7   Alex Klonowski
Alex Klonowski

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Kearney, Mo.

High School:
Kearney

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 185

Position:
IF/P

B/T:
R/R


05/22/2013

Huskies Unable to Overcome Falcons in 11 Inning MAC Tournament Opener

NIU led 4-0 through four innings; will return tomorrow at 8 a.m. Central

05/21/2013

Anderson and Klonowski Earn First Team All-MAC Honors; Zimmerman Second Team

Anderson is first starting pitcher since 2004 to earn the honor, Klonowski first second baseman to collect

05/21/2013

Huskies Begin Quest For MAC Tournament Championship Wednesday

Northern Illinois will open against Bowling Green Wednesday

05/17/2013

Baseball Falls to Ball State in Game Two of Series

Zach Badgley and Jon Savarise limited the Cardinals to one run in 6.1 innings

05/16/2013

Huskies Fall to Cardinals in Pitchers Duel, 3-2

Anderson tosses his sixth complete game of the year and surpassed 100 innnings pitched this season

05/08/2013

NIU Baseball Podcast - Week 12

Join Ed Mathey and Matt Scheerer for week 12 of the NIU baseball podcast

04/19/2013

NIU Baseball Podcast - Week 10

Week 10 of the NIU baseball podcast 10

04/11/2013

NIU Baseball Week Nine Podcast

Week nine of the NIU Baseball podcast

04/04/2013

NIU Baseball Week Eight Podcast

Week eight of the NIU Baseball Podcast, reviewing the sweep of the Akron series, highlights of the weekend and previewing the upcoming series with Central Michigan.

03/28/2013

NIU Baseball Week Seven Podcast

Head Coach Ed Mathey and Assistant Media Relations Director Matt Scheerer talk NIU baseball in the weekly podcast

Versatile player who started contests throughout the outfield, third base, second base and shortstop in 2012 ... One of the Huskies top relief pitchers the last two seasons as well ... May move into starting pitching role.

2012:
Appeared in 52 games with 51 starts ... Pitched in 16 contests in relief duty ... Closed the season with a .280 batting average (58 hits), 30 RBI, 24 runs, three homeruns, nine doubles and one triple ... Also posted a .304 on-base percentage and a .377 slugging mark ... On the mound, amassed a 3-1 record with an ERA of 5.74, 21 strikeouts and 16 walks in 15.2 innings of work ... Ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak (15-for-29, .517) ... Knocked in a career-high four RBI versus No. 18 St. John's, going 4-for-6 with a double and a homerun (Feb.25) ...Recorded four hits on in a game on two occasions, doing so at Kent State (March 23, 4-for-5, 1 RBI) and at Western Michigan (May 11, 4-for-5, 3 RBI) ... Finished 3-for-4 with a sacrifice hit and secured the win on the mound, his first of the year, at Austin Peay (March 9) ... Also recorded three hits in the Huskie shutout over Illinois (March 18) ... Finished with two homeruns, a double and four RBI in series sweep at Miami (Ohio) (April 13-15) ... Recorded three strikeouts on three different relief appearances versus St. Mary's (Calif.) (March 3), Austin Peay (March 9) and Southern Illinois (March 17) ... Earned second win of the year in two innings of work at Southern Illinois (March 17) ... Won final decision at UIC (May 2) ... Hurled two perfect innings with two strikeouts versus Ohio (April 7).

2011: Made 23 appearances on the mound with one start ... Also started 11 games in the field with 17 total appearances ... Held a 1-0 record during the season with two saves, 26 strikeouts and 11 walks in 38.2 innings of work ... Had a team low WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) of 1.23 ... At the plate batted .292, with 11 RBI, two doubles and a home run ... Recorded a slugging percentage of .396 and an on-base percentage of .346 ... Earned his first collegiate win against Big-10 Champion Illinois in a 2.2 inning outing (March 18) ... Pitched a season-high 5.1 innings versus Eastern Michigan in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, hurling two strikeouts and two walks (May 27) ... Twice struckout three batters in 1.1 innings of play, doing so against UIC (May 4) and Ball State (May 14) ... First save also occurred at Illinois-Chicago ... Notched second save against Ball State in 1.2 innings on one strikeout and two hit performance (May 15) ... Earned first start on the mound versus Valparaiso (May 3) ... Knocked in four runs as a pinch hitter/short stop versus Chicago State, including a two-run home run (March 29) ... Had a three RBI performance in a start versus Ball State; was 2-for-5 at the plate with one run and one double (May 14) ... Earned his first start in the field versus Bradley (April 6).

High School: Four-time varsity letterman ... Recognized as an all-conference performer as a senior ... Honored twice on 2009 first team all-conference as both a pitcher and utility player ... Named first team all-area infielder in 2009 ... Hit .348 with 23 runs, two home runs, 22 RBI and 11 steals in 27 games in his junior season with a school record of only two strikeouts in 89 at-bats ... Went 5-2 with four complete games, a save, 41 strikeouts and a 2.53 ERA in 47 innings over 12 games on the mound as a junior ... Was the starting shooting guard on varsity basketball team for two years ... Named to honorable mention all-conference and all-area as a junior for the Class Four Missouri High School State Championship runner-up team.

Personal: Ranked at the top of his high school class with a 4.0 Grade Point Average... Was a National Honor Society and National Association of Scholars member... Majoring in biochemistry and minoring in accounting.

YEAR G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB OBP SLG AVG
2011 18-11 48 8 14 2 0 1 11 19 2 4 4 .346 .396 .292
2012

54-51

207 24 58 9 1 3 30 78 6 23 3 .304 .377 .280
CAREER
72-62 255 32 72 11 1 4 41 97 8 27 7 .312 .380 .282

CAREER HIGHS ENTERING 2013:
At-bats: 6 (two times) last at Miami (Ohio) (April 15, 2012)
Hits: 4 (two times) last at Western Michigan (May 11, 2012)
Walks: 2 versus Bradley (April 6, 2011)
Runs: 2 (four times) last versus Ohio (April 8, 2012)
RBI: 4 versus No. 18 St. John's (February 25, 2012)
Hitting streak: Seven games, May 11, 2012 - present

YEAR W-L ERA
G/GS
CG
SV IP H R
ER
HR
HBP BB SO AVG WHIP
2011 1-0 6.28 23/1 0 2 38.2 36 27 27 7 5 11 26 .252 1.23
2012 3-1 5.74 16/0 0 0 15.2 21 11 10 0 1 16 21 .328 2.43
CAREER 4-1 7.58 39/1 0 2 54.1 57 38 37 7 6 27 47 .350 1.55

CAREER HIGHS ENTERING 2013:
innings: 5.1 versus Eastern Michigan (May 27, 2011)
Pitch count: 75 versus Eastern Michigan (May 27, 2011)
Strikeouts: 3 (six times) last at Southern Illinois (March 17, 2012)
Walks: 3 (two times) last at Kent State (March 24, 2012)
Runs: 5 at Texas Tech (February 26, 2011)

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