Daniel Klauer Class: Senior Hometown: Granger, IN High School: Mishawaka Marian Height / Weight: 5-9 / 170 Birthdate: 03/14/1984 Experience: SQ

Talented walk-on who has provided tremendous depth to Irish lineup ... joins senior K.C. Wiseman (South Bend), sophomore Adam Gifford (Plymouth, Ind.) and sophomore Cole Isban (South Bend, Ind.) as four locals on the Notre Dame golf team ... has tremendous focus on the golf course ... strong ball striker ... exudes quiet confidence with strong belief in his game ... has the tools and the skill to be major impact player at Division I level ... displayed solid progress during fall 2004 season, trimming three shots from his stroke average of the previous year ... potential exists for a breakout spring 2005 campaign ... has appeared in seven career tournaments with a 77.76 stroke average.

AS A JUNIOR (Fall of 2004): Competed in three tournaments during the fall season, all as an individual participant (events where ND did not field a team) ... compiled a 76.22 stroke average ... began with a tie for 38th place at the BGSU/John Piper Intercollegiate ... carded his best 54-hole score of his career, a 10-over par 226 (74-76-76) ... came back the following week to tie teammate Mark Baldwin for 42nd place at the Notre Dame Invitational/Central Regional Preview ... shot a 20-over par 230 (75-76-79) during the Irish home tournament ... wrapped up the fall with a career-best finish, tying for 37th place at the John Dallio Memorial Invitational ... fired a 14-over par 230 (77-77-76).

SUMMER 2004: Tied for 34th place at 98th Southern Amateur Championship in Ooltewah, Tenn., compiling nine-over par 297 (75-71-77-74) in 72-hole tourney.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in three tournaments during the 2003-04 season, posting a 79.22 stroke average ... was in the lineup for six of his nine rounds, with five of those six counting to the team score ... finished in a tie for 63rd place at the season-opening Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational ... carded a 26-over par 239 (77-81-81) ... competed as an individual at the Rice Intercollegiate, taking him 64th place honors at 24-over par 240 (79-74-87) ... second-round 74 was a career-low ... was part of the Irish quintet at the Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational, tying for 82nd place ... matched his career-best 54-hole score of 18-over par 234 (81-79-74) ... again matched his career-low single-round mark with a 74 in the final round.

AS A FRESHMAN: Joined Irish as a walk-on prior to start of the fall season ... did not compete in the fall, but did see action in one spring tournament ... tied for 62nd place at the season-ending Bruce Fossum/TaylorMade Classic ... fired an 18-over par 234 (75-78-81) that included a career-low 75 in the opening round.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner at Mishawaka Marian High School ... played soccer as a sophomore at Marian (team was ranked ninth in the nation that season) ... team captain and MVP as a senior ... two-time all-city and all-state selection ... helped Marian to the 2001 Indiana state championship ... individually, he finished third as a junior and third as a senior at the state championships ... an honorable mention academic all-state selection as a senior ... full name is Daniel Gerard Klauer ... son of Roger and Chrissy Romano Klauer ... comes from a true Notre Dame family as 17 relatives including his father, mother and two brothers attended Notre Dame ... born March 14, 1984 in Chicago, Ill. ... enrolled in the College of Science as a pre-professional major ... made Dean's List as a first-semester freshman ... has 3.513 cumulative grade-point average, including a 3.737 GPA in the fall of 2003 and a 3.381 GPA in the spring of 2004.

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