2021 Baseball Developmental Team Roster
Biography
FMU: First-year player at FMU....Member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity....Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll 2021....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2020 (fall), 2021 (spring).
PERSONAL:
- Born Kaleb Nathanial Kleis in San Antonio, TX
- Graduate of Mullins High School, where he played for coach Chad Polawski
- Team Captain
- Member of the Honor Society
- Nickname is Kleis
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
- As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Professional Baseball Player
- How you got your nickname: It was easier for people to remember
- Favorite Superhero: Batman
- Favorite Athlete: Fernando Tatis Jr.
- Favorite Sports Team: Texas A&M Aggie’s
- Favorite Movie or TV Show: The Sandlot
- Favorite Food: Breakfast Tacos
- Favorite Vacation Spot: Concan Lake
- Instagram Account: kaleb_kleis19
- Your Motivation Music: Rap
- Favorite Thing About FMU: Getting a chance to further my education at a great school and be apart of the baseball team
- Favorite Off-Field Activity: Swimming in the river, playing slow pitch softball
- Goals for Upcoming Season: Better myself as a player overall and do whatever the team needs me to do
- Why you chose your sport: It just clicked when I first started playing baseball and I have loved it ever since
- The biggest mental challenge to improving faster: Overcoming mistakes and to just let it go and move on
- Interesting Notes: I’ve lived in 5 states including South Carolina and have over 50 relatives
- Brush With Greatness: Not yet, but soon to come
