Jeong Keun-woo

Jeong Keun-woo, born on October 2, 1982, is a former second baseman and shortstop who last played for the SK Wyverns, Hanhwa Eagles and LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization, batting and throwing right-handed. He attended Busan High School in Busan and was selected for the South Korea national junior team in 1999 and again in 2000, when the team won the World Junior Baseball Championship in Edmonton, Alberta. As a starting second baseman he batted .333 with three runs batted in alongside future professional stars Choo Shin-soo, Kim Tae-kyun and Lee Dae-ho. Although regarded as the top infield prospect for the 2001 KBO Draft he went undrafted and played college baseball at Korea University, where he first appeared for the senior national team at the 2002 Intercontinental Cup, winning silver.