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2023 Baseball Roster

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5 Jake DeFries

  • Position 2B
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 183
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Crown Point, Ind.
  • Highschool Crown Point
  • Prev School Georgia Gwinnett College

Biography

2023 – Graduate Season: Played in 52 games, making 48 starts primarily at second base… Recorded 43 hits in 170 at-bats to post a .253 batting average… Ended the year with seven doubles, four triples and two home runs to raise his slugging percentage to .376… Walked 20 times to raise his on-base percentage to .340… Finished the season with 64 total bases and 23 RBI… Stole eight bases… Had 86 putouts in the field to go along with 102 assists to help post a .949 fielding percentage… Had multiple hits in 15 games… Longest hitting streak covered five games… Reached base safely in eight-straight contests… Scored a season-high three runs in his Bulldog debut vs. FDU (2/17)… Hit a triple in game two vs. FDU and came up with a three-run home run in game three (2/18)… Ended the FDU series with a triple and two stolen bases (2/19)… Ended game two vs. Northwestern going 3-for-4 from the dish with a stolen base (3/20)… Posted two RBI vs. Eastern Michigan (3/21)… Went 2-for-3 from the plate with an RBI, a walk and a run scored in each of the first two games at Cincinnati (3/25)… Went 2-for-3 vs. Central Connecticut State with a run scored (3/4)… Had two hits in two of the three games vs. Villanova (4/15)… Posted two RBIs at Purdue (4/19)… Opened the Seton Hall series with two hits, an RBI and a run scored (4/21)… Hit a triple in game two vs. the Pirates (4/22)… Tied his season-high total with three RBI at Georgetown (5/7)… Had an RBI and two hits vs. Creighton (4/30)… Went 2-for-3 at Dayton with a triple, one RBI and two runs scored (5/10)… Hit a home run in the opener at UConn (5/11)… Had a double in three of the final four games of the season… Went 2-for-4 from the plate in three of his last four games.

Before Butler: Won the 2021 NAIA National Championship at Georgia Gwinnett College… 2021 Association of Independent Institutions Newcomer of the Year… 2022 All-Continental Athletic Conference team selection as an infielder… Earned all-conference honors in 2021… 2021 A.I.I. Gold Glove award winner… Scored 111 runs and stole 84 bases, highlighted by a school record 58 steals during the 2022 season… Posted a .439 batting average in 2021… Registered 121 hits and legged out 24 doubles and three triples… Hit eight home runs and drove in 82 runs… Started 94 of the 96 games he has appeared in… Connected on first home run at GGC against Freed-Hardeman (Tennessee) on February 13, 2021… Hit home runs in back-to-back games against Talladega (Alabama) on April 30, 2021 and May 1, 2021… Member of the 2021 team that won the program’s first NAIA national championship… Helped the 2022 and 2021 teams capture conference tournament titles… Appeared in the NAIA World Series twice with GGC and once with Indiana Tech… Part of three Conference Championship Teams… Named Conference Newcomer of the Year at Indiana Tech… Hit .367 with 14 doubles, three home runs and 43 RBI… All-Conference pick… Set his high school record with 47… All-Conference selection in high school… Team MVP… Twice tabbed All-Area… Played club baseball for Midwest Irish and the Hammond Chiefs… Cum Laude.

Personal: Son of Dave DeFries, Craig and Juli Fisher… Has three siblings; Zachary, Mallory, and Jordyn… Strategic Communication major.

Why DeFries Chose Butler
"Butler is an amazing school both academically and athletically with a rich history. Pursuing a graduate degree while playing baseball is exactly what I was looking for."

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