2014 Delta State University Statesmen Baseball Roster
Biography
2014 (Senior): National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-South Region Second Team... ABCA/Rawlings All South Region Gold Glove Team... ABCA/Rawlings All South Region First Team... Named to 2014 GSC Baseball Preseason Team... Daktronics Baseball All-South Region Second Team... All-GSC First Team... NCBWA South Region Player of the Week (4/11)... GSC Player of the Week (4/8)... NCBWA All-South Region First Team Preseason... American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball News Preseason South Region All-America Team... Started all 51 games in center field... 67 hits in 203 at bats (.330 batting average)... scored 44 runs... nine doubles... four triples... one home run... 35 RBI... 87 total bases... went 19-for-24 in stolen bases to move to 72 in his career - second in Delta State history... 1.000 fielding percentage... 15 multiple hit games...
2013 (Junior): Named to the Capital One Academic All-American Second Team… Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-South Region Team… Named to the Daktronics All-South Region Second Team… Named a National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association All-South Region Honorable Mention… Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-South Region Team… Named to the Daktronics All-South Region Second Team… Named the Gulf South Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player… Named to the All-Gulf South Conference First Team… Named Gulf South Conference Player of the Week on April 16…Played in 56 games with 55 starts…Had 76 hits in 219 at bats (.347 avg.)…10 doubles...five triples...one homerun…Scored 64 runs...Had 30 RBIs...Had 21 walks...Had 15 hit by pitches...Had a .436 on base percentage...Had two sac flies...Had three sac bunts...Had 99 total bases for a .452 slugging percentage...Had 22 strikeouts...Grounded into three double plays...Was 20 for 23 in stolen base attempts...Had 102 putouts...Had one assist…Had two errors...Had a .981 fielding percentage...
2012 (Sophomore):Â Helped guide Statesmen to 12th Gulf South Conference championship, 11th NCAA South Region title and 11th NCAA College World Series appearance...DSU finished second overall as national runner-up...Named First Team All-GSC...Daktronics Second Team All-Region...Named to NCAA College World Series All-Tournament Team...Selected to the NCAA South Region All-Tournament Team...Played in 63 games, making 60 starts in centerfield, for the Statesmen...Led DSU at the plate with a .351 average and 30 stolen bases...In 222 at-bats recorded 78 hits with 11 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 28 RBIs...Scored 57 runs...Swiped 30-of-35 stolen base attempts...Finished season sixth in GSC in batting and second in runs scored...Tied for the GSC lead in hits (78)...Ranked third in stolen bases in GSC (30)...Ranked 34th nationally in hits (78)...Season-high four hits versus four different opponents...Career-high four RBIs at UA-Monticello (4.11)...Hit safely in every postseason game but one for the Statesmen last season, including every College World Series outing...Season-high three stolen bases at Henderson State (4.24)...30 stolen bases rank third in single-season history...Finished year with 18 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests.
2011 (RS Freshman): Played in 30 games for the Statesmen...Primarily saw action as a pinch runner and defensive specialist...Batted .200 on the year after going 2 for 10 at the plate...Drove in his first career RBI in DSU's doubleheader sweep at Stillman College...Swiped 3 of 5 bases and scored five runs. Â
2010 (Freshman): Sat out the season as a redshirt.
PREP: Started three seasons for the Cobras under coach Stephen Gillis…Earned All-Area honors three straight years…Was team MVP three straight seasons…Finished his high school career with school records in runs scored, hits and stolen bases among others…Also lettered in track and power lifting and won the scholar athlete award
PERSONAL: Full name is Jordan Ryan Chovanec…Born January 23,1991…Son of Darrel and Naomi Chovanec…Has one brother Tyler…Majoring in Exercise Science
Career Highs
Category | Qty | Date |
Hits | 4 | 8 times |
Doubles | 2 | 4 times |
Triples | 1 | 11 times |
Home runs | 1 | 5 times |
Total bases | 8 | North Alabama, Mar 09, 2013 |
RBI | 4 | 3 times |
Runs scored | 4 | 2 times |
Walks | 3 | at Shorter University, Apr 19, 2014 |
Hit by pitch | 2 | 7 times |
Struck out | 3 | at Abilene Christian, Mar 12, 2013 |
Sac flies | 1 | 5 times |
Sac bunts | 1 | 9 times |
At bats | 6 | 5 times |
Stolen bases | 3 | at Henderson State, Apr 24, 2012 |
Caught stealing | 1 | 19 times |
Field chances | 6 | 4 times |
Put outs | 6 | 3 times |
Assists | 1 | 3 times |
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2010Freshman
OF
5'9"
161 lbs
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2011Redshirt Freshman
OF
5'9"
161 lbs
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2012Redshirt Sophomore
OF
5'9"
161 lbs
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2013Redshirt Junior
OF
5'9"
176 lbs
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2014Redshirt Senior
OF
5'8"
170 lbs