University of Southern Indiana Athletics

2011: Named honorable mention All-American by Daktronics...also named first-team All-Midwest Region by Daktronics, NCWBA, and ABCA...earned Academic All-GLVC  and GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award honors...led USI with a .342 batting average and seven home runs...was second on the team with 49 RBIs...named first-team All-GLVC...also appeared in 10 games on the mound for the Eagles, posting a 6-1 record and a 2.37 ERA before suffering an elbow injury.

2010: Named Academic All-GLVC...played in nine games for the Eagles before redshirting with an elbow injury...was hitting .345 and had a 3-1 record before ending the season early.

2009: Named Daktronics first team All-Region and second team All-GLVC as a utility player...saw action as a pitcher, designated hitter, third baseman, and first baseman...USI's number one starter, finishing the season with a 7-3 overall record with a 3.22 ERA in 16 appearances and 15 starts...struck out a career-high 11 batters against the University of Wisconsin-Parkside...led the Screaming Eagles with 76 strike outs...completed the season with 100.2 innings of work, just short of the USI single-season record...sparked the top third of the USI line-up, completing the season with a team-best 10 home runs and ranked second on the team with a .357 batting average...hit a walk-off home run in the win over Northern Kentucky University in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional...also had 52 runs scored, 15 doubles, four triples, and 37 RBIs...had a season-best four hits in a game three times and five RBIs in the win over the University of Missouri-St. Louis...had a two-home run game at Lewis University...listed as a "Newcomer to Watch" by Collegiate Baseball Magazine and the American Baseball Coaches Association.

TRANSFER: Becomes a Screaming Eagle after two seasons as a Saluki at Southern Illinois University Carbondale...produced a career batting average of .258 with 19 RBIs, 23 runs scored, and seven doubles in 51 games, while recording a 5-2 mark on the mound with a 4.29 ERA in 71.2 innings of work...was 3-0 with a 3.69 ERA in 17 games and 39 innings of work in 2008, while batting .250 with nine runs scored and five RBIs in 21 games. He also had two multi-hit games and a five-game hitting streak.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-time All-Conference honoree and a three-time league Most Valuable Player in baseball at Carmi-White County High School (Carmi, Illinois)...hit .411 or better each of his four seasons at CWHS with 19 career home runs...named All-State as a senior and was 42nd-best prospect in the state by the Illinois Prep Baseball Magazine.

PERSONAL: Born April 28, 1987...son of John and Gloria Choate.

*Redshirted after nine games