Chase Utley Class: Senior Hometown: Long Beach, CA High School: Long Beach Polytechnic HS Height / Weight: 6-1 / 185 Position: Second Baseman (Co-Captain) Bats/Throws:: Left/Right

Overview - This preseason All-American (Collegiate Baseball) will start at second base... Hitting coach Vince Beringhele said, "Chase brings a dangerous lefthanded bat up to the plate. If the game is on the line, he is the guy you want up there. He is a clutch performer." ... Ranked #16 in Baseball America's Top 150 draft-eligible college prospects

1999 (Summer) - Joined UCLA teammates Garrett Atkins and Ryan Carter on the Cape Cod League champion Cotuit Kettleers ... Was the starting second baseman in the Cape Cod League All-Star game ... Hit .322 (fifth in league) with five homers and 33 RBI (third in league) in 36 games.

1999 (As A Sophomore) - Started all 62 games at second base ... Only player on team to play in every single inning ... Utley hit cleanup 22 times, third ten times, and second for the last 30 games of the year ... A much improved infielder, Utley commited just 13 errors in 310 chances compared to 24 as a freshman ... Had a 16-game errorless streak, 3/27-4/25 ... Led the team in at-bats (271) and triples (2) ... Tied for the team lead in runs scored (66, Scott) and placed fourth in the Pac-10 ... Hit safely in 51 of 62 games.

Notes: Had two early-season seven-game hitting streaks, 1/26 (First Game) -- 2/10 and 2/16 -- 2/26 ... Went 5-6 (career-high) with three runs (ties career-high), four RBI, a double, and first collegiate grand slam (which turned out to be the game-winner) at California, 4/3 ... Hit two homers, including the game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the ninth, and had a career-high six RBI which enabled the Bruins to sweep Arizona State for the first time since 1986, 4/18 ... Named to Baseball America's annual midseason Sophomore All-American team (second team) ... Named GTE Student Athlete of the Week for the week of 4/12-4/18 by going 9-18 with two HR and nine RBI ... Hit .412 (7-17) with four runs, two 2B, and two HR in the '99 Wichita Regional ... Ended season on a nine-game hitting streak, 5/8 -- present ... Named to the All-Pac-10 first team ... Named to the ABCA All-West District first team.

Inside the Numbers -- Hit .382 (26-68) with 19 runs, 20 RBI, and five HR (two game-winning grand slams) during career-high 15-game hitting streak, 3/29-4/27 ... Hit .373 (44-118) with 30 runs, eight 2B, nine HR, and 30 RBI in the last 25 games ... Hit .355 in Pac-10 play (third on team) and .379 (11-29) with runners in scoring position in Pac-10 games ... Second on team with a .312 road batting average ... Top returning basestealer (5-6) ... Had 15 multi-RBI games (second on team) and 24 multi-hit games (third on team) ... Hitting .400 (18-45) with 13 runs scored, nine RBI, six 2B, and four HR during latest nine-game hitting streak. 1998 (Summer) -- Had stints at each infield position for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League, managed by Bill Mosiello ... Along with Bruin teammate Chad Cislak, Chase led the Whitecaps to a first-place regular season finish ... One of only four freshman in the Cape Cod League to bat over .300 (.304) ... Had four hits, including the game-winning home run over UCLA teammate Garrett Atkins and the Cotuit Kettleers in a regular season clash.

1998 (As A Freshman) - Began the season as the team's starting shortstop and finished the season platooning in the DH spot ... Appeared in 53 games, making 44 starts ... Started 33 games at shortstop and 11 in the DH spot ... Started four games in the second spot, 16 games in the fifth spot, 15 games in the sixth spot, five games in the seventh spot, and four games in the eighth spot of the lineup.

Notes: Set UCLA's all-time freshman home run record with 15, previously held by Bob Hamelin who hit 13 home runs in 1987 ... Earned Freshman All-American honors (Collegiate Baseball) ... Hit seven home runs over his final six games of the season, including five in his last three ... Finished the season with an 11-game hitting streak, batting .349 (15-43) ... Compiled a multi-RBI game in four of his final five starts ... One of three Bruins (Chad Cislak, Rob Henkel) who participated in the 1997 Team USA Fall Trials.

Inside The Numbers: Was second on the team and tied for seventh in the league in home runs (15) ... Finished tied for second on the team in multi-RBI games (14) ... Led the team in home runs (seven) and RBI (13) in the month of May ... His 11-game hitting streak was tied for second longest on the team for the season.

Long Beach Polytechnic High School - Batted .525 with 12 home runs, six triples, six doubles and 48 RBI his senior season ... Stole 12 bases in 13 attempts and walked 16 times, compared to just two strikeouts ... Named an All-American by Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, the American Baseball Coaches Association and the National High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Personal - Selected in the second round by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1997 major league baseball draft ... Favorite player is Shawn Green ... Greatest athletic thrill was playing in the '99 Wichita Regional ...Also recruited by Oklahoma, Long Beach St., Cal St. Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara, Nevada, and Loyola Marymount ... Has a younger sister, Taylor Ann ... His parents are David and Terrell Utley ... Full name is Chase Cameron Utley ... Born on Dec. 12, 1978, in Pasadena, Calif....Majoring in Sociology.

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