2009 All-WCC First Team catcher
2009 co-WCC batting champion (.379 BA)
.343 career hitter, eighth all-time in SCU history
21 doubles in 2009, sixth all-time in SCU single-seasonhistory
AS A JUNIOR IN 2009: Led the team in virtuallyevery offensive category en route to earning All-West CoastConference First Team honors ... split the league's batting titlewith a .379 season average ... hit .386 with RISP and .380 with twoouts ... team-leader in hits (81), RBI (56), doubles (21), homers(5), total bases (117), slugging % (.547) and average (.379) ...ranked 53rd in the NCAA in doubles (21) ... ranked in the top-5among all WCC players in hits, RBI and doubles ... hit safely in 43of 53 games ... 27 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games were bothteam-high's ... began the year starting nine games as the DH,appeared in the remaining 44 at catcher ... went 2-for-4 on openingday against Xavier (2/20), driving in three runs ... went on to hitsafely in 11 of the first 13, hitting a three-run homer against SanJose State (2/28) ... matched a season-high with three hits at UCDavis (3/11), beginning a stretch of three games where he went7-for-11 with eight RBI ... enjoyed a season-high nine-game hittingstreak March 28-April 9, hitting 18-for-39 (.461 BA) against LMU,Long Beach State, Stanford, San Diego and Hawaii ... caught fire inlate April-early May, hitting .516 in eight contests - seven ofwhich were multi-hit games.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2008: Started in 45 of 47games played ... made four starts as catcher ... finished the yeartied for third on the team in triples ... had a career-high five atbats and two doubles against Kansas State (Feb. 23) ... registereda career-high two RBIs and had two runs against Pacific (Feb. 27)... went 2-for-3 in game one against San Jose State (Feb. 29) withtwo runs and two RBIs ... made his first start of the season at thecatcher's spot against Fresno State (Fresno State), going 1-for-3with one double and one RBI ... hit his first collegiate home runagainst No. 11 San Diego (Mar. 6) ... hat a career-high three hitsand three RBIs against SDSU (Mar. 7) ... went 3-for-4 againstthen-No. 20 OK-State with two RBIs, two doubles and one run ...registered his second home run of the season against Cal Poly (Mar.12) ... went 3-for-4 in game one against cal Poly (Mar. 22),driving in three runs and hitting his third home run of the season... hit his first collegiate triple against then-No. 14 San Diego(Mar. 29) ... made his third start as catcher against Pacific (Apr.2), recording 13 putouts
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Appeared in 19 games,starting one ... batted .286 with an RBI ... went 2-for-4 with anRBI in only start Feb. 19 against Utah ... went 2-for-2 and scoredtwice March 16 at UC Riverside ... singled in his only at-batagainst Fresno State on Apr. 24 and at Nevada on May 8.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Ocean View HighSchool in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... played for Coach AaronKavanagh ... in 2004, 2005, and 2006 team was Goldenwest LeagueChampions, and 2005 CIF Southern Section Champions ... as a juniorwas named 2005 All-League catcher ... managed CIF Championship teamto a 1.91 ERA in 2005 ... as a senior in 2006 was named GoldenwestLeague MVP, All-CIF First Team, selected to the 2006 Orange CountyAll-Star Team's Southern Squad, and was the Navy Student-AthleteAward winner ... in 2006 batted .444 in league, .373 overall, withthree homeruns, six doubles, twenty RBI's, and 19 walks as aclean-up hitter ... threw out 79% of attempted base stealers ...also played on the SoCal Renegades, helping them win the ConnieMack State Championship ... qualified for 2006 Connie Mack WorldSeries ... played with the Arizona Western Regional Champions.
PERSONAL: Born in Long Beach, Calif. ... son ofJohn Klein and Patrice Pineda ... has one younger sister, Brenna... enjoys working out, surfing, playing video games, fishing andgolfing ... wants to play professional baseball or become a doctorin sports medicine.
CAREER STATS:
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2007.... .286 19-1 21 2 6 0 0 0 1 6 .286 2 0 2 2 .348 0 0 0-0 18 1 0 1.0002008.... .307 47-45 176 23 54 12 1 3 31 77 .438 9 3 22 6 .346 3 1 0-0 26 2 0 1.0002009.... .379 53-53 214 32 81 21 0 5 56 117 .547 13 7 30 4 .432 0 0 1-2 321 38 9 .976TOTAL... .343 119-99 411 57 141 33 1 8 88 200 .487 24 10 54 12 .391 3 1 1-2 365 41 9 .978
