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  Chad Clark
Chad Clark

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Englewood, Colo.

High School:
Sheridan H.S.

Height / Weight:
5-8 / 180

Position:
INF

Birthdate:
04/09/1983

Experience:
4VL

Bats/Throws:
L/R

Graduated:
2006


Finished his career by being hit-by-pitch 35 times, including 13 times in each of his last two years ... 35 hit-by-pitches is believed to be the school record (although records are currently incomplete).

2006: Played in 45 games, starting 41, during his senior campaign ... although shortstop is his natural position, moved to second base in 2006 due to off-season surgery ... ranked third on the team in multiple-RBI games (7), batting the majority of the season in the nine-hole ... had a two-out single in the seventh inning at No. 12 Arkansas (Apr. 19) that scored Adam Symons and gave the Bears a 3-2 lead on its way to a 4-2 victory over the nationally-ranked Razorbacks ... was 3-for-5 in each of the first two games of the Washington State series (April 22-23); in the first game added a run scored, three RBI and a double and in the second game had a run scored and a RBI ... netted his first career triple against South Dakota State (Apr. 8), a game where he was 3-for-4 with a run scored and RBI in a 9-7 victory ... was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI in the finale against SDSU (Apr. 9) and followed that up with a 1-for-3, three-run, three-RBI performance against in-state rival Air Force (Apr. 11) ... was 3-for-4 with two runs scored at New Mexico State (Feb. 25) ... had hits in seven of his last nine games of the season ... was 2-for-3 with a RBI against North Dakota State (May 18) in the opening game of the D-I Independent Invitational; scored two runs against each IPFW and NYIT at the same tournament ... drove in a pair of runs against Nebraska-Kearney (Mar. 14) ... hit .385 (10-for-26) with nine runs and seven RBI in 10 games against D-I Independent competition in 2006; that included 10 walks, six hit-by-pitches and a .619 on-base percentage - tops on the team ... hit .348 (8-for-23) in his final 10 games of the season ... had five hits against nationally-ranked teams, third most on the team ... was 3-for-8 (.375) with the bases loaded ... hit .800 (12-for-15) with a runner on third and less than two outs


2005: Played in 37 games, starting 32, before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury while sliding into second base on April 24 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... started 13 games at second base, 15 at third base and four at shortstop during the season ... despite not playing in 19 games, ranked fifth on the team in runs (29) and third in walks (15) ... was hit by a pitch an amazing 13 times, seven more times than anyone else on the team, and was second on the team in on-base percentage (.414) ... after batting in several spots in the order early in the season, developed into the team's leadoff hitter on March 16 at Nebraska and started his final 21 games as the squad's leadoff man ... had a season-high three hits in the final game of the three-game series at No. 21 Nebraska ... had two hits in first game of a doubleheader at Air Force (Apr. 19) including a key two-strike final inning single to start a four-run rally as the Bears came from behind to win 6-5 ... was 2-for-3 with three runs scored, two RBI and three walks in 20-2 win over Metro State (Apr. 13) ... scored a season-high four runs on March 27 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi as Bears won 11-3 ... had seven multi-hit and four multi-RBI games ... hit .160 points higher against right-handed pitchers ... hit .489 (22-for-45) as the leadoff hitter during an inning.

2004: Appeared in 40 contests, starting 27 of them in the Bears' infield ... highlight of the season was hitting his first career home run, a three-run shot to right field in the fifth inning at Mesa State (Mar. 7) ... finished that contest 3-3 with three runs scored and three RBI ... had a two-RBI pinch-hit single to spark UNC to 11-6 victory over Air Force (Mar. 30) ... finished the day 1-4 with two runs and two RBI in 12-0 victory over Hawaii-Hilo (May 18) ... doubled in win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Apr. 24) and was 2-4 with two runs scored and a double in 6-3 win at Utah Valley State (Apr. 2) ... walked six times, was hit-by-pitch six additional times and had four sacrifices.


2003: Played in 48 games, starting 30 and splitting time at shortstop with Kevin Magill ... was 1-2 with four runs scored and two RBI in 29-4 victory over Augustana in NCC Tournament (May 11) ... was 3-3 in 4-3 UNC victory over St. Cloud State (Apr. 5) ... had four hits, scored two runs and drove in four RBI in season-opening doubleheader against Air Force.

2002: Redshirt.

High School: Earned four letters playing baseball at Sheridan High School ... member of the R.B.I. Colorado Metro All-Stars team in 1998, 2000, 2001 ... named player of the year in 1999 ... first-team all-conference shortstop in 2001 ... team captain sophomore through senior years ... senior of the year in 2001 in 4A ... honorable mention all-state shortstop senior year ... Sheridan Player of the Year his senior year ... selected to the Top 40 All-Star game his senior year ... ranked in the top five in the state (4A) with a .525 batting average his senior year ... ranked in the top five in the state (4A) with 14 stolen bases ... started every game of his high school career ... also played football where he was a team captain ... led the state (4A) in receptions with 61 his senior year.

Personal: Born April 9, 1983, in Denver, Colo. ... son of John and Darline Clark ... majoring in social science with a minor in criminal justice.

Clark's Career Statistics


Year       Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2003....  .203  48-30    79   21   16   0   0   0   11   16  .203  16   3  12   1  .354   1   3   1-3     35  85  11  .916
2004....  .235  40-27    81   12   19   2   0   1   11   24  .296   6   6  10   3  .333   0   4   0-0     32  62  10  .904
2005....  .270  37-32   111   29   30   4   0   0   10   34  .306  15  13  14   2  .414   1   3   2-3     45  89   2  .985
2006....  .273  45-41   139   28   38   3   1   0   23   43  .309  20  13  27   4  .413   0   6   0-2     82  95  12  .937
TOTAL...  .251 170-130  410   90  103   9   1   1   55  117  .285  57  35  63  10  .387   2  16   3-8    194 331  35  .938

Clark's Game-by-Game Statistics

  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006





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