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DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS

2023 Baseball Roster

Kara DeVries
Kara DeVries

6 Khale Showers

  • Position 3B/C
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Belmont, Mich.
  • Highschool Rockford

Biography

2023: Named NCBWA Honorable Mention All-Region...named Second Team All-GLIAC in his one season at DU...named GLIAC Player of the Week in week 1 and 10...finished the season with a .291 batting average going 58-for-199 at the plate...played and started in all 53 games...one of four players to do that for the Panthers...scored 39 runs to go with 16 doubles, one triple, seven home runs, and 40 RBI...ranked fourth in the GLIAC in doubles and home runs...also ranked fifth in the conference in RBI...hit by pitch 11 times which was second-most in the conference...batted .375 (15-40) when leading off an inning...tied the team lead with 14 two-out RBI...achieved 15 multiple-hit and 12 multiple-RBI games to lead the squad...scored a season-high four runs versus Parkside on May 12 in the GLIAC Tournament...drove in a season-high five runs against the Rangers on Apr. 22...collected eight hits in the Parkside series from Apr. 21-23.

Prior to DU: Spent parts of four seasons at Northwood University...named First Team All-GLIAC at utility in 2022...also named Second Team All-Region by NCBWA...appeared in 51 games and batted .344 with 67 hits in 195 at-bats...named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team...ranked fourth in the GLIAC with nine home runs...ranked eighth in the league with 106 total bases...finished eighth in the league in batting average and ninth in slugging percentage (.544)...threw out 10 potential base stealers to rank third in the conference...hit two home runs and drove in three runs at Parkside on May 1 in game two of the doubleheader...finished the season with a 14-game hit streak...also scored a run in 11 straight games to end the season...helped the Timberwolves reach the NCAA regional hosted by Davenport...during his career at NU, played in 115 games and batted .307 with 125 hits in 407 at-bats...scored 89 runs to go with 25 doubles, 13 home runs, and 89 RBI.

High School: Prepped at Rockford (Mich.) under head coach Matt Vriesenga...batted .400 during his varsity career...named First Team All-State as a sophomore and junior...named First Team All-Conference for three years...team won the OK-Red Conference title.

Personal: Majoring in business management...son of Scot and Nancy Showers...born on December 21...favorite movie is Dirty Grandpa...brother Brent was a linebacker and catcher at Davenport.

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