THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER

Mom's Full Name: Patricia Kleinmaier
Dad's Full Name: Bruce Kleinmaier
College Athletic Accomplishments: NCAA Nationals team 2013, USBC Sectional Champions and Nationals team 2013, Academic All-American 2012 & 2013
College Academic Accomplishments: Dean's List (each semester), Chancellor's Scholar, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University Honors program
High School Athletic Accomplishments: 13th at Illinois State individually (2010), IHSA All-State Academic team (2010)
High School Academic Accomplishments: Valedictorian, National Merit Commended Scholar, Student of the Year, Illinois State Scholar
Hometown newspaper: Telegraph
 
FAVORITE THINGS
Favorite Class: Financial Planning
Favorite Food: Chicken Parmesan
Favorite Book: Game of Thrones
Favorite Movie: Tangled
Favorite Quote: "To place your ideas... your dreams before the world is to risk loss. To win is to risk losing. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk emptiness. To try at all times is to risk failure. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing."
Favorite Card/Board Game: Catch Phrase
Favorite High School Athletics Memory: Winning Sectionals my senior year as a team to go to State
Favorite Warhawk Athletics Memory: Winning USBC Sectionals and going to both NCAA Nationals and USBC Nationals in 2013
Favorite Spot on Campus: Warhawk Alley
 
FUN FACTS
What TV show would you like to guest star on?: White Collar
If you could have dinner with one famous person, dead or alive, who would it be?: President Obama
What is your dream job?: World Traveler for National Geographic
If you could bring something from your hometown to Whitewater what would it be?: My hot tub
When you are not participating in your sport what do you like to do?: Travel, photography and scrapbooking, intramurals, play board/video/card games
 
SPORT FUN FACTS
What did you work on this off-season?: Perfecting my form and approach
What are your expectations for your upcoming season?: To return to both NCAA and USBC nationals and do better than last year
What is the significance of your jersey number (if you have one)?: 12 was also my older sister's number.
What is your pre-competition ritual?: Laugh and try to relax with my teammates to calm my nerves
Who is your sports hero?: Nadia Comaneci