Phillip Chapman

Position:
C
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 196
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Clinton, Miss.
Prev School:
Northeast Mississippi Community College

2010 (Junior)
Took over the starting catcher role midway through 2010 season...Batted .315 in 34 starts...Appeared in 41 games total...Racked up 40 hits, including 10 doubles and four home runs...Drove in 28 runs...Totaled 11 multi-hit games and seven outings with two or more RBI...Hit .311 as a starter and .400 as a reserve...Hit .400 in C-USA play...Missed the final two games of the regular season and the entire 2010 C-USA Championships after suffering a broken arm in series-opener at Southern Miss (5/20/10)...Injury ended his streak of catching 121-straight C-USA innings...Caught 129 consecutive weekend innings from April 16-May 16...Had a career day at Marshall (4/3/10) going 4-for-5 with a career and Memphis season-high five runs scored in a 21-13 slugfest...Strung together a career-high nine-game hit streak (4/25-5/12)...Hit first Division I home run vs. East Carolina (4/10/10).

Northeast Mississippi Community College
Was a two-year letterman for head coach Kent Farris...Compiled a career .372 batting average to go with 63 RBI and 16 round-trippers...Selected as a National Junior College Athletic Association pre-season All-American in 2009...Helped NEMCC to a 33-14 mark in 2009 and a 32-18 finish in 2008...Hit .389 with nine home runs, 39 RBI and 10 doubles in 2009...Named a First Team All-State catcher...Led the Tigers in slugging percentage, home runs and RBI as a sophomore...Noted as a Second Team All-State performer in 2008 after hitting .340 with 14 doubles and seven homers...Helped NEMCC to back-to-back Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges' (MACJC) state tournaments in 2008 and 2009 and a Region XXIII berth in 2008...Guided the Tigers to a 65-32 record in two seasons, including back-to-back MACJC North Division runner-up finishes.

Prep
Was a three-year letterwinner for head coach Eddie Lofton at Clinton High School...Led the Arrows to the quarterfinals of the 5-A State playoffs as a senior in 2007...Batted .383 with a .604 slugging percentage, 34 RBI, 10 doubles, five homers and a triple in senior campaign...Named a 2007 First Team All-Metro performer.

Personal
Son of Chuck and Stephani Chapman...Majoring in accounting.

Chapman's Career Stats
Season	GP-GS	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	SB-A
2010	41-34	.315	127	33	40	10	0	4	28	62	.488	15	5	24	4-6
Career	41-34	.315	127	33	40	10	0	4	28	62	.488	15	5	24	0-0