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Rhiannon Kliesing
Position: Volunteer Pitching Coach
Hometown: Pearland, Texas
High School: Pearland
  • 2010 All-Big 12 first team
  • 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Div. I Central All-Region first team
  • Big 12 Player of the Week (3/3/09)
  • 2011 All-Big 12 second team
  • 2011 All-College Station Regional team

2012 (STUDENT ASSISTANT): In her first season as a student assistant for Texas A&M softball ... Played pro ball for the NPF Diamonds through the summer of 2011 ... Played in 22 games for the Diamonds ... Collected three runs on seven hits, including two doubles and two home runs ... Earned six RBI on the summer and drew five walks.

2011 (SENIOR): A team captain who started at first base in all 59 games for the Aggies ... Had a career season in and led the team in home runs (18), RBI (53), total bases (117), slugging percentage (.741), walks (40), hit by pitch (12) and on base percentage (.507) ... Hit a season-high two home runs against Long Beach State (Feb. 14) and again vs. Oklahoma State (May 8) ... Collected a season-high four RBI vs. Wichita State (Feb. 19) and South Florida (March 18) ... Hit a game-winning, two RBI home run against Louisiana Tech (March 11) ... Also had the game-winning single against Kansas (April 30) ... Named to the All-Big 12 second team  and the All-College Station Regional team ... Chosen the 19th-overall pick by the NPF Diamonds in the 2011 National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) Senior Draft.

2010 (JUNIOR): Named to the All-Big 12 first team and the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Div. I Central All-Region first team ... Played in 59 games, each of them as a starter ... Amassed a career-high 62 hits and 35 runs on the season ... Hit a career best and team-second best 11 home runs ... Recorded a 6-3 record on 11 starts in the circle with a shutout vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 19) ... Went 3-3 with a season-high four RBI, crossing the plate three times vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 20), connecting for a season-high two home runs ... Posted four RBI again vs. Kansas (Mar. 28) ... Tallied a season-high five hits, with one home run, on five at-bats against Utah State (March 12) ... Threw a season-high 14 strikeouts against Nevada (Feb. 13) ... Fanned 11 batters vs. Cal State Northridge (Feb. 14).

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Started all 54 games at pitcher or first base and posted a .265 batting average and 2.38 ERA ... Recorded five shutouts and a 20-13 record in 33 starts in the circle ... Totaled 177 strikeouts in 226.2 innings pitched ... Tallied a team-high eight home runs, a team-best 10 multiple-RBI games and 10 multiple-hit games ... All-Big 12 first team ... Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 3) ... Big 12 Player of the Week (May 5) ... Threw a career-best 14 innings and matched career high with 11 K's in a win at Sam Houston State (Feb. 11) ... Fanned 10 batters against No. 10 Arizona (Feb. 27) and Houston (March 4) ... Struck out nine in a two-hit shutout against McNeese State(Feb. 21) and followed with nine more K's at Houston (Feb. 21) ... Allowed just one hit and one run in complete game against Nebraska (March 21) ... Blasted three home runs opening weekend, including a career-high two home runs and five RBIs the first game of the season against Tulsa (Feb. 6) ... Totaled four RBI's with two hits, including a two-run long ball versus Northern Illinois (Feb. 20) ... Laced a two-run double that led to a seven-run inning against Utah (March 6) ... Capped off a six-run inning with a two-run triple against Rutgers (March 15) ... Homered against No. 22 Texas (April 1), Texas Tech (April 11) and Kansas (April 30) ... Went on a seven-game hitting streak (April 19-May 3) ... Added a two-run shot against Sam Houston State (April 22) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs against Iowa State (April 26) ... Went 2-for-3 with the game-winning RBI single at Baylor (May 3) ... Was a perfect 2-for-2 with a double against No. 1 Florida (May 16) at the Gainesville Regional.

2008 (FRESHMAN):
Posted a 12-4 record in 16 starts in the circle ... Boasted a 1.40 ERA ... Struck out 99 batters in 110.1 innings of work ... Hit .279 for the Aggies ... Logged playing time at first base, as pitcher and as designated player ... Had four multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI games ... Posted three straight shutouts against SFA (Feb. 20), Sam Houston (Feb. 22) and Temple (Feb. 23) ... Struck out a career-high 11 batters against No. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette (March 8) ... Recorded six shutouts in 15 complete games ...Tossed first career no-hitter against Texas State (April 23)... Went on a five-game hitting streak (Feb. 22-27) ... Went 3-for-4 against North Texas (Feb. 24) with two RBIs and a run scored ... Hit first career home run against Texas State (April 23) ... Second career home run was against Texas (May 10) ... Was 4-for-8 with a double, two homers, a walk and three runs scored against Stanford (May 24-25) in the College Station Super Regional ... Drove in the go-ahead run against Louisiana-Lafayette (May 30) at the WCWS ... Tallied three hits, two RBIs and two walks at the WCWS.

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Posted a 0.34 ERA as a high school junior ... Earned First Team All-Greater Houston and all-district MVP honors. Named EA Sports First-Team All-American, Houston Chronicle Player of the Year and High School Sports Live Ford Athlete of the Year ... Received Louisville Slugger/NFCA first team South Central Region honors in 2005 and 2006 and All-American accolades again in 2006 ... As a freshman was named Pearland High School Gatorade Player of the Year ... Was voted Newcomer of the Year in her district and Brazoria County All-County ... Played summer ball for the Texas Aces Gold out of Sugar Land, Texas.

PERSONAL: Rhiannon Nichole Kliesing was born May 16, 1989 ... Daughter of Larry and Julie Kliesing of Pearland, Texas ... Has one sister, Adrienne '15, who is a manager for Aggie softball ... Cousin Scott Derry played football at the University of Texas ... Was in the top 10 percent of her class and a member of the National Honor Society ... Received academic all-district honors twice and was a NFCA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete each year ... Chose Texas A&M because she has wanted to go here since she was 10 and loves the school and everything about it ... Biomedical science major.

Rank: 21st (ESPN)
42-18, 10-13 (SEC)
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