Brian Klazura

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Class: Junior Hometown: Rockford, IL High School: Boylan Catholic

Height / Weight: 5-10 / 165 Position: Forward Major: Foreign Area Studies

2011 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 20 games, starting 19 at forward ... finished fourth on the team with 14 points ... tied for second on the team with six goals and added two assists ... tied for the team lead with three game-winning goals ... scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, in a 3-2 win over Duquesne at the Pitt Tournament ... also scored game-winner against Central Connecticut State and CSU Bakersfield ... named MPSF Player of the Week ... selected to the all-tournament team at the Pitt Tournament ... attempted 18 total shots and nine on goal ... his three game-winners tied for fourth in the MPSF.

2010 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 19 games ... finished fifth on the team with five points ... scored two goals and added an assist ... scored his first career goal in a 4-0 rout over Oral Roberts at Cadet Soccer Stadium ... notched his first career point earlier in that game with an assist ... also scored in a 2-0 win over UNLV ... tied for fourth on team with 17 total shots, five of them on goal.

Before Air Force
ODP: Member of the Illinois Olympic Development Program from 2005-08 ... selected to the Region II Pool from 2005-09 ... helped team to ODP national championship in '07 ... traveled to Costa Rica with ODP team in 2009 to play the Costa Rica national youth team ... coaches were Ian Barker and Michael DesLauriers.

Club: Played for the Rockford Raptors for 10 years ... team captain from 2005-10 ... helped team to state runner-up finish in '05 ... coach was Hugh Ward.

High School: Three-year letterwinner in soccer ... first-team all-sectional and all-conference pick as a senior ... helped team to two third-place finishes at the state tournament ... team won two regional, sectional and super sectional championships ... high school soccer coach was Chris Mera.

Personal
Parents are Paul and Molly Klazura ... has one sister, Megan, and one brother, Greg ... his brother played soccer at Notre Dame and currently plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps of MLS ... his grandfather, Frederick Bradshaw, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1947 ... completed a Cadet Immersion Program in Panama this past summer ... he travelled Central America and took Spanish classes ... also completed Operation Air Force in Washington D.C. and worked Basic Cadet Training ... active in his squadron as an element leader, in charge of six underclassmen ... hobbies include water skiing, snow skiing and spending time with his family ... also recruited by Xavier, Macalester College and Lewis University ... favorite food is his mother's apple pie and chocolate chip cookies ... favorite movie is Saving Private Ryan ... favorite book is Call of the Wild ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is The Amazing Race ... person in history he would most like to meet is George Washington ... greatest moment in sports was scoring two goals, including the game-winner, in a 3-2 victory over Duquesne to win the Nike / Pitt tournament last season ... credits his parents and brother with the biggest influence on his sports career ... member of cadet squadron 27.