Susquehanna University Athletics

Bowers posted a career batting average of .371 with 108 hits and 68 runs batted in during 99 games for Susquehanna baseball. In 1998, he batted .435 with three home runs and 25 runs batted in en route to earning All-MAC honors. In that same season, he started at least one game at six different positions. He also appeared in 28 games as a pitcher during his career and struck out 82 batters in 116 2/3 innings. Bowers was also a two-time First Team All-MAC player in Football. He was an All-Region honoree and the conference's defensive lineman of the year in 1999 after making 35 tackles, including seven sacks and blocking three kicks. He ranked second in Susquehanna history in both tackles of a loss and yardage lost on those tackles and fourth in sacks at the time of his induction.