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2012: Capital One Academic All-American... Don Hansen''s Football Gazette All-American... Second Team All-RMAC ... Daktronics All-Region ... Kliesen enjoyed another succesful season as the punter for the ThunderWolves finishing with a 45.6 yard/punt average ... 17 of his punts were downed inside the 20, while only seven were touchbacks ... His longest punt of the year came in the NCAA Division II Semifinal game against West Texas A&M in which he booted an 87-yard kick.
2011: Second-team All-Super Region 3 Selection by Don Hansen''s Football Gazette ... Second-team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll Selection ... Finished 12th in the nation in punting with a 42.0 yards per punt average ... Recorded 12 punts of 50 yards or more ... Pinned opponents inside the 20-yard-line 16 times.
2010: RMAC Academic Honor Roll Selection ... Stepped in as the full-time punter for the Thunderwolves in 2010 ... Punted 50 times averaging 43.2 yards per punt ... Pinned the opponent inside the 20-yard line 12 times ... Came up big on a fake punt vs. Chadron State on Oct. 2, rushing 11 yards for a first down ... Also had nine punts that went for 50+ yards.
2009: Redshirted in 2009.
High School: Was an All-City selection for Pueblo South High School in Pueblo, Colo. ... In two years of work as the team''s placekicker, was nine-for-nine on field goal attempts, his longest being a 43-yarder ... 51-for-56 on extra points ... Also competed in track and field for the Colts ... Graduated with a gold cord while maintaining a 4.0 GPA throughout high school.
Personal: Son of Linda and Wade Kliesen ... Has one younger sister, Brittany ... Plans to major in civil engineering.
