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Jersey Number 13
Nate Chester
- Position:
- Infield
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 190
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Mo.
- High School/Previous School:
- Liberty North HS / John A. Logan CC
Bio
Honors / Awards
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 (Junior Season)
Season: Made 28 appearances on the year with eight starts all at third base … Finished with a .206 batting average … Ended with seven hits and three RBIs.
Air Force (2/16-18): Appeared at the plate six times and batted out a pair of hits. Austin Peay (2/20-21): Picked up six at bats and drove in a run. Florida (3/30-31): Put together a run, hit and an RBI through eight at bats in the series.. Georgia (4/6-7): Batted out first double of the season … Finished the series with a run scored and a hit in three plate appearances. Alcorn State (4/16): Picked up a hit in a single at bat. Auburn (4/21): Played both second and third base in the doubleheader. Vanderbilt (4/28): Entered the game at second base. Ole Miss (5/1): Entered the game at second base. Arkansas (5/10-11): Scored a run on the weekend. Missouri (5/16,18): Hit his second double of the season. Vanderbilt (5/23): Drove in a run and batted out a hit in a single plate appearance. St. John’s (6/2): Entered the game at second base as a defensive replacement.
2023 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in 15 games with four … All four of his starts came at third base … Accumulated a .211 batting average with four hits, two RBIs and two walks … Picked up his first hit as a Dawg on Feb. 24 against Arizona State … Picked up his first RBI on March 7 against Valparaiso.
Arizona State (2/24-26): His first hit of the season came against the Sundevils as he went one-for-one in game one. Valparaiso (3/7): Went perfect at the plate, one-for-one, while also tallying his first RBI of the season. Arkansas (5/5-7): Went one-for-three in game three of the series, driving his only double of the season to score an RBI.
2022 (Freshman Season – John A. Logan CC)
Season: Named GRAC Freshman of the Year, GRAC Newcomer of the Year… Was second on the team with a .363 batting average… Was one of three players with 10 or more home runs… Collected 50 RBIs on the season, the second most on the team… Scored the most runs on the team (66)… Tallied 14 stolen bases… Had an on-base percentage of .465 on the season… Had 12 doubles and one triple.
2021 (Freshman Season – Missouri)
Season: Did not appear in a game.
High School
Attended Liberty North High School in Kansas City, Mo.... Ranked as Missouri’s Class of 2020 No. 3 shortstop prospect, No. 15 overall prospect in the state by Perfect Game... Top-500 recruit nationally as well... 2020 Perfect Game Preseason Second-Team Central All-Region... 2019, 2018 and 2017 Perfect Game Preseason High Honorable Mention Underclassmen All-American... Participated in 2018 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Game... Competed at 2017 Perfect Game Freshman Series Classic... Two-Time All-State selection… Three Time All-District, All-Region and All-Conference honoree… Has the school record for most stolen bases in a career… Earned the Brian Piccolo Award, which is given to the Most Outstanding High School athlete in Kansas City.
Personal
Full name is Nathan Ross Chester… Born on Sept. 7, 2001 in Liberty, Mo… Son of Jason and Tracy Chester… Has two sisters, Katie and Kylie… Father played baseball at Maplewoods CC and Rockhurst University… Mother played volleyball at University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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