Joe Botke #24 Senior 1B/3B R/R Portland, Michigan Portland High School

Why Kalamazoo College? Academic excellence Opportunity to play baseball Small class size Professor-to-Student ratio

Year      AVG   GP-GS   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   RBI   BB   SO   SB-ATT
1997     .333    6-4     9    1    3    0    0    0     3    1    3    0-0
1998     .333   30-27   84   12   28    5    1    2    11    4   17    1-4
1999     .125   11-9    24    5    3    0    0    0     1    5    8    1-1
2000     .255   32-32  102   23   26    8    1    6    24   14   27    2-3

Totals   .274   79-72  219   41   60   13    2    8    39   24   55    4-8

Career Highs: Hits: 3 (several times) RBI: 4 (Alma, 4/14/00) 2000 -All-MIAA honorable mention. -Led team in runs (23), home runs (6), and RBI (24). -Ended season with a seven-game hitting streak. 1998 -All-MIAA honorable mention.