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2023 Baseball Roster

Kara DeVries
Kara DeVries
Kara DeVries
Kara DeVries

13 Ben Mets

  • Position INF
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Macomb, Mich.
  • Highschool Eisenhower

Biography

2023: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team (3.5 or above GPA)...named First Team All-GLIAC at shortstop...named honorable mention all-region by the NCBWA...named GLIAC Player of the Week in week 7...ranked first on the team with a minimum of 15 at-bats with a .347 average going 69-for-199 at the plate...started in all 53 games at shortstop...scored 34 times and also had 10 doubles, four triples, and four home runs...drove in 36 runs and had a .436 on-base percentage with 34 walks and two hit by pitch...also lifted six sac flies and stole six bases...sported a .941 fielding percentage with 61 putouts and 131 assists...ranked second on the team with 18 multiple-hit games...ranked fifth on the squad with seven multiple-RBI games...reached base in his final 15 games of the season...ranked third in the GLIAC in hits, fourth in triples, fifth in walks, second in sac flies, sixth in batting average, and eighth in on-base percentage...leaves DU ranked third in walks (86), third in sac flies (13), tied for third in home runs (21), fourth in assists (346), tied for fifth in triples (11), sixth in on-base percentage (.443), sixth in RBI (121), ninth in hits (178), and ninth in runs scored (119).

2022: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team...named First Team All-GLIAC at shortstop...batted .339 to rank third on the team with 64 hits in 189 at-bats...scored 47 runs and collected 11 doubles, four triples, nine home runs, and 46 RBI...posted a .430 on-base percentage and .938 fielding percentage...batted .310 in runners in scoring position...batted .361 against lefties...started 45 games at shortstop and six games at second base...had the team's longest hit streak at 14 games during the season...finished with 17 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games...drove in 10 runs during the Saginaw Valley State series...ranked fourth in the GLIAC in home runs, fifth in triples, and sixth in total bases.

2021: Played and started in 34 games all at shortstop...finished fourth on the team with a .357 batting average (45-of-126)...scored 38 runs and collected 10 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, and 39 RBI...slugged .675 with an .475 on-base percentage...finished with a .951 fielding percentage including 49 putouts and 87 assists...hit .409 against left-handed pitchers and was 4-of-8 with the bases loaded...had a total of 12 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games...finished the season as hot as anyone with a 14-game hitting streak and 15-game reached base streak...batted .452 (24-of-53) during the 14-game hitting streak...hit two home runs at Saginaw Valley on Apr. 3...ranked seventh in the GLIAC in home runs and 10th in RBI...had an incredible NCAA Regional despite playing with an ankle injury with a .500 batting average (11-of-22) including nine runs scored, three home runs, and 11 RBI in five games.

Prior to DU: Attended Kalamazoo Valley Community College and during the 2020 season he batted .310 in 29 at-bats...scored five runs and had one home run and seven RBI.

High School: Prepped at Eisenhower under head coach Steven Spisak...hit six career home runs and batted .370...named Second Team All-State as a senior...won a Class A district championship as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in finance...son of Rick and Debbie Mets...born on February 22...favorite movie is Step Brothers.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2021Sophomore

    INF/OF
    6'0" 195 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2022Junior

    INF
    6'0" 195 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2023Senior

    INF
    6'0" 195 lbs
    13