Career Stats

2009 | Sophomore

Made 11 starts and made six appearances out of the bullpen… Named First-Team All-Horizon League pitcher, joining Aaron Swenson as back-to-back Penguin hurlers to earn first-team honors... Went 5-2 with a 4.62 ERA overall... Was 5-1 with a save and a 4.19 ERA during the regular season... Finished 4-0 with a 3.83 ERA in Horizon League regular season contests… Developed into a power pitcher, striking out 80 batters in 76 innings... Fanned 61 in 56.1 innings in conference games... Struck out 38 in his final 29 innings... His 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings led all Horizon League starters… Won five consecutive decisions from April 5 to May 13, including earning the win each of the last three times he took the mound in the regular season… Struck out 22 batters in 13.2 innings in his final two regular season starts - both came against Valparaiso... Fanned 10 in 6.2 innings at Valpo on May 2... Struck out 12 and allowed two runs on two hits - one a wind-aided homer that broke up his shutout in the fifth - against Valpo on May 9... The other hit was a soft single to right... More Crusaders struck out in his seven innings than put the ball in play... Threw 3.2 innings of scoreless relief to beat Buffalo in the regular season finale (5/13)… Went at least six innings in each of his last seven starts of the regular season… Held Butler to one run on six hits in six innings on April 5 to earn his first win... Threw seven scoreless innings and allowed five hits in a combined 1-0 shutout against Cleveland State (4/12)… Was the Horizon League Scholar-Athlete of the Month for April, posting a 3.81 GPA to go with his talent on the mound… Had a 1.00 ERA in nine innings out of the bullpen… Earned his save at Marshall (3/15).

2008 | Freshman

Went 1-1 with an 11.09 ERA in 18.2 innings... made nine appearances, three of which were starts... surrendered just three extra-base hits, but walked 19...  the Penguins went 2-1 in his three starts... made his collegiate debut at Georgia Tech, allowing five runs in 1.2 innings (Feb. 22)... rebounded to throw a scoreless inning at Alabama (March 9)... made his first start against Xavier and earned his first career victory... allowed one run on four hits and struck out a season-high five batters in 6.1 innings (March 13)... also started at Akron, allowing four runs in 3.2 innings in a losing effort (March 26)... allowed two runs and struck out four in three innings against Duquesne (April 2)... did not take the mound after May 9.

High School

Was a two-year letterwinner for the Golden Lions ... was Lincoln's ace his senior year, going 4-2 with a 1.92 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 43 2/3 innings pitched  ... had a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.91:1 ... went 6-1 with a 2.48 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 62 innings during the summer ... earned honorable mention all-district honors ... was on the merit roll or honor roll every year.

Personal

Son of Brian and Cindi Klein ... has one brother (Mitchell) ... Lester Donnell Scholarship Recipient 2008-09 ... major is finance ... born May 30, 1989...2009-10 recipient of Lester Donnell Scholarships