1998-99 (M) Basketball Roster
Roster
John Klein
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sioux City, Iowa
- High School:
- Bishop Heelan
1999-00 (Sophomore) - Saw action in 26 games for the Jays and had averages 0.5 points and 0.6 rebounds per game ... played almost six minutes per contest and made 5-of-7 (.714) field goal attempts ... had two points and a pair of rebounds in the 58-54 win at Georgia State ... dealt out a career-high two assists and grabbed a rebound in the 91-52 victory over Grambling State ... helped CU open league play successfully by finishing with two points and two boards in the 82-43 blowout win against Illinois State ... tallied a season-best four points at Northern Iowa ... played for a career-high 17 minutes in a loss at Indiana State.
1998-99 (Redshirt Freshman) - Appeared in 13 games, with per game norms of 0.6 points and 0.8 rebounds ... had career-highs in the 78-55 victory against Mississippi Valley State, with six points, two rebounds and two steals ... the box score reads just one rebound and one assist in six minutes, but Klein was the first-half spark that the Jays needed in a 72-70 win at SMS.
1997-98 (Medical Redshirt) - After playing in just three of Creighton's first 11 games, Klein was granted a medical redshirt and sat out the final 17 contests due to a stress fracture in his right leg.
Bishop Heelan High School - All-Sioux Interstate Conference as a senior ... first-team all-city selection and second-team all-Northwest Iowa honoree ... averaged 15 points, eight rebounds and two assists per game as a senior ... participated in Iowa's Dr. Pepper All-Star Game as a senior and received the Coaches Award ... named to the all-academic team at the Slam `N Jam Tournament in Long Beach, Calif. ... AAU team finished second at the 1996 Iowa State Tournament, where he was named to the all-tournament unit ... also earned three varsity letters as a member of the cross country team and two for track and field ... qualified for the state cross country championships as a sophomore and helped the Crusaders win the state track and field title as a senior member of the fourth-place 4 x 800 relay ... was the valedictorian of his class and a six-time member of the Dean's List at Bishop Heelan with a 4.0 grade point average ... three-year recipient of the Superior Scholastic Achievement Award ... member of the National Honor Society and the Biology Honor Society ... played for basketball coach Bruce Zabel.
Personal - The son of Karen and Dan Klein, John was born on October 26, 1978, in Burlington, Iowa ... has two older sisters, Kristin and Sarah ... majoring in biology (pre-medicine) ... plans to "become a physician and play noon basketball at the YMCA" ... athlete he most admires is his father, who competed in a triathlon at age 50 ... spent eight weeks in the Dominican Republic, where he helped set up health care clinics in the villages.
