SPARTAN NOTES: In his third season with the Spartans...versatile infielder who is competing primarily for the starting spot at second base...has produced the top GPA among all Spartan male student-athletes through the 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years, at 3.896 and 3.861, respectively...2007-08 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII Baseball First Team honoree...two-time Academic All-WAC honoree and two-time San Jose State University Scholar-Athlete...three of his four career home runs have come against rival Fresno State, at three different ballparks...cousin of former high school and current San Jose State teammate Breyon Canez...serves as a baseball team representative on the Spartan Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

2008: Started 21 of 39 games played and hit a career-best .314...18 starts came at second base, with three at the designated hitter spot...produced a career-high three home runs, all coming against WAC foes, with two of them against eventual national champion Fresno State...first home run came in the series opener at Louisiana Tech (3/28), when he went 3-for-6 with two runs and two RBI in an 11-6 win...homered in the series finale at Fresno State (5/11), accounting for both RBI in a dramatic 2-1 triumph with his shot in the seventh, and again against the Bulldogs at the WAC Tournament in Ruston, La. (5/23), in the season finale, as the back end of consecutive shots with John Shaffer...ended the year strong, starting the last eight games and hitting .364 (12-for-33) with two doubles, two home runs, three runs and eight RBI, during a stretch that included a season-long six-game hit streak...went 3-for-5 in the doubleheader nightcap at Fresno State (5/10), with a double and an RBI, and 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBI against Nevada (5/18)...had eight multi-hit and four multi-RBI games...changed his uniform number from 32 to 11 prior to the season...did not play over the summer.

2007: Started 39 of 47 games played, with a team-high 29 starts at third base, six at second and four at designated hitter...appeared at third base, second base and shortstop defensively...was one of just two players to start a game at second base...hit .262 with 24 runs scored, 10 doubles and 17 RBI...hit first collegiate home run at home against Fresno State (5/6), a solo shot to left field to lead off the eighth inning, as he finished 2-for-5 with two runs and one RBI...first college steal came at USF (2/6), when he went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI...was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI against New Mexico State (3/25)...longest hit streak was six games (3/8-3/17), with the last five all with two hits...produced 13 multi-hit games, all with two hits, and four multi-RBI games, all with two RBI...scored two runs in a game six times...made two diving plays on defense to save a pair of runs in his debut at Saint Mary’s (2/2)...had a great 2006 fall season offensively, playing shortstop, second and third...played for the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League (HCBL) champion Kamuela Paniolos (Coach Mark Hirayama) with current teammate Corey Valine during the summer.

SAN BENITO HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year varsity letterwinner in both baseball (Coach Michael Luna) and football at San Benito High School in Hollister, Calif....three-time first-team all-league selection in baseball, as well as a first-team All-Central Coast Section honoree and Tri-County Athletic League Co-Most Valuable Player...as a senior, played varsity baseball alongside younger brother, Kolton, and cousins Breyon and Zach Canez...in football, was a first-team all-league, second-team All-CCS and TCAL Offensive Player of the Year pick as the quarterback.

KARSON: Majoring in business administration, with a concentration in management...aims to do some traveling before finding a job after graduation...enjoys spending time with friends and family, driving, listening to reggae music, traveling, wakeboarding and playing board games...traveled to Dublin, Ireland; Barcelona, Madrid and Pamplona, Spain; Nice and Paris, France; and Rome and Venice, Italy, during the 2008 summer...younger brother, Kolton, is a sophomore member of the baseball team at Hartnell College in 2009...also has one younger sister, Samantha, who plays volleyball at San Benito High School...parents are Kraig and Judy Klauer...Karson Riley Klauer was born in Gilroy, Calif., on December 28, 1987.

Klauer’s Career Hitting Statistics
Year GP/GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB K S/SF SB-SBA
2007 47/39 .262 164 24 43 10 0 1 17 10 6 29 3/2 1-3