UMD Athletics

2025-26 (Sophomore):

• U.S. Roster for the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase (July 25-August 2, 2025)
• Invited to the Buffalo Sabres Summer Development Camp (July 2025)

2024-25 (Freshman): 

• Won a Gold Medal with the 2025 U.S. National Junior Team in January
• 2024-25 Newcomer NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
• 2024-25 Newcomer NCHC Academic All-Conference Team
• Played in 33 games as a rookie, missing just three for national junior team duty
• Recorded two goals and three assists for five points
• Had career-high two points (one goal, one assist) against Arizona State on Feb. 15, 2025
• Logged first collegiate point, an assist, against Miami (OH) on Nov. 16, 2024
• Scored first collegiate goal against St. Cloud State on Jan. 11, 2025

BEFORE UMD: 2024 NHL Entry Draft Pick (Buffalo Sabres, Round 2 #42) ... One of three Bulldogs invited to the 2024 USA Hockey World Junior Summer Showcase ... skated for the Lincoln Stars of the USHL for two seasons and finished second among USHL defensemen in 2023-24 with 125 shots in 2023-24 and led all Stars defensemen with 26 points (5g, 21a) .... named to the USHL All-Academic Team for the the 2023-24 season with a 3.9 GPA in four years of high school ... appeared in 112 total games  over the last two seasons with the Stars ... recorded 17 points (4+13) in 28 games at Chaska High School in 2021-22, in his only season of high-school hockey ... represented the United States at both the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Czechia/Slovakia and 2023 World Jr. A Challenge in Truro, Nova Scotia -- both bronze medal finishes ... honored as one of the top American draft prospects with an invite to the Chipotle All-American Game in Plymouth, Mich. in January of 2024.

PERSONAL: Son of Mike and Renee Kleber ... has one brother (Ryan) ... was a four-time Dean's List 1 honoree at Chaska High School .... earned the Academic Letter Award Outstanding Academic Achievement from Chaska HIgh School in both 2023-24 and 2022-23 ... graduated from Chaska High School in 2024 ... is a business major at UMD.