Ryan P. Klosterman (born May 28, 1982) is an American baseball coach and former shortstop. He is the head baseball coach at

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. Klosterman played

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in 2001 and at

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from 2002 to 2004 for coach

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and in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for eight seasons from 2004 to 2011. Klosterman was born in

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. He attended South Lake High School in

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. After graduation from high school, he decided to attend

to play baseball. After his freshman year, he transferred to play college baseball at

. After his junior season he was selected in the 5th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft by the

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. In 2019, Klosterman was named the head coach of the

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program, succeeding Steve Owens.

Playing career

Klosterman attended South Lake High School where he was a member of the school's baseball team. Upon graduation from high school, was intending to enroll at

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to play baseball, but when he played at an invitational at

, he was offered a position to continue his baseball career at Clemson. After using a

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as a sophomore at Clemson, Klosterman transferred to

, following

, who had been an assistant at Clemson. Klosterman became the starting shortstop for the Commodores during the 2003 season. After the 2003 season, he played

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for the

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of the

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, and was named a league all-star. As a junior in 2004, Klosterman set the Commodores records for runs scored, and triples in a single season. He was named First Team All-

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following the season.

Coaching career

On July 29, 2019, Klosterman was named the head coach at

References

External links

Bryant Bulldogs profile
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Playing career

Coaching career

See also

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