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Braden Kline Season 2011

Pos.C
Weight189 lbs
Height6-1
YearJunior
HometownWarsaw, Ind.
Previous SchoolWarsaw Community
B/TR/R

Career Stats 2012 Game-by-Game Stats
2011 Game-by-Game Stats
2010 Game-by-Game Stats
2009 Game-by-Game Stats

2012 BIG EAST Player of the Week (May 21)
2011 ALL-BIG EAST THIRD TEAM

2012 (Senior): Played in 51 ballgames with 48 starts ... hit .243 with 17 runs, three home runs, 32 RBIs and five stoles bases ... finished third on team with 15 doubles ... tied for first in BIG EAST Conference with 1.000 fielding percentage during league play ... produced season-best seven-game hit streak from second game of a March 10 twinbill vs. Chicago State through March 21 vs. No. 2 Kentucky in which he hit .333 with three runs, one home run and 10 RBIs while slugging .630 ... named BIG EAST Player of the Week on May 21 after batting .538 (7 for 13) with seven RBIs and one home run in three games vs. Georgetown ... tied single-game career-high of two RBIs vs. Georgetown (5/19) and vs. Penn State (2/19) ... produced career-best five RBIs vs. Georgetown (5/17) and vs. Chicago State (3/10) ... scored single-game best four runs at Dayton (3/28) ... accumulated career-high four hits vs. Penn State (2/19).

2011 Summer: Played six games in the outfield and at DH for the 25-20 Cooperstown (N.Y.) Hawkeyes of the Perfect Game Collegiate League before a leg injury ended his summer season early.

2011 Season (Junior): Named a 2011 All-BIG EAST Third Team selection ...ranked in BIG EAST Top 10 in home runs (5 - T6th) and hitting (.356 - ninth) during conference play ... began season with 16-game hitting streak dating back to 2010 season finale, which ranked fourth best in conference ...also recorded 15-game hit streak April 16 through May 11 ... hit late go-ahead home runs at Georgetown (4/2) and at Rutgers (4/17) ...hit .326 with 31 RBI, 5 HR, 23 runs and .497 slugging percentage on the season.

2010 Summer: Spent summer as one of three catchers for the Terre Haute Rex of the Prospect League ... caught in 24 games and had a .990 fielding percentage ... offensively, added two doubles and drew nine walks.

2010 Season (Sophomore): Played in 25 games and made 17 starts ... hit .313 with one home run, two doubles, and nine RBI ... from April 24 to the end of the season, he hit .339 with a slugging percentage of .464 ... posted seven multi-hit games, including his first career three-hit game against Georgetown (5/20) ... notched first career three-RBI game at Wright State (5/5) ... hit first career home run against Pittsburgh (5/27) at the BIG EAST Championships.

2009 Summer: Played for the Richmond RiverRats of the Prospect League ... played in 28 games and drove in eight runs.

2009 Season (Freshman): Played in 10 games making two starts ... recorded first career hit on May 10 at West Virginia ... made first career start on May 5 against Ohio.

High School: Honorable mention All-Indiana selection as a senior ... three-time all-conference selection at Warsaw Community High School ... high school team won the sectional championship in 2006 ... played for the Indiana Bulls and were Mid-American National Champions.

Personal: Born Aug. 15, 1989 ... son of Ann and Barry Kline.

Academic Major: Physical therapy.

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Sophomore
2010

C
6-1 / 192 lbs
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Freshman
2009

C
6-1 / 186 lbs
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Sophomore
2006

C
6-1 / 192 lbs