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DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS

2025 Baseball Roster

© Kara DeVries

12 James Geshel

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 220
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Rockford, Mich.
  • Highschool Rockford

Biography

2025: Earned a starting rotation spot in his first season...worked 50 innings over the course of 11 appearances and nine starts...threw two complete games and had a 5-2 record with a 4.68 ERA...walked 19 and fanned 48 to rank third on the squad...opposing lefties hit .231 (15-65) against him...had a brilliant debut with seven innings and a season-high 10 strikeouts against Northwood (Feb. 14)...went five innings to get a win at Purdue Northwest (Mar. 21)...won three straight appearances at the end of the season including a two-out appearance in the GLIAC Tournament against GVSU on May 10...tossed 3.1 innings in a no-decision against UIndy on May 17 in the NCAA regional.

Prior to DU: Spent two seasons at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo...during the 2023 season, appeared in five games out of the Western Michigan bullpen … totaled five innings and collected a pair of strikeouts … made his debut and picked up first strikeout as a Bronco on Feb. 26 at Northern Kentucky … went a season-high three innings on March 24 at No. 20 Iowa … retired both batters he faced in a road appearance at Michigan ... prior to being at WMU, Geshel spent one season at Kellogg Community College ... made 11 starts and tossed a pair of shutouts for the Bruins ... posted a 2.51 ERA and struck out 55 in 46.2 innings of work ... threw a five-inning, no-hitter against Kalamazoo Valley C.C. and struck out 11 ... earned MCCAA Second Team All-Western Conference ... earned MCCAA Academic All-Conference honors.

High School: Prepped at Rockford under head coach Matthew Vriesenga...named First Team All-OK Red as a senior...one of his game highlights included a pinch hit, walk-off homer against Grandville as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in a master's in business administration...born on May 30...favorite athlete is Jacob DeGrom...favorite team is the Detroit Tigers.

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