolphus College, he was named to the 2006 College All American Hockey Team. In retrospect, however, ice hockey was just a step on the road to Jon's true athletic calling, as a bandy player. An exceptionally good bandy player. In fact, the greatest goal scorer in the history of US Bandy. Over 500 combined goals scored in the US league, the North American Cup, and in games skating for the US national team, both internationally and when the US has played elite teams from the US bandy league. 95 goals scored in one season, 2013-14, obliterating the previous US record of 65. The US goal scoring champion for 10 consecutive years, 2009-10 to 2018-19. Averaging almost 3 goals a game in his career. The record for the fastest goal in the Bandy World Championships, scoring 4 seconds in against Mongolia in 2009. A six time US champion with the Bandolier and then the Sparrows. Although Jon had begun playing summer rink bandy in 2005 while still at Gustavus, his big ice bandy career only began in the 2007-08 season when Jon and 3 other just graduated Gustavus hockey players, John Arundel, Mike Hosfield and Erik Kraska(Otherwise known as "The Four Horsemen" and a separate story themselves) went to Sweden in October 2007 to skate for Stockholm bandy club Helenelund. With Helenelund they joined US National team player and US Bandy Hall of Famer Jasper Felder. Jon and the other Horsemen took full advantage of the opportunity to skate and work on their bandy skills for hours each day. They became very good, very quickly. Back in the US for the 2008-09 season, his first season playing for a US Elite team, Jon helped lead The Bandolier to the 2009 US Championship. He finished second to Nick Hauer in league scoring. Jon and The Bandolier again won the US Championship in 2010 but this time he also was the league goal scoring champ. The goals continued to flow, like a water faucet turned on high. So did the US Championships. In 2012 and 2014 Jon and The Bandolier were again US Champions. The season of 2014-15 saw a new team in the US Elite league, The Dukes(now The Sparrows). Jon, together with John Arundel, had broken off from The Bandolier to form a new club. The Dukes/Sparrows promptly won the 2015 US Championship. They did so again in 2017, giving Jon 6 US titles in his first 9 US seasons. 

What makes Jon Keseley an extraordinary goal scorer? There are several factors. First, his skating stride and speed. At full stride Keseley is the fastest skater in US Bandy. Second, his ability to stickhandle without looking at the ball on his stick. He thus can see and immediately react to the number and positioning of the defenders. Third is Jon's ability to shoot, particularly from the forehand, not only while skating at full stride, but also on corner and free strokes. His ability to shoot the bandy ball is world class. Add to this a final factor, elite hand eye coordination which allows him when behind the defenders, and without being offsides,  to take the ball down out of the air, whether thrown by Goalie Erik Kraska, or played in the air by a teammate, and then go in alone on the opposing goalie. Keseley has scored over 30 goals alone on 60 plus yard throws from Kraska. Unfortunately for US Bandy Jon has opted not to play bandy during the 2020-21 US season because of Covid concerns. But Jon Keseley is not done scoring bandy goals and looks to return for the 2021-22 season. His total goals record of over 500 should remain safe, however, as Jon has scored at least 200 more times than the next closest US skater.