NDSU

2009 SEASON (FRESHMAN): All-Summit League second team catcher...Selected to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and to the Ping! Baseball All-Freshman second team...Played 35 games and made 29 of his 33 starts behind the plate...Finished seventh in the NCAA Division I stats with a .432 batting average, an NDSU freshman record and seventh best in school history...Also led the Bison in slugging (.576) and on-base percentage (.503) and was second in stolen bases (6)...Ranked fifth in The Summit League with a .434 batting average in 21 games...Had a 10 of his 19 multi-hit games during a 14-game hitting streak from March 16 to April 18...Hit 4-for-5 in back-to-back games against UMBC and New Jersey Tech...Fell a triple shy of the cycle but scored four runs against NJIT...Made an impressive home debut by hitting an RBI triple and then an opposite-field grand slam to cap a nine-run first inning against Dakota Wesleyan...Threw out 33 percent of base stealers (16 of 48) during the year and had a .985 fielding percentage...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2008 from Roncalli High School in Aberdeen...Won four state high school championships in five years and was a four-time all-state pick for coach Mark Gulseth...South Dakota Player of the Year in 2008...Hit .512 with 18 RBIs in 43 at-bats over 16 games...Broke every high school offensive career and single-season record...Led the Aberdeen American Legion team to a state title in 2008...Three-time all-state pick in Legion ball...Set career records for hits, doubles, runs scored, walks and RBIs...Three-time all-conference football player...Played wide receiver, defensive back and punter...Two-time all-conference in basketball...Two-year letterman in track and field and part of the school-record 800-meter relay team...PERSONAL: Son of Rick and Patty Kline of Aberdeen...Father was a quarterback on the football team at Division II Northern State in Aberdeen and is now the athletic director at Division III Presentation College in Aberdeen...Has a younger sister, Hailey, and an older brother, Jordan, who pitched at Presentation...Majoring in sport management.