2017: Member of MAC tournament championship team ... Earned MAC Honor Roll distinction ... Earned both Fall and Spring Athletics Director Honor Roll selection ... Earned First Team All-MAC honors as a starting pitcher ... Made 14 starts on the mound, going 5-3 with a 3.48 ERA and 58 strikeouts over 67.1 innings of work ... Led the team in wins and ranked third in both strikeouts and ERA, with his ERA ranking fifth in the MAC ... Named MAC East Division Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 20 after fanning five over four shutout frames in a 4-0 victory over Butler (Feb. 19) ... Also played in 53 games as a designated hitter/pinch hitter, making 52 starts ... Ranked fourth on the team with a .300 batting average, fifth with a .368 on-base percentage, fourth with 35 runs scored, fifth with 63 hits, tied for second with 38 RBIs, fourth with 10 doubles, first with three triples, third with eight home runs and fifth with 20 walks ... Ranked fifth on the team with 15 multi-hit games and third with nine multi-RBI games ... Named to 2017 All-MAC Championship Team after batting .357 with five hits and three RBI over four conference tournament wins.
2016: Made 19 appearances on the mound with six starts, going 3-4 with 38 strikeouts over 54.1 innings of work ... Also hit .208 with a .292 slugging percentage and a .208 on-base percentage with five hits -- including two doubles -- to go along with two RBIs and three runs scored.
Prior to Ohio: After spending 2014 at Nebraska, helped lead Iowa Western Community College to a 54-7 record -- including 29-0 at home -- and a trip to the JUCO World Series in 2015 ... Posted a 1.40 ERA and pitched 25.2 innings while batting .417 and slugging .767 en route to earning Honorable Mention All-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference honors ... Earned four letters in baseball at Mountain Vista High School, going 9-3 with a 3.02 ERA and 78 strikeouts while recording a .373 batting average and a .739 slugging percentage with 53 hits -- including 12 home runs -- to go along with 52 RBIs ... Helped lead the Golden Eagles to playoff appearances in 2012 and '13 and went 8-0 on the mound as a senior team captain in '13 en route to earning All-Colorado High School Activities Association honors ... Played in two Future's Games at Coors Field ... Competed for Slammers Baseball at the club level from 2010-14 ... Also earned two letters in football.
Personal: Born July 26, 1994 ... Son of Dale and Mimi Klein ... Father, Dale, played football at Nebraska from 1984-86 ... Has a brother, Zach, and a sister, Kylie ... Majoring in finance … Favorite professional sports teams are the Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies and Denver Nuggets ... Favorite athlete is Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado ... Graduated as a 4.0 honors student from Mountain Vista ... Enjoys skiing, fishing, camping and watching movies.
