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42 - Ben Kempen
Ben Kempen
Height: 6-2
Weight: 209
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Malone, Wis.
High School: Chilton
Position: DB
Major: Exercise Physiology

2012 Season (Junior): Appeared in nine games, making six starts...Finished with 43 tackles, 26 solo...Had three tackles for loss...Recorded two sackes for 18 yards of lost yardage...Returned an interception eight yards...Forced two fumbles...Recovered two fumbles...Broke up one pass...Made five tackles, two solo, including one for a two-yard loss at Macalester College (Sept. 8)...Recorded seven solo tackles, a sack for an eight-yard loss and an interception returned for eight yards against Trine University (Sept. 15)...Finished with four tackles, had a sack for a 10-yard loss, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble at Benedictine University (Sept. 29)...Recorded seven tackles, four solo, and forced a fumble versus Rockford College (Oct. 27)...Finished with a season-high 11 tackles, six solo, and a broke up a pass at Aurora University (Nov. 3).

2011 Season (Sophomore): Finished with 4.0 tackles, two solo…Recorded a solo tackle against Aurora University (Oct. 22)…Had a season-best 1.5 tackles, one solo, at Wisconsin Lutheran College (Oct. 29).

High School (Chilton): Earned All-Olympian-Packerland-Large Conference Honorable Mention honors as a defensive end...Helped the track & field team win a OPLC championship his junior season...Won a member of the 4x200-meter relay winning team at the WIAA State Meet his senior year...Earned varsity letters in football, basketball and track & field. 

Personal: Son of Jim and Brenda...Has one older brother, Caleb, and one younger brother, Aaron...Has one older sister, Nadine...Younger brother Aaron is also a member of the CUW football program...Cousin, Timmy Coenraad, played professional basketball in Australia.