Records: Season (2025): Tied for second in a season at PSU with seven sacrifice flies…Tied for third with 63 runs…Ranks sixth with 134 total bases…Tied for seventh with 13 home runs…Tied for eighth with 76 hits…Tied for ninth with 54 RBI and 37 walks.
2025 (JUNIOR)
Awards: Voted ABCA All-Region second team…Named first-team All-Big Ten…Tabbed Big Ten All-Defensive Team…Selected to Big Ten All-Tournament Team…Voted Big Ten Player of the Week (2/24)…Named Perfect Game National Player of the Week (2/26).
Season: Started all 56 games, including 55 in center field…Led PSU with a .358 average, 76 hits, 63 runs, 15 doubles, 13 homers, 134 total bases, a .632 slugging percentage and a .468 on-base percentage to go with two triples, 37 walks, 13 hit-by-pitches, seven sac flies and 15 steals, while posting a .987 fielding percentage…Had 21 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games…In Big Ten games, batted .353 with 41 hits, eight doubles, two triples, four homers, 28 RBI, 30 runs, 21 walks and nine steals. Had a .560 slugging percentage and a .449 on-base percentage…Finished the season on a 14-game hit streak…First Nittany Lion to record 13+ homers and 15+ steals in a season.
Rankings: Ranked fourth in the Big Ten in runs (63; 66th nationally) and sac flies (6; 45th), sixth in hits (76), seventh in runs per game (1.13; 100th), eighth in batting average (.358), ninth in total bases (134) and 10th in on-base percentage (.470).
Game-by-Game: vs. Missouri (2/14): Launched a two-run homer. vs. Stetson (2/15): Singled and picked up an RBI on a walk. vs. UConn (2/16): Tallied two hits and a run. at Longwood (2/22-23): Launched two homers, totaling four RBI, in game one…Had a double and a solo homer, while scoring two runs, in game two…Picked up three hits, including a solo homer, two steals and three runs in game three. at Richmond (2/28): Blasted a grand slam in the seventh, while adding two walks and three runs. at VCU (3/1): Drew a walk and scored two runs. vs. Indiana (3/7-9): Launched a grand slam in the series opener…Singled and scored a run in the middle game…Collected two hits and two RBI in the series finale. at Georgetown (3/12): Went five-for-five with two doubles, three RBI, two runs and two steals. at Northwestern (3/14-15): Blasted a solo homer and added a two-run single among three hits in the series opener…Contributed a double and a homer among three hits in game two…Collected a double and an RBI single in game three. vs. St. Bonaventure (3/18) Doubled and scored three runs. vs. Lafayette (3/19): Had an RBI single. vs. Michigan State (3/21-23): Tallied a double in the series opener…Singled and scored a run in game two…Collected three hits, including a double, two runs and a steal. vs. Pitt (3/25): Launched a solo homer. vs. Bucknell (4/1): Blasted a two-run homer and scored two runs. vs. Minnesota (4/4-6): Tallied an RBI single, a sac fly and a stolen base in game one…Had two hits and a steal in game two…Contributed a triple in game three. vs. USC (4/11-13): Launched a solo homer and added a sac fly in the series opener…Tripled and scored a run in the second game. vs. Delaware (4/15): Worked two walks and stole a base. vs. Purdue (4/18-20): Collected a single and two runs in the first game of the series…Tallied an RBI single, an RBI double and two runs in the second game…Had an RBI single and two runs in the third game. at UCLA (4/25-27): Recorded an RBI, two runs, two steals and three walks in the series opener…Stole a base and scored a run in the series finale. vs. Rider (4/30): Notched two hits, two runs and two walks. vs. Maryland (5/2-4): Tallied two doubles and an RBI in game one…Drove in three runs with two hits and added a steal in game two…Recorded two hits in game three. at Rutgers (5/9-11): Notched two hits, a sac fly and scoring a run in the series opener…Had a ground-rule, RBI double in the second game…Added a single, a sac fly and two runs in the third game. at Pitt (5/13): Posted a double. vs. Xavier (5/15-17): Had an RBI single and scored a run in the series opener…Launched a two-run homer and scored three times in game two…Added an RBI single and a run in game three. vs. Washington (5/21): Tallied two hits, including a double, and scored two runs…Scored from second on a sac fly in the sixth. vs. USC (5/22): Went three-for-three with a run and a stolen base. vs. Nebraska (5/24): Posted two hits, including an RBI double.
Before PSU
Played two seasons at LSU, making 118 appearances and 61 starts…Batted .250 with 54 hits, including 14 doubles, two triples, five homers, 30 RBI, 56 runs, 36 walks and 11 steals. Posted a .402 on-base percentage and a .403 slugging percentage. 2024: Helped LSU to an NCAA Regional appearance…Played in 61 games, making 39 starts…Made 38 starts in center field…Collected 28 hits, including nine doubles and one homer, 21 RBI, 27 runs, 27 walks and eight stolen bases. Had a .409 on-base percentage…Tallied four multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games. 2023: Earned SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll accolades…Helped LSU to a national championship…Played in 67 games, making 22 starts…Batted .289 with 26 hits, including five doubles, two triples, four homers, nine RBI, 29 runs, nine walks and three steals…Held a .522 slugging percentage…Collected six multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game.
High School
Played at Central High School for head coach AJ Hoenstine…Led Central to a 27-0 record and a state championship in 2022…Guided Central to two district titles…Named the Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year in 2022…Tabbed the 2021 and 2022 Perfect Game Pennsylvania Player of the Year…Earned three All-Conference selections…Played in the Perfect Game All-American Classic…Was a member of the 18U USA National Team in 2021…As a senior, batted .566 with five home runs and 33 RBI…Rated as the No. 6 overall prospect in the nation and No. 2 prospect in Pennsylvania by Perfect Game…Played travel ball for Flood City and Canes National.
Personal
Son of Craig and Beth Kling…Has one brother, Lleyton, and one sister, McKayla…Brother, Lleyton, attends Penn State…Father, Craig, played volleyball at IUP…Intends to major in telecommunications.