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2025 Baseball Roster

Kara DeVries
Kara DeVries
Kara DeVries

4 Sam Clay

  • Position INF
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 175
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Brighton, Mich.
  • Highschool Hartland

Biography

2025: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team...named First Team All-GLIAC...named Second Team All-Region by D2CCA and NCBWA...selected to the GLIAC All-Tournament Team...finished third on the team with a .333 batting average (69-207)...scored 45 runs in his 50 starts...collected 13 doubles, three triples, and four home runs...drove in 39 runs and totaled 100 bases...drew 17 walks and hit by pitch five times...stole 12 bases in 15 chances...put up a .349 batting average (38-109) with runners on base...collected 13 RBI with two outs...led the squad with 22 multi-hit games...had the longest hit streak on the team at 22 games...he made 44 starts at second base and the team was 31-13 in those starts...hit leadoff in 37 games...had a total of eight assists in the field on May 2 at Roosevelt...drove in five runs on Mar. 21 at Purdue Northwest...hit a walk-off homer in the GLIAC Tournament versus Wayne State on May 11 to deliver the championship...went 6-for-14 in the NCAA regional with five runs scored and three RBI.

2024: Played and started in 13 games...did not see action after March 8 against Nova Southeastern...had a total of five multi-hit games including a 6-for-15 series against Quincy...hit .239 with 11 hits in 46 at-bats...scored 12 runs and collected two doubles, two homers, and seven RBI...went 3-for-3 in stolen bases...scored a season-high three runs against Ill.-Springfield on Feb. 25 in game one of a doubleheader.

High School: Prepped at Hartland (Mich.) under head coach Brad Gunther...team MVP as a senior...named all-conference and all-region as a senior...won a regional championship...named one of the top five players in Livingston County...ranked fourth in the county with a .410 batting average...he scored 47 runs and went 17-of-17 in stolen bases...plays for the Michigan Bulls in the summer...also played football for Hartland.

Personal: Majoring in business management...born on September 22...favorite sports team is the Detroit Lions.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2024Freshman

    INF
    5'9" 175 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2025Redshirt Freshman

    INF
    5'9" 175 lbs
    4