Bio

2015 at Taylor: The senior played in 27 games for 36-16 Taylor, making 21 starts and 24 appearances from the circle…Pitched to a record of 14-3 overall with two saves in 117 innings pitched…No. 6 amongst Crossroads League pitchers in wins…Posted a 3.17 ERA, ninth lowest mark in the league…Held opponent bats to an average of just .253, No. 6 in the league for that category …Went 7-0 at home on Gudakunst Field with a 2.54 ERA with five complete games and a save, holding opponent bats to an average of just .196…Escaped a bases loaded, no-out jam in the top of the seventh against Marian on April 4, finishing the game off with a strikeout to preserve the 3-2 Taylor win…Threw a complete game on Senior Day against Mount Vernon Nazarene in a 7-1 win, allowing just four hits while striking out a season-high nine batters… Crossroads League Pitcher of the Week (April 20-26)…Named to the Crossroads League All-Tournament Team for the second consecutive season…Earned her 50th career win with a complete game performance against Bethel in a 7-2 victory on April 24…Notched 80 strikeouts on the season to rank 10th in the league, finishing her four-year career with 426 K’s, a Taylor softball record…Her 52 career wins are the most ever for a Taylor softball pitcher...A Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Crossroads League, a Capital One Academic All-District II First-Team honoree and a Capital One Academic All-America Second Team selection.

2014 at Taylor: Played in 27 games and started in 21 on her way to a record of 15-7 as a key pitcher for the Trojans…Taylor finished 42-17 overall for the most wins in program history for a season, highlighted by a Crossroads League regular season and tournament title and the program’s first win in the NAIA National Tournament, a 4-3 victory in extra-innings over Georgetown (Ky.)…Klebesadel’s 15 wins were the third most in the Crossroads League, and she reduced her ERA to just 2.36, the lowest mark on the team and third lowest amongst league pitchers…Opponents batted just .220 against Klebesadel, the third lowest opponent batting average for Crossroads League pitchers…Struck out 122 batters faced, second most in the league behind Bethel’s Natalie Newell…Pitched 13 complete games and had three shutouts…Threw a no-hitter against Goshen with three walks and five strikeouts in a home contest on March 21, as the Trojans won 10-0 in five innings…Was 3-0 in the Crossroads League Tournament with an ERA of just 0.82, holding Huntington to just one run in the 7-1 victory in the tournament final…Three-time Crossroads League Pitcher of the Week…Named to the Crossroads League All-Tournament Team…An Honorable Mention All-Crossroads League performer and an NAIA Scholar-Athlete.

2013 at Taylor: The right-handed hurler made 26 appearances and 22 starts in the circle as a sophomore, pitching to a record of 11-11…Klebesadel’s 11 wins placed her fifth amongst all Crossroads League pitchers for that category…Struck out 96 batters faced in 129.1 innings pitched, the fifth highest strikeout total in the league…Threw 15 complete games and had a five-hit shutout in the 8-0 win over Union College on March 8…Ranked tenth in the Crossroads League with an ERA of 3.79…Held opponent bats to an average of just .273, seventh lowest amongst league pitchers…Had two at-bats on the season and produced her first career hit on a single in the fifth inning against Eckerd College on March 26.

2012 at Taylor: Played in 33 games as a freshman and received 23 starts from the circle, throwing 141.1 innings…Pitched to a record of 12-12 overall with one save…No. 6 in the Crossroads League with the 12 wins…Held opponents to a batting average of just .264, seventh lowest mark amongst all league pitchers…Posted an ERA of 3.47, No. 12 in the league for that category…Amassed 128 strikeouts on the season to lead the Taylor pitching staff and rank No. 5 in the Crossroads League…Struck out a career-high 14 batters in a 1-0 loss to Saint Francis (Ind.) on April 3…Threw 14 complete games and had five shutouts in her freshman campaign, which included a two-hit shutout in the 11-0 win over receiving votes Indiana Tech on March 1…Pitched all eight innings in a 3-2 upset win over Bethel in the conference tournament on May 3.

Prep: Klebesadel is a native of Germantown, Wisconsin and attended Germantown High School…Lettered two years in softball and was a member of a Conference Championship team…Named the Conference Player of the Year and team Most Valuable Player…Set the Germantown strikeout record…Also played for the Pride of the Midwest Fast Pitch Softball Club…An honor roll student all four years…Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Jack and Jennifer Klebesadel…Majoring in Biology at Taylor.