2026 Baseball Roster
Roster

Chase Adams
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Normal, Ill.
- High School:
- Normal University HS
2025 (Jr.): Redshirted…Missed the entire season with an injury…Collected Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Spring 2025 and Fall 2024 semesters.
2024 (So.): Made 16 appearances, all in relief…Posted a 2-0 record with a 5.30 ERA…Fanned 22 and walked 12 over 18 2/3 innings…Opened the season with a season-best 3 1/3 scoreless frames with four strikeouts and no walks versus New Orleans (2/21)…Followed that with two shutout frames with a season-best five strikeouts against Missouri State…Earned both his wins during the season in those two games……Earned a spot on the Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2023 semester.
2023 (Fr.): Pitched in seven games, all in relief, during his initial season with the Golden Eagles…Went 1-0 with a 6.75 ERA over 6 2/3 innings of work…Fanned eight and walked five…Only allowed one extra-base hit – a double…Longest outing of the year was a 3 1/3 inning performance at Coastal Carolina (4/22) in which he allowed two runs on three hits with two walks and a season-high five strikeouts…Registered lone win by getting two outs against South Alabama (5/7) with a strikeout…Initial outing came against Illinois (2/24) in which he threw a scoreless frame…Played for the Upper Valley Nighthawks in the New England Collegiate Baseball League…Pitched in seven games and posted a 0-1 record with a 12.19 ERA with 10 1/3 innings of work…A member of the Dean’s List during the Spring 2023 semester.
High School: Played at Normal University High School, where his team reached the regional final and won the Central State 8 conference championship, finishing 29-7…Team finished 32-4 his junior season and won the 2A regional, section and super sectional championship, before finishing third in the state…Had game-winning hit that sent team to regional final and pitched in third-place contest in which University High won.
Personal: Son of Amy Adams…Born Sept. 8…Majoring in Business Administration.