DACE KIME
Class of 2010
Dace Kime is a 2010 Defiance graduate who was a 2-year letterman in Football as a tight end, a 3-year letterman in Basketball and a 4-year letterman in Baseball. In Basketball, Dace played in 64 games and averaged 53% from the field and 30.8% from the 3 point line. The team won their 1st WBL championship in 27 years, the 1st District Championship in 33 years and made it to the regional semi finals amassing a team record of 50 wins and 16 losses. In Baseball, Defiance went undefeated at 36-0 and won the WBL 4 straight years from 2007-2010. The team’s overall record during Dace’s 4 years was 127 wins and 12 losses. In 2010, they reached the State Semi-Final. As a high school pitcher, Dace had a record or 27-2, a career ERA of 0.90, 281 career strikeouts and 2 no-hitters. Dace also excelled as a hitter and still holds most career RBIs with 122, most career doubles with 30, 3rd in career hits with 120, 3rd in extra base hits with 43, and 4th in career home runs with 12. Dace played 1st base when not pitching and had a 98% career fielding rate. Dace’s high school honors include earning First Team WBL, AllDistrict and All-State, WBL Player of the Year, and District Player of the Year. In his senior year, he was named All Ohio State Player of the Year. He was drafted in the 8th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates but chose to attend the University of Louisville where he was a relief, mid week starter and eventually the Sunday starter. He finished a 3 year career with a 3.73 ERA, a record of 8-3 in 69 appearances as he pitched 135 innings with 150 strikeouts. In 2013 he ranked 14th in the nation in strikeouts per innings pitched. He was drafted in the 3rd round by the Cleveland Indians. He played 5 seasons of Pro Ball with a 5.08 ERA and 272 strikeouts reaching double A baseball with the Akron Rubberducks before retiring. Dace obtained his Bachelor’s in Exercise Science from University of Louisville in 2013; Master’s Degree Exercise Science and Health Promotion with a concentration in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention from University of California Pennsylvania graduating in 2017.He is current owner of Kime Contracting and is based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has a son (Jamison) that is 3 years old and a daughter (Kameron) who is 1.