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2025 Baseball Roster

13 Casey Kleinman

  • Position Catcher/Infielder
  • Height / Weight 5-9 / 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Westlake Village, Calif.
  • High School (Prev. School) Westlake (Monterey Peninsula CC)
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion (2024)

IN THE RECORD BOOK
  • 3rd toughest to strike out in a single-season, 34.5 (138/4) AB/K (2025 - led NCAA Division I baseball)
  • Tied-2nd fewest single-season strikeouts, min. 100 at-bats (4, 2025)
2025/SENIOR
  • NCAA Division I statistical leader in toughest to strike out with 138 at-bats/4 strikeouts (34.5)
  • Played in 42 games, starting all of them
  • Led the Rams with a .424 on-base percentage, finishing second on the team with 29 walks
  • Posted the second best batting average among Rams, hitting at a career-best .297 clip
  • Had 41 hits, including six doubles and a pair of home runs
  • His 38 runs scored were a top-three mark on the team
  • Did not strike out once in a 23-game stretch (78 at-bats) from March 29 to May 15
  • Had a pair of three-hit games against George Mason (April 12) and Fordham (April 27)
  • Turned a triple play at Virginia, also homered and doubled in the game, driving in a season-best three runs and scoring a pair (April 29)
  • In three-game sweep of UMass, compiled five hits, five runs, three doubles, three walks and a home run (May 15-17)
  • Played his final collegiate season with his twin brother, Cato Kleinman
2024/JUNIOR
  • Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion
  • Played and started in 56 games for the Rams
  • Tied for second on the team with 61 hits, tied for third with 44 runs and 31 walks
  • Belted six runs and four doubles, collecting 79 total bases
  • Recorded a .272 batting average with 35 RBI
  • Had 17 multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs 11 times
  • Racked up a 21-game reached base streak from March 28 to May 12, the second longest on the team
  • Had a career high four hits with a home run and three RBI against Evansville in NCAA Greenville Regional (Jun. 1)
  • Went 3-4 with a double and a pair of runs against Merrimack (Feb. 24)
PRIOR TO VCU
  • Spent 2023 at Monterey Peninsula CC
  • Earned 2023 Coast South Second Team All-Conference honors
  • Named the 2023 Coast South Defensive Player of the Year
  • Earned 2022 MPC Defensive Player of the Year honors
  • Named the 2022 SFCBL Postseason MVP with the Delray Beach Lightning
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Three-year varsity letterwinner at Westlake High School
  • First-Team All-Marmonte League as a junior
  • Competed in southwest all-star game
PERSONAL
  • Twin brother of teammate, Cato Kleinman, who he played with at Monterey Peninsula (2023) and Santa Clara (2021)
  • Son of Shizue and Kelly Kleinman
  • Born on June 20, 2002
  • Is bilingual, also speaks Japanese
  • Favorite athlete is Ichiro Suzuki
  • Go-to walk-up song is Lost in Paradise by ALI
  • Did karate for 10 years
  • Enjoys fishing, hiking and traveling
  • Favorite baseball memory is winning the Atlantic 10 Championship in 2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2024Junior

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'8" 170 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2025Senior

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'9" 170 lbs
    13