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2020 Baseball Roster

19 Chance Hroch

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Temecula, Calif.
  • High School Vista Murietta

Biography

Awards
2020 NCBWA Preseason All-American (Third Team)
2020 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (Third Team)
2019 All-WAC First Team
2019 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region

2020 (Senior)
Staff ace and Friday night starter ... 2-1 record with a 4.68 ERA in 25.0 innings during the pandemic-shortened season ... Struck out 20 batters on the year ... Tossed 7.0 innings of three-hit, two-run ball and struck out one to earn the win in the season opener against Texas Southern (2/14) ... Five strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work against Iona (2/21) in his second start of the season ... Picked up his second win of the year against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/28), striking out five in 7.0 innings while allowing two runs on five hits ... Season-high nine punch outs in 6.0 innings of work at #24 Texas A&M (3/6) ... Earned preseason third-team All-America recognition from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and the NCBWA.

2019 (Junior)
ABCA/Rawlings All-Region selection ... First team All-Conference in the WAC … Sunday starter … Posted a 10-1 record with a 2.74 ERA in his first year as a starter … 15 starts on the season … Led the team in complete games (two), shutouts (two), wins, ERA and games started … Won his first five starts of the season … 5-0 with a 2.84 ERA in WAC games … Perfect 6-0 mark with a 2.79 ERA in nine home starts … Notched his first of two complete game shutouts at Chicago State (3/31), allowing only one hit in a seven-inning run-rule win … Season-high 8.2 innings one start later in a key conference home win vs Grand Canyon (4/7) … Complete game shutout with only four hits allowed in a run-rule conference win vs UTRGV (5/5) … Both complete game shutouts came in league play … Season-high ten strikeouts in the WAC Tournament against Grand Canyon (5/24) ... Five innings or more in 11 of his 15 starts … Team was victorious in 13 of his 15 starts.

2018 (Sophomore)
Led the team with 26 appearances out of the bullpen … Finished the season 4-2 with a 2.67 ERA … Worked 27 innings and struck out 23 batters … Allowed an earned run in only six of his 26 outings … Went 4-0 with a 0.53 ERA in 13 appearances at home … Claimed his first win as an Aggie in an early season home win against Harvard (3/3) … Picked up back-to-back wins vs Maine (3/16 and 3/17) … Retired the only batter he faced in the WAC Championship game vs Sacramento State (5/27) to help guide the Aggies to their first NCAA Regional appearance since 2012.

2017 (Freshman)
Appeared in 11 games in relief … Fired 12 and a third innings out of the bullpen … Compiled 10 strikeouts with six walks … Did not factor in any decisions … Held opponents to a .260 average … Made his collegiate debut in the season opener on February 17 vs Bryant … Season-high two innings in relief on February 24 vs Mount Saint Mary’s and March 4 vs Yale.

High School
Second Team All-State selection in California at Vista Murietta HS ... Set the single season school record in wins (11), complete games (8) and shutouts (4) ... Career ERA of 2.08 with 18 career wins ... 132 strikeouts in 148.1 career innings ... Recognized by Perfect Game as a Top 40 right-handed pitcher in the state of California as a High School Senior in 2016.

Personal
Son of Greg and Kathy Hroch ... Has one older brother ... Brother played baseball collegiately ... Majoring in Finance.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2017Freshman

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 170 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2018Sophomore

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 170 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2019Junior

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 175 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2020Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 175 lbs
    19