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DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS

2025 Baseball Roster

Kara DeVries
Kara DeVries

13 Zach Hopman

  • Position LHP/OF
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Brighton, Mich.
  • Highschool Brighton

Biography

2025: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team...found his niche as a two-way player...batted .293 in 26 games and made 24 starts...collected 27 hits including five doubles, two triples, and two home runs...scored 22 runs and drove in 14 runs...posted a .457 slugging percentage and .359 on-base percentage...ranked second on the team with 13 stolen bases in 17 chances...had the lowest ERA on the squad at 2.55 in 17.2 innings...made four appearances with two starts and was 1-0 with a save...allowed just nine hits and a .153 opponent batting average...walked seven and struck out 11...hit .353 (6-17) against lefties...went 7-for-7 in scoring a runner on third with less than two outs...batted .276 with two outs (8-29)...concluded the season with seven multiple-hit games...had a four-hit game on Feb. 15 versus Northwood on a neutral field in Tennessee...stole three bases in a game versus Northwood...had a season-high 6.2 innings on the mound in his lone win at Roosevelt on May 2...struck out four Wayne State batters in 5.2 innings during the GLIAC Tournament on May 11...went 3-for-5 with three runs including a double and triple at Quincy in game one (Mar. 17).

2024: Made nine appearances out of the bullpen for the Panthers...posted a 18.90 earned-run average in 6.2 innings...allowed 10 hits and walked 11 with three strikeouts...also collected one hit in eight at-bats and scored three runs...drove in his first run at Saginaw Valley State on Apr. 13...had a double in his only at-bat against SVSU on May 11.

Prior to DU: Enrolled at Michigan State University from 2020-23...was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree...did not see action during the 2023 season...made two appearances with 2.0 innings pitched...made season debut vs. Kansas with one inning pitched and did not allow a hit...also threw one inning against Iowa...made 10 appearances on the mound in 2021...recorded 11 strikeouts in 10 innings of work...had multiple strikeouts in three appearances, all coming in three straight outings (Apr. 12-23)...had a season-high three K's in 2.2 innings versus Purdue on Apr. 12...played in seven games in the shortened 2020 season...posted a .250 batting average and made his Spartan debut on Feb. 14 versus Morehead State...notched his first career hit versus Morehead State on Feb. 16 and scored a run.

High School: A four-year letterwinner at Brighton High School for head coach Charlie Christner ... Helped the Bulldogs to a 30-6 record as a senior ... Named to the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association (MHSBCA) All-State Dream Team, as well as earning Division 1 First Team All-State honors ... Also named the Livingston County Player of the Year, along with earning First-Team All-County accolades as a junior and senior ... Mashed 19 home runs with a .483 average and 63 RBI in 116 at-bats ... Amassed a 1.129 slugging percentage ... Won the county “triple crown,” leading the county in home runs, RBI and batting average ... On the mound, rang up 56 strikeouts in 31 innings pitched ... Had a 15-game stretch from May 1-20 going 33-for-53 (.623) with 13 homers, 43 RBI and 29 runs while striking out only twice in 53 at-bats, the spurt began with a three HR, seven-RBI outing at Plymouth, and ended with a four-HR, nine-RBI day in a DH sweep of Ann Arbor Pioneer, hitting three HR with seven RBI in opener and going 4-for-4 with a HR, triple and two RBI in game two ... Ranked as the No. 34 overall player and the No. 5 outfielder in the state of Michigan by Prep Baseball Report ... Also played football at Brighton, earning All-Conference accolades as a defensive back as a senior, also collecting All-County honors during both junior and senior seasons.

Personal: Majoring in his master's of business administration after earning his bachelor's in finance at DU...born on June 6...favorite athlete is Jared Goff...favorite team is the Detroit Lions.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2024Redshirt Junior

    OF/LHP
    5'11" 185 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2025Graduate Student

    LHP/OF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    13