2011 Baseball Roster
Matt Kleifges
- Height:
- 5-6
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- Benet Academy
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Matt Kleifges Photos
2010...Saw action in 16 games including nine starts...Earned a .229 batting average...Drove in seven RBIs...Totaled 16 put outs including four against Kentucky (3/23)...Had two hits against rival Cincinnati (4/28).
2009...Saw action in 33 games, making the start in five in the outfield ... Scored a career high three runs at Marshall on Mar. 24 ... Had a hit and a run against crosstown rival Cincinnati on Apr. 14 ... Ended the season with a .353 on base percentage ... Was named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll following the spring semester
2008... Redshirted.
High School... Lettered three seasons in baseball for head coach Jeff Bonebrake ... Also lettered two years in football ... Carried a .431 average at the plate in 2006 and a .400 average with 50 runs, 21 stolen bases and 15 doubles during his senior year ... Named All-Area, All-City, All-Conference and an All-State Honorable Mention ... Captained Benet Academy to an East Suburban Catholic Conference championship during his junior season and finished with a 30-8 record ... Has former high school teammates playing for Notre Dame, Villanova, Mississippi State and Saint Louis.
Personal... An accounting major ... Born Oct. 26, 1988 in Naperville, Ill. ... Parents are James and Mary Kleifges ... Works with Athletes in Action.
| CAREER HIGHS | ||
| At Bats | 4 | Eight times, most recentvs. George Washington (May 15, 2011) |
| Hits | 2 | atCharlotte (April 3, 2011) |
| Runs | 3 | at Marshall Unviersity (March 24, 2009) |
| Walks | 2 | Twice, most recentvs. George Washington(May 15, 2011) |
| Strikeouts | 4 | at Kentucky(April 5, 2009) |
| Putouts | 3 | Three times, most recent vs. Rhode Island (May 23, 2009 at Dayton, OH) |
| Assists | 3 | Four times, most recent at Indiana State (May 12, 2009) |
| Passed Balls | 1 | at Cincinnati (April 14, 2009) |
| CAREER STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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% |
| 2009 | .214 | 33 | 5 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .214 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .353 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2010 | .229 | 16 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .286 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .941 |
| 2011 | .156 | 20 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .156 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | .220 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| TOTAL | .194 | 69 | 24 | 108 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .213 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 3 | .294 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 1 | .977 |
