2018 (SENIOR): Drafted in the 27th round by the Oakland Athletics… Earned All-Mountain West First Team honors… Finished his career with 238 career games played, the most in Aztec history… Started all 60 games in right field... Only missed eight games over his four-year career… Finished seventh in the Mountain West with a .350 batting average while leading the league with six triples (also 15th most in the country)… Finished his collegiate career reaching base in 54 consecutive home games, the longest streak in Tony Gwynn Stadium history… Recorded 21 doubles, good for third most in the Mountain West and 30th most in the country… Also finished second in the conference in hits with 85, also standing as 46th most in the country… .547 slugging percentage stood 10th best in the Mountain West… Finished seventh in the Mountain West with 54 runs scored and 10th in the league with 46 RBIs… Hit .397 in conference play, good for the third best Mountain West batting average… 50 MW hits led all players in the conference… Became the fifth player in program history to be named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District team and also earned the Arthur Asche Sports Scholar Award while being named to the Mountain West All-Academic Team… One of two players to be named a All-MW First Team and All-Academic team honoree (also teammate Jordan Verdon)… Played in 60 games and reached base in 55… Finished his career making 125 consecutive starts… Finished career his career fourth in Aztec history with 256 career hits… In the SDSU record book, he also stands 12th with 11 triples, tied for fifth with 365 total bases, eighth with 160 runs, second with 853 at bats, and fifth with 117 walks…Started the season with home runs in back-to-back games against UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 17 & Feb. 18… Recorded a season-high four hits against San Jose State on May 12… Logged a season-high four RBIs against UNLV on March 25… Posted a three-double performance against Washington in a 6-4 win on April 2… Hit .448 (26-for-58) over the month of May with team-bests in runs scored (20), total bases (40), on-base percentage (.529) and slugging percentage (.690).
2017 (JUNIOR): Named to Mountain West All-Academic Team and named a Mountain West Scholar Athlete for having above a 3.5 GPA… Hit .305 and was one of just two Aztecs to see action in all 63 games… Also hit seven home runs (third most on the team) with 38 RBI… Also hit 12 doubles and a pair of triples… Ended the season on a 14-game on-base streak and a seven-game hitting streak… Logged 17 multi-hit games, including a trio of four-hit performances… Posted a season-high three RBIs on four separate occasions… Hit .327 in Mountain West play… Hit .330 with runners on base and .369 with runners in scoring position… Also hit .359 with two outs… Recorded 19 two-out RBIs, good for third most on the team… Hit .454 (20-for-44) in the eighth inning and later of games.
2016 (SOPHOMORE): Was the Aztec starter in center field (21 times) over the first half of the season ... Took over as the starter in left field where he started 25 times ... Also made one start in right field ... Had a season-best five-game hitting streak April 3-10 when he went 5-for-16 (.313) with two triples, four RBI and four runs scored ... Recorded triples in back-to-back games against Long Beach State and UNLV (April 5 and 8) ... Season-best three RBI at Nevada on April 1 ... Had his only home run of the year in that contest in Reno ... Had 13 multiple-hit games in 2016 ... Member of the Mountain West All-Academic team and was named a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
2015 (FRESHMAN): Was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball News ... Started 52 games in right field, five in center and three as the DH, a total of 60 starts in SDSU's 61 games ... Also appeared as a pinch a hitter and a defensive replacement in right field ... Named second team all-Mountain West ... Tied the SDSU record for sacrifice bunts in a game with three vs. New Mexico on Sunday (May 24) ... Fourth on the team in hitting with a .320 batting average ... Walked 37 times and had a .417 on-base percentage, third highest on the squad ... Ranked 14th in the Mountain West (overall) in on-base percentage and fourth in walks ... Also fourth in sacrifice bunts ... Had a streak of reaching base safely (via hit, base on balls or hit by pitch) in 32 consecutive games end on May 15 vs. St, Mary's ... Had a pair of nine-game hitting streaks separated by a game in which he went 0-for-3 with a walk and sac bunt ... Had multiple hits in a game on 17 occasions ... Six multiple RBI contests ... Career-high four RBI at UC Riverside on Feb. 21 ... Scored personal-best three runs on two occasions: vs. San Jose State on Feb. 27 and at Fresno State April 26 ... Finished conference play with a batting average of 347.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned three varsity letters as a baseball player at Capistrano Valley High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. ... Coached there by Bob Zamora ... A second-team all-South Coast League selection as a junior and senior ... As a senior batted .296 over 33 contests with nine doubles, two triples, a home run, 17 runs scored and 22 RBI ... Hit .324 during his junior year with six doubles and 21 RBI in 31 games ... As a sophomore appeared in eight games going 4-for-10 with three doubles ... Did not commit an error during his prep career, finishing with a 1.000 fielding percentage in 72 contests (147 chances).
PERSONAL
Chase Matthew Calabuig was born Dec. 10, 1995, in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... Son of Robert and Jamie Calabuig ... Is a second cousin of former Oakland A's catcher Ron Hassey ... Enjoys surfing, paintballing and spending time with family and friends ... Favorite athlete is Los Angeles Rams receiver Wes Welker ... Also drew interest from Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, San Francisco, Dartmouth and San Jose State ... A kinesiology major at San Diego State with career plans as a physician's assistant or physical therapist.