2027 Baseball Roster
Roster
Chone James
- Position:
- INF/UTL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 185
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Myrtle Beach, S.C.
- High School/Previous School:
- Socastee HS / Virginia
2025-26 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Rollย
2026 Spring SEC Academic Honor Rollย
2025 ACC All-Academic Teamย
2026 (Sophomore) - Mississippi Stateย
Played in 26 games with 13 starts at catcher ... Finished the season with 55 at bats, 15 runs, 17 hitsย and a .309 batting average ... Implemented as a utility player, making apperances at catcher, second baseย and as a pinch hitter ... Hit game-tying RBI single versus Georgia (5/21) at the SEC Tournament ... Hit game-winning RBI triple at Ole Miss (3/27)ย ... Left the least amount of runners on base (10) out of Bulldogs appearing in more than 10 games ... Had a perfect 1.000 batting average during SEC play with runners on third and less than two outs ... Launched his first-career home run versus Troy (2/17), collecting two RBIs ... Successfully stole all three bases attempted on the season ... Had three games with two hits and two runs batted in.
2025 (Freshman) - Virginia
Appeared in 26 games, making 15 starts (11 at DH, two in left field and two at second base) โฆ Batted .373 (25-for-67) with five doubles, one triple and 11 RBIs โฆ Tallied eight multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games โฆ Made his collegiate debut as a pinch hitter against Dartmouth (2/28) โฆ First collegiate hit was a RBI single against Dartmouth (3/1) and drove in a season-high three runs โฆ Collected a season-best three hits against Stanford (3/28) โฆ Lone triple of the season came against James Madison (4/23).ย ย
High School
Named the No. 2 catcher and No. 4 Overall player in the state of South Carolina by Perfect Game โฆย Earned All-State and All-Region honors his senior year โฆ Was also chosen for the Select Baseball Game โฆ Played for the Vermont Lake Monsters the summer after his high school year โฆ Made the All-Futures League Team for the FCBL in 2024.ย
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Personal
Born Oct. 26, 2005 to Willieย and Amanda Jamesย โฆ Has a younger sister, Carrigan โฆ Father played baseball for Purdue then went on to play professionally in the Braves organization from 2002-2006, reaching Double-A Mississippi โฆ Was a point guard for his high school basketball team โฆ Hobby is fishing โฆ Majoring in Communications.ย
