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Jersey Number 8
Chase Diggins
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 175
- Hometown:
- Perth, Australia
- High School:
- Doshisha International School, Kyoto
- Prev School:
- Odessa College
Get to Know Chase ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?
- 6 years old. My grandpa in Japan helped me fall in love with the sport.
- Ping Pong.
- I speak Japanese and English and I'm trying to learn Spanish.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Hits: 4, at Cincinnati, Mar 15, 2024
- Doubles: 1, 8 times
- Home runs: 2, at Minnesota, Mar 12, 2025
- Total bases: 8, at Minnesota, Mar 12, 2025
- RBI: 7, at Minnesota, Mar 12, 2025
- Runs scored: 3, 4 times
- Walks: 3, vs Milwaukee, Mar 08, 2025
- Hit by pitch: 1, 7 times
- Struck out: 2, 8 times
- Sac flies: 1, 4 times
- Sac bunts: 1, at A&M-Corpus Christi, Feb 14, 2025 ; at Tarleton State, Feb 23, 2025 ; UCF, Mar 22, 2024
- At bats: 5, 5 times
- Stolen bases: 1, Milwaukee, Mar 09, 2025
- Caught stealing: 1, at Tarleton State, Feb 22, 2025
- Field chances: 13, Omaha, Feb 28, 2025
- Putouts: 13, Omaha, Feb 28, 2025
- Assists: 5, 4 times
- Runners CS: 1, South Dakota St., Apr 02, 2025 ; Nebraska, Apr 08, 2025 ; at Arizona State, Mar 23, 2025
SENIOR - 2025
- Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Played in 52 games (33 starts; 20 at 2B, 11 at C, 2 at 3B)
- .262/.372/.402 (32-for-122), 2 2B, 5 HR, 23 RBI, 23 R, 20 BB
- First career multi-HR game and career-high 7 RBI at Minnesota 3/12/25; hit the first of five consecutive home runs to tie an NCAA record for most consecutive home runs
- Made his first career start at catcher vs. Omaha 2/28/25
- Hit a game-tying 2-run HR in the ninth inning of the home opener vs. Omaha 2/27/25; played catcher for the first time in the ninth inning
- Reached base safely in seven of the first eight games
JUNIOR - 2024
- Appeared in 26 games, starting 24 of those contests (13 at 2B, 11 at SS)
- .291/.354/.465 (25-for-86), 6 2B, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 19 R, 5 BB
- Hit .333 (15-for-45), 2 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 9 R, 3 BB in his final 12 games after returning from injury
- Went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored at Kansas State 5/4/24 after missing over a month and a half
- 4-for-5, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB at Cincinnati 3/15/24; career highs in hits, RBI, runs scored
- Go-ahead 2-run HR vs. #3 TCU 3/8/24
- Hit his first home run as a Jayhawk vs. Texas Southern 3/3/24
ODESSA COLLEGE – 2022-23
- Spent two years in the Odessa program
- All-WJCAC First Team in 2022 and 2023
- JBB Division I NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention in 2022
- Career: .418/.502/.653 (153-for-366), 32 2B, 12 3B, 10 HR, 99 RBI, 129 R, 47 BB, 39 SB in 99 games
- Walked more times (47) than he struck out (37) in his two years at Odessa
- 2023: .434/.544/.669 (63-for-145), 14 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, 34 RBI, 54 R, 20 SB in 43 games
- Led the team in stolen bases (20) and was second on the team in batting average (.434), on-base percentage (.544), slugging percentage (.669)
- 2022: .407/.472/.643 (90-for-221), with 18 2B, 8 3B, 6 HR, 65 RBI, 75 R, 23 BB and 19 SB in 56 games
- Tallied 29 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games
- Led the team in hits (90) and triples (8)
PERSONAL
- Son of Courtney and Misato Diggins
- One older brother, Joshua, and one younger sister, Paige
- His brother, Joshua, played baseball at Colby Community College
- Lived in Australia until he was 15 before moving to Japan to play high school baseball for three years
- Picked Kansas over Arizona, Kansas State, Dallas Baptist and Wichita State
- Chose Kansas because, “It seemed like the perfect fit for me. On my visit, I was fortunate enough to watch a baseball game and the atmosphere at that game got me excited. Along with that, the coaching staff was really helpful during the recruiting process and I feel like they can help me reach my goal of making it to the big leagues.”
- Majoring in liberal arts & sciences
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