Georgia Southern University Athletics

AWARDS/HONORS
Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 22, 2016)

SOPHOMORE (2017): Made 17 appearances with 16 starts… Recorded a 4-3 record with a 4.81 ERA… Worked 73.0 innings while striking out a team-best 77 batters… Held opponents to a .266 average… Went the distance in a 9-2 win over Little Rock, allowing just two runs off four hits with six strikeouts… Struck out double-digit batters in back-to-back outings at Louisiana (10 Ks)(5/6) and Arkansas State (11 Ks)(5/13)… Allowed a season-low three hits against Arkansas State… Recorded five quality starts.

FRESHMAN (2016): Pitched in 17 games, starting 15… Had a 4-3 record… Allowed third least hits in the conference with 53… Ranked 29th in the nation in hits allowed per nine innings with 6.42… Allowed fifth least runs allowed in the conference with 27, tying for fifth least earned runs with 22… Had the sixth lowest ERA in the conference at 2.66… Pitched 74.1 innings… Second in the conference in opposing batting average with .199… Tied for third in the conference in least doubles allowed with seven… Pitched 5.0 shutout innings, allowing one hit and striking out seven, at Georgia (2/20)… Pitched 6.1 shutout innings, allowing one hit and striking out seven, vs. Memphis (3/5)… Pitched 6.0 shutout innings, allowing four hits and striking out two, vs. Troy (3/19)… Pitched a complete game shutout, allowing two hits and striking out seven, at UT Arlington (4/16 Game 1).

PREP: Played for head coach Justin Zeir at Alpharetta High School in Alpharetta, Ga... Named All-Region as a junior and a senior... Picked up Alpharetta High School’s Cy Young Award in 2013... Posted more than 50 strikeouts and a 0.38 ERA as a senior... Recorded 15 strikeouts in a six-inning appearance as a senior... Owns the Alpharetta High School record for single game strikeouts... Also competed for the A.H.S. diving team, ranking sixth in the state.

PERSONAL: Born Chase Cohen on April 26, 1998 in Alpharetta, Ga... Son of Linda and Jon Cohen... Has a brother, Jake.

MAJOR: Management