Chase Younts

Position:
Outfield
Height:
5-9
Weight:
155
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lexington, NC
High School:
Central Davidson

AS A JUNIOR (2004)
Hit .311 (38-for-122) in 52 games • Made 32 starts in center field • Was the Tar Heels' regular centerfielder the final month and a half of the season • Finished fourth on the team with four homers and added six doubles and 21 runs batted in • Had a .459 slugging percentage • Batted .350 versus right-handers and .359 with runners in scoring position • Recorded 11 multi-hit games • Had a .988 fielding percentage • Went 5-for-6 with three runs scored against Maryland in the ACC Tournament on May 27 and followed that up with a 2-for-5 effort with three more runs scored against Duke the next day • Was 3-for-3 with four RBI and a homer at Charlotte on April 14 • Went 3-for-5 at Duke on April 25 • Was 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored versus Davidson on May 18 • Also homered against UNC Greensboro (April 21) and Maryland (May 7) • Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2003)
Batted .351 (13-for-37) in 19 games, including 10 starts in the outfield • Also scored eight runs and drove in eight more • Added three doubles • Opened the season with a combined six hits, three runs and three RBI in the first two games of 2003 • Went 2-for-4 with a run and a career-best three RBI versus Wake Forest on March 23 • Had three multi-hit games on the season.

AS A FRESHMAN (2002)
Played in 37 games • Had 12 hits in 41 at-bats • Went 2-for-3 with a run scored versus Seton Hall on Feb. 17 • Had a two-run single on March 5 at Old Dominion • Scored a career-high three runs against Charlotte on April 24 • Had two hits in four at-bats during the Duke series (May 11-13) including his first career home run. Summer 2001: Played for the Wilmington Sharks of the Coastal Plain League • Batted .189 with 11 RBI and five stolen bases.

CENTRAL DAVIDSON HIGH SCHOOL
Played baseball, basketball and football • Named all-state as a senior in baseball • Three-time all-conference • Team MVP as a junior and senior • State Games in 1998 and 1999 • Played four years of American Legion Baseball • Football MVP as a senior • Named school's best student athlete in 2000 • Also received the school's faculty award for all-around achievement • An honor graduate • North Carolina scholar • National Honor Society office • A U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete. Summer 2000: Played Lexington Davidson American Legion baseball.

PERSONAL
Chase Alexander Younts is the son of Steve and Kim Younts • Born Feb. 15, 1982 • Majoring in communication studies and minoring in exercise and sport science • Favorite movie is Gladiator • Father played baseball at Liberty University • Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council at Carolina.