2026 Baseball Roster
Roster
Chone James
- Position:
- INF/UTL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 185
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Myrtle Beach, S.C.
- High School/Previous School:
- Socastee HS / Virginia
2025 ACC All-Academic Team
2025 (Freshman) - Virginia
Appeared in 26 games, making 15 starts (11 at DH, two in left field and two at second base) … Batted .373 (25-for-67) with five doubles, one triple and 11 RBIs … Tallied eight multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … Made his collegiate debut as a pinch hitter against Dartmouth (2/28) … First collegiate hit was a RBI single against Dartmouth (3/1) and drove in a season-high three runs … Collected a season-best three hits against Stanford (3/28) … Lone triple of the season came against James Madison (4/23).
High School
Named the No. 2 catcher and No. 4 Overall player in the state of South Carolina by Perfect Game … Earned All-State and All-Region honors his senior year … Was also chosen for the Select Baseball Game … Played for the Vermont Lake Monsters the summer after his high school year … Made the All-Futures League Team for the FCBL in 2024.
Personal
Born Oct. 26, 2005 to Willie and Amanda James … Has a younger sister, Carrigan … Father played baseball for Purdue then went on to play professionally in the Braves organization from 2002-2006, reaching Double-A Mississippi … Was a point guard for his high school basketball team … Hobby is fishing … Majoring in Communications.
