2010 WWPA All-Tournament 1st Team
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 ACWPC All-Academic
2010 WWPA All-Academic
AS A SENIOR IN 2010:Helped anchor the defense for the Broncos while starting in all 34games... registered 25 goals, 17 assists, and 33 steals... led theteam with 19 field blocks...scored three goals and added one assistagainst Princeton (9/10)… registered two goals whilecollecting an assist and earned ejection against Fordham(9/11)… scored two goals and registered one steal againstJohn Hopkins (9/12)… scored three goals while adding a stealand a field block versus Navy (9/18)… scored a goal whileadding two steals and a field block versus LMU (9/19)…scored a goal while adding a steal and field block against Cal(10/2)… scored a goal while registering a steal, three fieldblocks, and a earned ejection against St. Francis (10/2)…scored a goal and registered four steals against LMU (10/3)… scored two goals while adding a steal against UCSD(10/16)
AS A JUNIOR IN 2009: Started all 34 matches andcompiled 32 goals and 16 assists, 30 steals, six field blocks andearned 12 ejections ... also drew five 5-meter shots ... scored twogoals in win over Harvard (9/13) ... three assists in win over AirForce (9/19) and one goal against UC Davis (9/20) at NorCalInvitational ... scored against Cal Baptist in The Rodeo (10/24)... scored in loss vs. UC San Diego (11/7) ... scored three goalsand drew two exclusions against Whittier (11/8) ... scored twogoals against UC Davis (11/14).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2008: Named to the ACWPCAll-Academic Team ... played in all 30 matches in 2008, started insix ... recorded 14 goals on 42 attempts ... led the Broncos insteals with 41 and field blocks with 16 ... tallied six assists andfour drawn ejections ... recorded a season-high five steals againstRedlands (Sept. 28).
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007-08: 9/7 vs. Queens - Cameoff the bench and scored one gaol on two attempts ... 9/8 vs.George Washington - Came off the bench and attempted one shot whilesurrendering a kickout ... 9/8 vs. Navy - Came off the bench andattempted a shot while notching two steals and surrendering akickout ... 9/9 vs. Princeton - DNP ... 9/9 vs. Gannon - Came offthe bench and scored two goals on three attempts, recorded a steal,and surrendered three kickouts ... 9/15 vs. UCLA - Came off thebench and attempted three shots, notched two steals, drew a 4M andsurrendered three kickouts ... 9/15 vs. UC Davis - Came off thebench and attempted one shot ... 9/16 vs. Air Force - Came off thebench and attempted three shots while surrendering a kickout ...9/16 vs. UC Santa Cruz - Came off the bench and attempted one shotwhile surrendering a kickout ... 9/20 vs. Fordham - Came off thebench and surrendered a kickout ... 9/22 vs. La Verne - Came offthe bench and attempted one shot with an assist, a steal, and akickout drawn ... 9/22 vs. Redlands - Came off the bench andattempted one shot ... 9/23 vs. Claremont - Came off the bench andhad an assist ... 9/23 vs. Whittier - Came off the bench andsurrendered a kickout ... 9/29 vs. UC Davis - DNP ... 9/30 vs. UCLA- Came off the bench and scored one goal on two attempts with foursteals and a kickout surrendered ... 9/30 vs. Fresno Pacific - Cameoff the bench and attempted one shot with two assists and twosteals ... 10/5 vs. Whittier - Came off the bench and scored onegoal on one attempt with two assists, a steal, and a kickout ...10/5 vs. Pomona - Came off the bench but did not attempt a shot ...10/6 vs. Brown - Came off the bench and attempted one shot with asteal and a kickout ... 10/6 vs. Cal Lutheran - DNP ... 10/14 vs.UC Santa Cruz - Came off the bench but did not attempt a shot ...10/26 vs. LMU - DNP ... 10/28 vs. Cal - Came off the bench but didnot attempt a shot ... 11/3 vs. UC Santa Cruz - Came off the benchand surrendered a kickout ... 11/4 vs. UC Davis - Came off thebench and notched a steal ... 11/11 vs. Stanford - DNP ... 11/16vs. Pomona (WWPA 1st round) - DNP ... 11/17 vs. LMU (WWPAsemifinals) - Came off the bench and attempted a shot ... 11/18 vs.Air Force (WWPA 3rd place game) - Came off the bench and notched anassist.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 National Honor Societygraduate of Forest Hills Central High School in Grand Rapids,Michigan .... Earned the Environmental Science Dept. Award forExcellence .... Twelve varsity letters and was MVP and team captainfor water polo, swimming and crew ... Both high school MV Athleteand 2007 Conference Athlete of the Year ... All-State and 2K schoolrecord in crew ... All-State, two All-American awards and fourschool records in swimming ... MVP of West Michigan Region,All-State and 3rd team All-American in water polo .... Coached byDave McWatters, Jason Sweedyk and Jake Miller.
PERSONAL: Son of Bud and Carol Klipa ... has anolder brother, Andrew and an older sister, Meredith, who playedwater polo at Villanova University ... enjoys music, football,soccer, travel and film production ... majoring in business.
