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Jersey Number 34
Max Chapman
- Position:
- LHP
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Grain Valley, Mo.
- High School:
- Grain Valley
- Prev School:
- Johnston County CC
2023 (JUNIOR): Made three appearances with 2.2 IP ... Made Spartan debut on Feb. 19 vs. Arizona at MLB Desert Invite with 0.2 IP ... Also had appearance at Charleston (March 5), going 0.2 IP ... Went season-long 1.1 IP without only one hit and no runs vs. Central Michigan (May 16).
AT JOHNSON COUNTY CC (2021-22): Played two seasons at JCCC under coach Eric Horner, helping the Cavaliers to a 46-17 record last season and was teammates with current Spartan teammate Greg Ziegler ... Posted 28 appearances on the mound … A two-time first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division selection and second-team All-Region 6/Plains District accolades ... Finished Cavalier career with 22 starts out of 28 appearances totaling a 3.56 ERA with 150 strikeouts … Ended 2022 season with a 6-3 record, logging 61.0 innings and 78 strikeouts, with a 4.28 ERA ... The 78 strikeouts ranked tied for the team lead and tied for seventh in the conference ... Earned Week 13 KJCCC Pitcher of the Week for his complete-game shutout with seven strikeouts at Allen (May 7) .... Also fired a one-hit, nine-strikeout shutout over Labette (April 30) ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team honors.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter for coach Brian Driskell at Grain Valley High School … Did not play his senior year of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Earned second-team Examiner All-Area and All-Suburban Blue Conference as a junior … Registered a 3-2 record with 2.80 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 34 innings pitched during junior season … Earned Preseason All-American by Perfect Game prior to his senior year … Helped GVHS win back-to-back conference titles in 2018 and 2019.
PERSONAL: Son of Tandy and Jim Chapman ... His father, Jim, also played baseball at JCCC (1988-90) and earned all-conference playing second base in 1990 … Older brother, Mitch, played baseball at Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods ... Lists biggest baseball influence as his father for introducing the game to him and keeping him motivated throughout the years ... Lists greatest athletic achievement as playing at Kansas State in the NJCAA Regional Tournament ... Chose MSU over Purdue, Florida Atlantic and Utah ... Majoring in kinesiology.
AT JOHNSON COUNTY CC (2021-22): Played two seasons at JCCC under coach Eric Horner, helping the Cavaliers to a 46-17 record last season and was teammates with current Spartan teammate Greg Ziegler ... Posted 28 appearances on the mound … A two-time first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division selection and second-team All-Region 6/Plains District accolades ... Finished Cavalier career with 22 starts out of 28 appearances totaling a 3.56 ERA with 150 strikeouts … Ended 2022 season with a 6-3 record, logging 61.0 innings and 78 strikeouts, with a 4.28 ERA ... The 78 strikeouts ranked tied for the team lead and tied for seventh in the conference ... Earned Week 13 KJCCC Pitcher of the Week for his complete-game shutout with seven strikeouts at Allen (May 7) .... Also fired a one-hit, nine-strikeout shutout over Labette (April 30) ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team honors.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter for coach Brian Driskell at Grain Valley High School … Did not play his senior year of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Earned second-team Examiner All-Area and All-Suburban Blue Conference as a junior … Registered a 3-2 record with 2.80 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 34 innings pitched during junior season … Earned Preseason All-American by Perfect Game prior to his senior year … Helped GVHS win back-to-back conference titles in 2018 and 2019.
PERSONAL: Son of Tandy and Jim Chapman ... His father, Jim, also played baseball at JCCC (1988-90) and earned all-conference playing second base in 1990 … Older brother, Mitch, played baseball at Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods ... Lists biggest baseball influence as his father for introducing the game to him and keeping him motivated throughout the years ... Lists greatest athletic achievement as playing at Kansas State in the NJCAA Regional Tournament ... Chose MSU over Purdue, Florida Atlantic and Utah ... Majoring in kinesiology.
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