25  Chad Chop Class: Junior Hometown: Santa Ana, CA High School: Tustin Height: 6-4 Position: First Base Birthdate: 03/21/1980 Experience: 1V

Standout prep athlete who pitched and played first base during his first season at San Diego State...Showed excellent skills as a hitter last season...Will see action primarily at first base this spring...Played last summer with the Bellingham Bells squad that advance to the World Series...Hit .506 for that team.

College: Moved into the Aztec starting lineup at first base as a freshman in 1999...Led the team in hitting with a .326 average...Had 20 runs scored, five doubles and 17 runs batted in...Hit .341 in conference play, scoring 15 runs with three doubles...Appeared in eight games on the mound, all in relief...Pitched a total of 11.1 innings with no decisions...Co-winner of the SDSU Top Freshman Award along with teammate Ben Leuthard...Had personal-best nine-game hitting streak late in the season.

High School: Won four varsity letters in baseball at Tustin High School...Played under coach Greg Jennings as both a pitcher and first baseman...Hit .400 as a senior with a record of 5-3 and a 1.27 earned run average (69 strikeouts)...As a junior, hit .408 while compiling a 9-3 mark and a 1.08 earned run average with 108 strikeouts in 81.1 innings...First-team All-Golden West League selection as a junior and senior...Second team All-CIF...Team captain ... Named league’s Pitcher of the Year in 1997...Named the Pitcher of the Tournament at the 1997 Charlie Rose Tournament...Three-year member of the (Kansas City) Royals scout team...Won team leadership award in 1994...Played power forward for the Tillers basketball team...Four-year member of the Principal’s Honor Roll...Runner-up for Boys State...Named Mr. Tiller (school’s top athlete) as a senior.

Personal: Chad Joseph Chop was born March 21, 1980 in Orange, CA...Son of Charles Chop and Kathi O’Loughlin...Brother, Casey, is a baseball player at Concordia University in Irvine...Majoring in business administration at San Diego State...Favorite athlete is Greg Maddux.

SDSU Career Stats
Year   G-GS   AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO  SB-A   AVG
1999  43-34  138  20  45   5   0   1   17   9   23   3-5  .326