The Irish Baseball team was victorious over Georgetown 3-2 at the Eck Baseball Stadium on March 25th.
AT NOTRE DAME: One-year monogram winner enters his junior season with a .286 career batting average ... has added two runs, one RBI, one walk and one sacrifice hit in six games (three starts) ... quintecential "program" type kid ... phoneminial kid ... widely respected by the coaching staff and teammates ... viewed as a leader by his teammates despite his limited playing time ... as committed to the program as any member of the team ... missed the entire 2010 season following offseason knee surgery ... scrappy, aggressive middle infielder along the lines of former Irish shortstop Brett Lilley ('07) ... has the versatility to play anywhere in the infield ... carried a 3.605 cumulative GPA into the `11 spring semester.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010): Missed the season following offseason knee surgery ... did not participate in the Blue-Gold World Series or fall practice following surgery.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2009): Appeared in six games and started three for the Irish ... batted .286 (2-for-7) with two runs, one RBI, one walk and one sacrifice hit ... went 0-for-2 with a walk in first career start (March 11 vs. Grambling) and went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in only other start of season (March 24 vs. Central Michigan) ... scored a run against Oakland on March 25 ... paced the Gold squad with a team-best .375 (3-for-8) batting average in the 2008 Blue-Gold World Series ... started all three games at second base ... hit leadoff twice and ninth in the other contest ... added a run scored, a sacrifice bunt and a stolen base ... did not commit an error in six fielding chances.
PREP & PERSONAL: Helped lead Boston College High School to the state semifinals in 2006 and 2007 ... played for coach Norm Walsh at BCHS ... also has played AAU ball with the South Shore Seadogs (coach by Ryan Morgan) and American Legion with Post 118 (coached by Bill Signorelli) ... attended Notre Dame Baseball Camp in the summer of 2007 ... received 2007 scholar-athlete award ... a Fulton Scholarship recipient at BCHS ... also a high-honor roll student all four years and member of the National Honor Society ... his father Mark Chase is a 1978 Notre Dame graduate while his sister Jacqueline Chase currently is a junior at Notre Dame and a member of the sailing club ... his mother (Laura Chase) played basketball at the University of Alabama ... born Oct. 28, 1989 ... son of Mark and Laura Chase ... full name is Thomas Joseph Chase ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as an psychology major.
