As A Junior: Played in 51 games starting all 51 ... All but one start came in left field with other in center field ... One of six Islander starters to hit over .300 batting .314 while leading the team in runs scored with 49 ... Run scored total is the seventh-best by an Islander in a single season ... Finished in the top five of nearly every offensive category ...Tied for team lead in times hit by a pitch with seven which ties for tenth most in a single-season ... Third on the team in total bases (95), steals (7), tied for third in home runs with six and hits (61) and fourth in RBI (32)... Had a .398 on-base percentage and .490 slugging percentage ... Tied for second with 19 multi-hit games including five three-hit games and fifth with seven multiple RBI games ... Posted a 10-game hitting streak which was third best on team and reached base safely in 23 straight games ... Averaged .450 during streak with 16 runs batted in and 12 runs scored ... Went 8-for-12 with seven RBI and five runs scored in series with Texas Southern ... Was 3-for-4 with five RBI, three runs scored and two home runs in series finale with TSU (2/11) ... Recorded eight RBI in the final two games of series with Nicholls State going 3-for-5 in the second game of the series and 3-for-4 with four runs scored and three RBI in the finale ... Was 2-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored, a double and a home run against UTSA (5/4).

At Wharton Junior College: Played for Bob Nottebart at Wharton JC ... Was named the team MVP as a sophomore ... Led conference with a .418 average as a sophomore.

In High School: Coached by Jim Long at Brenham HS ... Led the Cubs to a 28-9 record as a senior ... Hit .420 with five HRs and 35 runs batted in ... All-state as a senior ... Advanced to the state tournament as a junior in baseball and state finals in football ... Also lettered in football and track ... All-state in football ... Brenham’s Male Athlete of the Year in football.

Personal: Chase Ryan Wheaton was born April 9, 1986 in Norman, Okla. ... Son of Sunne Wheaton ... Major is kinesiology.