Kiecker was born in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. He attended Fairfax High School from 1976-1979. Kiecker earned four varsity baseball letters during high school. He earned three letters in basketball and two letters in football. Kiecker set the single and career season record for receptions at wide receiver with 36 his senior year. He earned WCCO Radio Prep Parade All-State and KNUJ All-Area accolades as a wide receiver his senior season. Kiecker attended the American Legion Boys' State in 1978 and was selected as the Outstanding Boy's Stater from Minnesota and earned a trip to Boy's Nation in Washington, DC. In 1979, Kiecker was a semi-finalist at the Mr. Minnesota Teen Program. He spent the summer of 1979 working as an intern for Minnesota Governor Al Quie. That summer, Kiecker played on the St Paul Public Safety American Legion baseball team coached by Jake Mauer, Sr. and Jake Mauer, Jr. grandfather and father to MLB catcher Joe Mauer.
Kiecker played college baseball for the St. Cloud State University Huskies and was a freshman on the 1980 Northern Intercolligate Conference championship team which was a rarity among NCAA Division II teams in that it featured two other future Major Leaguers, Jim Eisenreich and Bob Hegman. He earned 4 varsity letters in baseball during his college career. He was named the North Central Conference "Pitcher of the Year" during his senior year at SCSU. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.
1983 - Led Elmira Suns staff in wins, ERA, CG, and Strikeouts. Led the New York Penn League (NYP) with 111.2 IP.

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