2025 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 26
Chase Call
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 215
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Porter Ranch, Calif.
- Major:
- Public Health Policy
Prep
Personal
- Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Representative
- Played 54 games starting 50 as a RF and DH
- Hit .261 (49-for-188) with 17 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 47 RBI, and 45 runs scored
- Tied old program record with eight RBI March 8 vs. Columbia adding a home run, four hits, and four runs
- One of the team's key laundry attendants
- Named All-Big West Honorable Mention
- 2023 Big West Spring All-Academic
- Started all 52 games he played in as a right fielder and designated hitter
- Hit .266 with 47 hits, 49 runs scored, six doubles, one triple, and 43 RBIs
- Tied for the team lead with 11 home runs finishing in the top 10 in the conference
- Led the Big West with 50 walks becoming just fourth Anteater to reach 50 in a season; had 11 games of multiple walks, four games of three or more, and at one point had a streak of 17 straight games with a walk
- Season highs of three hits (3 times), four runs scored vs. UC Riverside, four walks vs. UC Riverside, and five RBIs vs. Michigan
- Hit his first grand slam in a 10-9 win at Arizona State
- Played summer ball in the MLB Draft League for the State College Spikes
- Drove in seven, scored seven, and earned 18 walks over 13 games
- Played four games in 2022 starting once
- Hit .500 (3-for-6) including a two-hit game in the season finale at Cal State Fullerton
- Scored one run, drove in one, and added a double
- Played summer ball for Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the Northwoods League
- Hit .278 with 35 hits in 39 games
- Added eight doubles, six home runs, 28 RBIs, seven stolen bases, and 36 runs scored
- Played baseball and basketball at Calabasas High School
- Male Athlete of the Year and First Team All-League
- Played point guard in one season of basketball
- Played travel ball with PFA and Reggie Smith Athletics
Personal
- Parents attended Boston College and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Has one older brother who played baseball, one younger brother who plays baseball at UCLA, and a younger sister who plays volleyball
- Aspires to play professionally or become an orthopedic surgeon
- Member of the Anteater Emergency Services Club at UC Irvine
- Volunteers with Champions, a special needs baseball program, Trotters coaching toddler baseball players, volunteers at the school Soup Kitchen as well as others and various blood banks, coaching at Huntington Beach Little League, and works at a hitting facility
- Also volunteer for Light the Night for the Leukemia Foundation
- Responsible for the team laundry after every practice and game
- Grandfather, Charlie Blaney, was the VP of the Los Angeles Dodgers
- UC Irvine offered me the best academic and athletic opportunity. The coaching staff welcomed me with open arms, and the excitement of playing for such a prestigious school is unsurpassed. I know I will receive an excellent education that will help me advance my career
- Fan of Mike Trout and the Atlanta Braves
- Enjoys watching his favorite movies, The Green Book and Soul, watching his favorite TV show, Rick and Morty, and the musical stylings of Lil Baby
- Enjoys the beach, would love to visit Maldives, wiffle ball, cards, chicken parmesean, hacky sack, ice cream which he eats every night, monkeys, backflips and traveling
- Team's best ping-pong player
- Family is part Australian, and has been scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef
- Favorite quote: "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela
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