By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports

Baseball Season is in full swing for the summer, but Caleb “Bob” Miller started his baseball season in the middle of February of this year. Caleb is another Dexter High School athlete that has continued his career at the collegiate level at Maryville University in St. Louis, MO.

During his tenure as a Bearcat, Miller displayed strong leadership as a two sport athlete, playing baseball and football all four years. With a quiet manner, his performance was always above the line of exceptional.

As a four year letterman in baseball, his love of the sport was shown on the diamond throughout his career at DHS. Miller enjoyed great success, earning All-Conference and All-District recognition - honorable mention his sophomore year and first team his junior & senior year - as well as being the SEMO Conference Co-Player of the year his junior year and the Standard Democrat Player of the Year his senior year.


Baseball was always a great love for Miller, and it’s a family tradition. Specialty Engineering has always been known for the partnership with the youth of Dexter and local youth league baseball programs. The Miller family can be credited for the support and organization of the Junior Babe Ruth program for many years.

It was always assumed that “ Bob” would continue his career at the college level.

“Maryville, Florissant Valley (St. Louis), and Saint Joseph’s College of Indiana all recruited me out of high school,” Miller recalled. “They were the schools that were talking to me hard. I had a visit with Arkansas State, but nothing came out of that.”


In the end, Miller decided to take his talents to Maryville University in St. Louis, Mo.


“The location of the school is great - close to home, but not too close,” Miller said of his decision. “The educational program is elite; all my coaches are driven and motivated, they all want us to get better. It seemed like the right fit for me.”

With a 44 game schedule, the Maryville Saints are members of the Great Lake Valley Conference. The 2011 Spring season was challenging as the Saints ended the season with an overall record of 9 wins and 35 losses. (5-25 GLVC)

“We haven’t had a lot of success yet,” Miller said, “but we just moved into one of the best Division II conferences in the nation. The transition’s been tough, but we’re getting better.”

As a sophomore, Miller has been able to plug himself into the lineup very quickly, and (so far) has a career batting average of .240 with 15 RBI’s. He has also performed well defensively with a .941 fielding percentage and 36 putouts.

Miller was also named to the Academic All-GLVC team his freshman year.

“My freshman year I played in 20 games, but those were mostly pinch hitting or coming in off the bench,” Miller added. “I started all but four or five games this season.”

With hard work and determination, there is no doubt that Miller will continue to be an everyday starter for the Maryville Saints. "Bob's" love of the game wouldn't let him do anything less.


The ShowMe Times will keep you up-to-date on Miller's progress with the Maryville Saints next season; you can read up on everything about Maryville athletics here.