Sacramento State

HONORS & AWARDS
• Western Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2024, 2025)

SACRAMENTO STATE
2025: Appeared in 37 games and made 32 starts as a catcher and designated hitter… Hit .245 with 27 hits and 22 runs scored… Added three doubles and three home runs while driving in 26… Walked 21 times and posted a .368 on-base percentage… Finished with six multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs seven times… Drove in a season-high four runs as part of a 2-for-4 day against South Dakota State (2/27)… Also had a home run and three RBI against Seattle U (4/11)... Scored four runs at Tarleton State (3/30), walking twice, slugging a home run, and driving in two.

2024: Appeared in 36 games for the Hornets, making 30 starts (23 at catcher, seven at designated hitter)… Hit .292 with 31 hits, five doubles, a pair of triples, and two home runs, scoring 21 runs and driving in 23… Also walked 27 times, which is tied for third on the team, including a run of nine straight and 13 of 15 games at one point… Slugged .434 on the year while posting a .433 on-base percentage… Shared the team lead in triples… Defensively, threw out nine runners attempting to steal… Collected eight multi-hit games and five games with multiple RBI… Reached base safely in 10 consecutive games at one point from March 17 to April 5… In WAC play, hit .304 in 16 games, slugging .457 and posting a .411 on-base percentage… Finished with a season-high three hits twice against Nevada (3/19) and at Stanford (4/16)… Fell a triple short of the cycle against the Cardinal, finishing 3-for-3 with a double, home run, two runs scored, and three RBI as well as a walk… Drove in a season-high four in that three-hit game against the Wolf Pack… Also drove in three runs against Stephen F. Austin (5/12)… Finished the year on a four-game hitting streak… Walked a season-high three times against Loyola Marymount (2/18) — part of a run that saw him nine times in the team’s first six games.

FULLERTON COLLEGE
Played the 2023 season at Fullerton College in Southern California... Appeared in 31 games, batting .232 with 20 runs scored four doubles, and 16 RBI for the Hornets... Posted a .993 fielding percentage behind the plate while throwing out eight would-be basestealers... Finished with a pair of hits three times while driving in a pair twice... Also walked 30 times on the season, posting a .406 on-base percentage.

WAKE FOREST
Made his collegiate debut with the Demon Deacons against UMass Lowell on March 4, 2022.

CIMARRON-MEMORIAL HS
Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 20th round (No. 593 overall) of the 2021 MLB Draft... Rated No. 500 (No. 241 shortstop) in the 2021 class and the No. 14 player in Nevada by Perfect Game... Earned All-Region Honors as a freshman (second team), sophomore (second team), and senior (first team)…Earned First team All-Conference honors all four years...Received invitations to the Perfect Game Junior National showcase and the Area Code Games Showcase.

PERSONAL
Son of Marc and Laura Kligman… Has two siblings: sister named Tova, and a brother named Ari... Father, Marc, played baseball for Johns Hopkins... Uncle Rob played baseball for George Washington and Rice.