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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
Baseball Highlights at Texas Tech
Sunday, March 15
Baseball Highlights vs St. Thomas
Friday, March 06
Kansas Baseball Press Conference
Wednesday, March 04
Dan Fitzgerald Preseason Press Conference
Thursday, February 05
