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2024 Baseball Roster

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11 Chase Hug

  • Position Utility/Left-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Highschool Pike HS

Biography

Ranked #29 in D1Baseball.com's Positional Rankings at 1B entering the 2024 season (2024)
Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference Selection At 1B (2024)
First-Team All-MVC Selection At First Base (2023)
MVC All-Defensive Team Selection (2023)
MVC All-Tournament Team Selection (2023)
MVC Player of the Week (2x – 2/27/23 and 3/6/23)
Mid-Season All-Star In the College Summer League at Grand Park (2022)
Post-Season All-Star in the Northwoods League (2022)
Northwoods League Major League Dreams Showcase Participant (2022)
 
2023
  • Voted First-Team All-MVC at first base in his second healthy season at UE
  • Named to the MVC’s All-Defensive Team after committing only two errors in 526 chances all year (.996 fielding percentage)
  • Selected to the MVC’s All-Tournament Team after hitting one of the most dramatic home runs in UE and MVC Tournament history, with a two-strike, two-out walk-off grand slam to beat #9 Indiana State in the first of two MVC Tournament finals (5/27/23 – Game 1)
  • Battled a wrist injury towards the end of the year to still hit a team-best .311 with 15 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs, 55 RBI and 51 runs scored while starting all 61 games for UE
  • Did not go more than two games without a hit after the opening weekend of the season
  • Ranked in the MVC’s Top 15 in 11 different offensive categories, including batting average (15th-.311), slugging percentage (seventh-.576), on-base percentage (seventh-.437), runs scored (fourth-51), hits (fifth-74), RBI (fifth-55), doubles (seventh-15), triples (fourth-three), home runs (seventh-14), total bases (fourth-137), and walks (first-48)
  • Ranked 45th in NCAA Division I college baseball with 48 walks
  • Led UE with a .437 on-base percentage and reached base in 56 of UE’s 61 games, including in each of the season’s last eight games
  • 48 of his 55 RBI came in UE victories
  • Had 23 multi-hit games, including 16 two-hit games, five three-hit contests and a pair of four-hit games
  • Also had 14 multi-RBI games, including seven games of three RBI or more
  • Went 4-for-4 and finished a triple shy of the cycle with three runs scored and three RBI vs. Bowling Green State (3/5/23 – Game 2)
  • Also went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, two runs scored and four RBI against Eastern Michigan (2/25/23)
  • Earned back-to-back MVC Player of the Week honors on 2/27/23 and 3/6/23
  • 12 of his 14 home runs on the year either came in weekend series or in the MVC Tournament
  • Went 2-for-5 with a season-high six RBI and a grand slam at Illinois State (5/5/23)
  • Had home runs in back-to-back games against Bradley (5/13/23 and 5/14/23)
  • Had multiple hits in every MVC series
2022
  • Played in 47 games with 40 starts primarily at designated hitter in his first year of competition at UE
  • Also played briefly in the outfield at the start of the year
  • Hit .238 with 11 home runs, eight doubles and 39 RBI overall, but caught fire over the season’s final 17 games to hit .317 with seven home runs and 20 RBI from April 29-on
  • Finished the year reaching base in the season’s final six games
  • Had eight multi-hit games, including five two-hit games and three three-hit efforts
  • Ranked third on the team with 14 multi-RBI games (nine two-RBI games, four three-RBI games, one four-RBI contest)
  • Went 3-for-4 with a home run and a season-best four RBI against Missouri State in the MVC Tournament (5/28/22)
  • Also went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and two RBI vs. Valparaiso (5/19/22)
  • Also went 3-for-4 with a home run and three runs scored vs. Bradley (5/1/22)
  • Hit his first career home run at UE at #18 Tulane (3/13/22)
  • Hit three home runs in four games in the MVC Tournament at Missouri State’s Hammons Field (5/25-5/28/22)
  • Had two home runs in UE’s series at Dallas Baptist (5/13/22-5/15/22)
  • Had his first career hit and RBI with a 1-for-2 outing with a double and two RBI against UIC (3/4/22)
  • UE was 8-3 in games in which he homered
  • Named a mid-season All-Star in the College Summer League at Grand Park
  • Finished the summer playing for the Wausaw Woodchucks of the Northwoods League, and earned Post-Season All-Star Status
  • In just 26 games this summer, Hug hit more home runs (nine) and drove in more RBI (34) than any other Woodchuck, while reaching base safely in 22 of his 26 games
  • Became the 17th player in Northwoods League history to hit three home runs in a game against Madison (7/26/22)
  • Also participated in the Northwoods League’s Major League Dreams Showcase, homering in his first at-bat
2021
  • Redshirted due to injury
2020 (at Olney Central College – IL)
  • Ranked sixth in NJCAA Division I baseball with a .516 batting average
  • Also ranked 16th in on-base percentage (.595) and eighth in slugging percentage (.968)
  • Played in 12 games in the shortened season
  • Hit .516 in 31 at-bats with nine extra-base hits, including a pair of home runs
  • Tallied 20 RBI and scored 10 runs, while helping the Blue Knights to a 14-1 record
2019 (at Olney Central College – IL)
  • Played in 37 games, hitting .358 for the Blue Knights
  • Had 17 extra-base hits, including five home runs
  • Produced 35 RBI and 30 runs scored
  • Also made five starts on the mound with a 2-1 record
  • Posted a 2.63 ERA and struck out 28 men in 24 innings of work
PREP
  • Standout on the baseball diamond at Pike High School in Indianapolis
  • Hit .484 for the Red Devils as a senior with 12 home runs and 46 RBI
  • Named to Prep Baseball Report’s First Team All-State
  • Also a member of the 2018 Indianapolis Star Super Team
  • Participated in the 2018 IHSBCA North/South All-Star series for the South Team
PERSONAL
  • Son of Anne and Jeff Hug
  • Has two older siblings – Logan and Stephanie
  • Logan played baseball at Division III Manchester University
  • His dad, Jeff, ran track and field at Vincennes University
  • Graduated from UE last May with a degree in University Studies and is currently pursuing a Master's in Leadership
  • Also played football and basketball growing up
  • Lists basketball as his second-best sport
  • Hopes to continue playing baseball in the future
  • Lists steak as his favorite food
  • Lists his hidden talent as fishing

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Junior

    Utility/Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 175 lbs
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    2022Redshirt Senior

    Utility/Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 190 lbs
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    2023Fifth Year

    Utility/Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 190 lbs
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    2024Graduate Student

    Utility/Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 190 lbs
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