Biography
Career: Kampsen's four-year totals at NSU with all-time NSU ranking in parenthesis: .391 Batting AVG (2nd all-time), .473 OB% (2nd), .731 SLG% (2nd), 227 hits (1st), 140 runs scored (1st), 52 doubles (tied for 1st), five triples (tied for 3rd), 45 home-runs (1st), 174 RBI (1st), 424 total bases (1st), 77 walks (1st), and 32 stolen bases (2nd) in 181 career games played (1st)…two-time NSIC overall batting champ ('06 & '08)…was named All-NSIC First Team three years ('06, '07,'08)…was named NSIC Pre-Season Player of the Year twice ('07 & '08)…was named 2008 NSIC Player of the Year…ranked 1st in NCAA Div. II with a .968 SLG% in 2008.
2008: Was named NSIC Pre-Season Player of the Year…Named Team Captain…appeared in 43 games, starting 42…led the team in the following categories: .435 BA, .544 OB%, .968 SLG%, 17 doubles, 15 home-runs, 57 RBI, 10 stolen bases, 41 runs scored, and 29 walks at the plate…in NSIC games only, batted .384 (8th) and led the conference in home-runs (11), and RBI (39)…led the NSIC with 84 total bases…led all NSIC players with an overall batting average of .435…was named NSIC Co-Player of the Year following senior season…led all of NCAA Division II in SLG% (.968)…went 3-7 with a double, three runs scored, and two RBI in a double header vs. Hastings College (3/10/08)…went 4-5 with a double, triple, home-run, three runs scored, and four RBI in a double header vs. Hastings College (3/11/08)…went 3-4 with a double, two home-runs, and five RBI in a double header vs. Dakota Wesleyan (3/15/08)…went 2-4 with a double, triple, and two RBI vs. U of Mary (3/21/08)…went 2-2 with a double, stolen base, and two RBI vs. Winona State (3/30/08)…hit a three-run home-run, and a sac-fly in a game vs. Upper Iowa (4/5/08)…went 4-8 with two doubles, a home-run, and two RBI in a double header vs. #23 Wayne State (4/14/08)…went 6-8 with a double, three home-runs, four runs scored, and 10 RBI in a double header vs. Minn. Crookston (4/16/08)…went 3-4 with two doubles, five runs scored, and five RBI in a double header vs. Valley City State (4/24/08)…went 2-3 with a home-run, three runs scored, and two RBI vs. Presentation College (5/1/08)…went 4-8 with a double and two RBI in a double header vs. Concordia St. Paul (5/3/08)…went 6-8 with five home-runs, six runs scored, and 11 RBI in his final collegiate double header vs. Concordia St. Paul (5/4/08).
