2022: Named first-team All-CCIW with a .364 batting average, 36 runs scored, 10 doubles, three home runs, 26 RBI and four stolen bases … named CCIW “Baseball Player of the Week” for the week ending April 24 after going 11-for-16 in four games with nine runs scored, three doubles, two home runs, five RBI, a 1.250 slugging percentage and a stolen base … played in 35-of-40 games and made 34 starts, 17 in center field, 14 in right and three as the designated hitter … had 14 multiple-hit games, including eight two-hit games, five three-hit games and a four-hit game
2021: Started 32-of-41 games and made 32 starts, 20 in center field and 12 in right field … missed the final nine games of the season with an ankle injury that eventually required surgery … led the team with a .378 batting average, a team-leading 13 doubles, five home runs, 30 RBI and four stolen bases … compiled an 18-game hitting streak between March 29 and April 28.
2020: Started all five games, three in right field and two in center field…collected six hits in 23 at bats.
2019: Named American Baseball Coaches Association second-team All-Central Region and second-team All-CCIW ... played and started in 34-of-40 games, including 25 starts in center field, six in right field and three in left ... missed part of season due to injury ... batted .441 (63-for-143), second in the CCIW, with a .518 on-base percentage, also second in the league, and tied for third in CCIW slugging percentage at .615 ... collected 10 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 41 runs scored and 29 RBI … compiled a 15-game hitting streak to open the season … got five hits in a game on two occasions, including a five-for-five day with a double, two walks, three RBI and four runs scored in a 27-14 victory over Bethany Lutheran on March 10 ... CCIW Spring Academic All-Conference.
2018: Played in 42-of-43 games and made 41 starts, 36 in center field and five in right ... batted .311 in 177 at bats ... hit seven doubles, two triple and three home runs with 27 RBI ... CCIW Winter Academic All-Conference.
Carthage Football: Played on the 2017 junior varsity team … in 2018, appeared in five varsity games at quarterback and completed 30 passes in 53 attempts for 344 yards and two touchdowns, including a season-high 16 pass completions on 25 attempts against Augustana (Ill.) on Nov. 10 ... named CCIW Fall 2018 Academic All-Conference … in 2019, made seven starts at quarterback and led the team in passing yards, completions, and passing touchdowns ... finished with 1,637 yards through the air, completing 149 passes on 229 attempts for a 65 percent completion rate ... threw 15 passing touchdowns ... Rushed for 35 total yards and a touchdown ... threw for his first career 300-yard game at Elmhurst, finishing with 315 to go with three scores ... against Millikin, threw for 431 yards with 41 completions and four touchdowns, the most yards through the air for a Carthage quarterback in just under 10 years ... named the CCIW Player of the Week on October 21 after his game against the Big Blue ... Returned from injury to throw for 313 yards and four touchdowns in the final game of the season ... named to the CCIW Fall 2019 All-Academic team … the 2020 fall football season was canceled due to COVID-19 and did not play in the spring 2021 season due to baseball commitments … did not play in 2021 following ankle surgery.
High School: Named All-Fox Valley Conference and all-area his senior year … coached by Nat Zunkel … also a member of the football and basketball teams.
Personal: Business management major … son of Paul and Debbie Klein … named spring 2019 CCIW/Jack Swartz All-Academic.
