University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2025
Made eight appearances, all out of the bullpen, before his season was cut short by injury … Recorded two wins and two saves … Struck out 20 hitters in 15 1/3 innings … Earned the win in his Gaucho debut, pitching three one-hit innings with five strikeouts against Campbell on Feb. 16 … Earned a four-inning save against California Baptist on Feb. 23, striking out five hitters and allowing just one run … Earned a more traditional save with two strikeouts in a scoreless ninth inning against Fresno State on Feb. 28 … Earned the win in relief against San Diego on March 11, pitching three innings of one-run ball.

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TCU
2024
Made 20 appearances, one start … Struck out 31 batters while walking 13 in 20 1/3 innings … Recorded 11 scoreless outings on the season, all in relief … Recorded the save on Feb. 24 against UCLA … Pitched a scoreless inning of relief against Oklahoma in The Big 12 Tournament on May 22 … Made his lone start of the season on May 24 against Kansas.
 
2023
Made 13 appearances, four starts, posting a 1-1 record … Struck out 34 batters while walking 26 in 35 innings of work … The Horned Frogs went 3-1 in Hoover’s four starts … Recorded six scoreless outings on the season … Pitched seven scoreless innings with four strikeouts and just two hits allowed to earn his first career win against Abeline Christian on March 21 … Started the Big 12 Championship Game against Oklahoma State on May 28, which the Horned Frogs won.

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HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterwinner at San Marcos High School … Helped the Royals win back-to-back Channel League Titles for the first time in school history … Earned All-Channel League First Team, Pitcher of the Year and MVP honors in both his junior and senior years … SBART Baseball Athlete of the Year as a senior … Earned All-CIF Southern Section honors as a senior … Posted a 0.99 career ERA.

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PERSONAL
Chase Hoover was born on Oct. 16, 2003 in Santa Barbara … Son of Tim and Kelly Hoover … Has three younger siblings, Luke, Grant and Savannah … Majoring in Film Studies at UC Santa Barbara.