Talented outfielder who was a starter as a freshman but has been hampered by injury during his Aztec career... Could see playing time in any of the three outfield spots this season ... Highly-honored prep athlete who possesses good speed and defensive abilities ... Played during the summer of 2008 for the Torrington Twisters in the New England Collegiate Baseball League ... Hit .231 with four doubles and eight stolen bases in 34 contests ... Competed with the Bellingham (Wash.) Bells of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League during summer 2007 ... Appeared in 14 games and did not commit an error ... Member of the San Diego Show during summer of 2006.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2009
Started 17 contests in the outfield (two in left, seven in center, eight in right) and two at the DH spot ... Hit his first collegiate home run, a solo shot, in the win over UNLV at home on March 15 ... Also had an RBI single and drove in a run when he was hit by pitch with the bases loaded in that game ... Second homer came in contest against UNLV in Las Vegas on April 10 ... Other HR was against Long Beach State at home on April 21 ... Seven of his 14 hits during the season went for extra bases (four doubles, three home runs) ... In the game against Southern Utah on March 23, scored a pair of runs after a walk and being hit by pitch ... As a pinch hitter went 3-for-4.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2008
Appeared in 11 games as a sophomore, starting five times ... Four of his five hits went for extra bases (three doubles, triple) ... Drove in a pair of runs on two occasions in 2008 (vs. Cal Poly-Feb. 28 and at UNLV-April 18) ... In the final regular-season series at Cal State Fullerton (May 16-17), came off the bench in two games to go 1-for-1 with a double, two walks and a run scored in four plate appearances ... Lone triple of the season came against Southern Utah on March 17.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2007
Began the season as the starter in right field ... Suffered a hyper-extended knee in a collision at first base during the contest at USC on Feb. 16 and missed 11 games before returning for the contest against Oklahoma on March 9 ... In that game vs. the Sooners, he went 3-for-4 to account for half of the team[apos]s hits on the night ... Was named to the Tony Gwynn 2007 Classic all-tournament team for his performance in games vs. Oklahoma, Michigan and San Diego during that event, going 4-for-10 with a walk and RBI ... Was re-injured in the series opener at Air Force on March 22, and played only sporadically after that with four starts and five appearances as a defensive replacement ... Played excellent defense, committing just one error in the 25 games in which he appeared ... Scored two runs in back-to-back games vs. UCLA ... Lone extra-base hit was a double against Santa Clara on Feb. 10.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year baseball letterman at Las Vegas High School ... Played under coach Sam Thomas ... Was a three-time all-state selection as a center fielder ... Also named first-team all-Sunrise Region and all-Northeast Division as a sophomore, junior and senior ... As a senior, batted .478 and was among area[apos]s home run leaders with six ... Had four hits in the victory that clinched the league title in 2006 ... During his four seasons, Las Vegas HS won the Sunrise Region Northeast Division every year and finished among the top three in the region ... Was a scholar-athlete award winner who graduated with honors ... Named a national collegiate student-athlete as well.
PERSONAL
Joshua Michael Chasse was born Sept. 23, 1988, in York, Pa. ... Son of Robert Chasse and Janine Lee ... Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan ... President of the SDSU Student Academic Advisory Committee Majoring in business at SDSU with career plans in the field of marketing or advertising management.