Hokie Club2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2023: Appeared in 28 games for the Hokies, making eight starts as the designated player… Posted a .344 batting average with 11 hits, including two doubles and three home runs… Recorded a .688 slugging percentage and a .410 on base percentage with seven RBI… Scored four runs on the season… Hit first home run of the season, a two-run shot, against No. 9 Texas to tie the game in the third inning (2/24)… Hit second home run of the season in the win over Gardner-Webb (3/8)… Recorded two RBI with a home run in the win over Chattanooga (3/25)… Went 2-for-2 with a double against Liberty (3/28)… Tallied a hit in three straight games (4/2-4/6).
2022: Appeared in five games this season… Recorded two hits and three RBI on five at bats… Appeared as a pinch hitter against ETSU and went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI (3/9)... Hit a two-run single against No. 2 Florida State (4/9).
2021: Appeared in 36 games, starting 20 as the designated player… Appeared at the Tempe Regional twice as a pinch-hitter, recording a hit both times including a two-run home run vs. BYU in the regional final (5/22)… Roped a two-run double to right center versus Longwood (4/7)… Had an RBI single at No. 12/14 Duke (4/2)… Laid down a textbook sac bunt to earn an RBI at Louisville (3/27)… Hit a solo shot to straightaway center and tallied sac fly for a total of two RBI versus Virginia (2/24)… Hit a walkoff bomb in Game 2 vs. Radford to end the game after five innings (3/17)… Smashed a homer in every game of the series vs. No. 13/14 Florida State (2/20-2/21)… Tied her career high in RBI with three in Game 2 vs. No. 13/14 Florida State after a three-run home run (2/20)… Hit a double in the second leg of the doubleheader at Kennesaw State (2/13).
2020: Played in 20 games, starting 18 as the designated player … Tied for the team lead in home runs with seven … Had her first career multi-homer game at George Washington (3/10) … Had a two-run home run in the 4-0 win at Virginia (3/6) … Crushed a two-run homer well over the left-field wall against Purdue (2/28) … Went 4 for 10 with five RBI in three games at the Charleston Invitational … Had a home-run and three RBI against Bradley (2/22) … Went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBI versus No. 19/18 Missouri (2/15) … Crushed an insurance solo homer in the win over No. 18/17 South Carolina (2/14) … Tallied a two-run single at Coastal Carolina (2/7).
2019: Has played in 33 games, drawing 20 starts as the designated player … Gained two starts in the Lexington Regional, earning a walk versus Illinois (5/17) … Hit her seventh career home and came up with two RBI versus Longwood (4/30) … Recorded three RBI and one home run during the doubleheader at Charlotte (4/17) … Recorded one RBI and one hit at Duke (4/6) … Recorded one hit and one walk versus Louisville (3/30) … Earned one walk along with a hit and a run against Radford (3/27) … Registered two RBI, two hits and scored one run at Pitt (3/24) … Racked up three hits and four RBI in the Binghamton (3/19) doubleheader, including a three-run home run to right center, as well as an RBI single for her first multi-hit game … Drew a walk at NC State (3/17) … Notched a two-run homer in at NC State (3/16) … Drew a walk versus Georgia Tech (3/10) … Recorded a hit, RBI and run scored against Georgia State (2/23) … Belted a two-run homer versus [RV] Texas State (2/22) … Pinched-hit at Charleston Southern (2/17) and earned a single … Pinched-hit versus Detroit Mercy (2/16) and got the first hit of her career … Recorded one RBI in her debut versus College of Charleston (2/9) … Registered a base on balls in the victory over Purdue (2/10).
High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Kelly Glass at Palo Verde … Three-time All-Northwest League selection … Led team to VHSL state title in 2017 … Earned second-team all-state in 2018 … All-state honorable mention in 2016.
Personal: Grace Milagro Carmella Chavez … Born May 19, 2000 … Daughter of Jeremy and Marybeth Chavez … Has a brother, Michael … Majoring in multimedia journalism.