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#19 Chayton Krauss INF • 6-3 226 Sr. • Coppell, TX (Grayton College)
CAREER HONORS
2024:
ABCA Second Team Central All-Region
First Team All-Conference USA
Tucson Regional All-Tournament Team
Conference USA Hitter of the Week (Week of May 13) Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2024 (JUNIOR)
Capped off a 20-game hit streak with a two-hit game against Tarleton (4/2) ... Went 3-for-4 at Air Force (4/12) ... Delivered a pair of doubles at Air Force (4/14) ... Hit two home runs including a two-run shot in the ninth inning that gave DBU an 8-7 win at Oklahoma State (4/16) ... CUSA TOURNAMENT: Helped lead DBU to a CUSA title after going 4-for-6 with a double, a home run, and a season-high five RBI in a 17-10 win over Louisiana Tech (5/26) ... TUCSON REGIONAL: Hit .461 (6- for-13) to be named to the Tucson Regional All-Tournament Team ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI double in a 7-0 win over No. 15 Arizona (6/1) ... Compiled three base hits, drove in a run, and scored three runs against Grand Canyon (6/2).
2023 (SOPHOMORE - GRAYSON COLLEGE)
Named a First Team All-Conference selection at third base ... Led the team in seven categories including batting average (.404), hits (63), home runs (8), doubles (11), triples (5), RBI (58), and slugging percentage (.692) ... Also made eight appearances, including six starts, on the mound and struck out 21 batters in 21.2 innings ... Garnered Academic All-Conference honors.
2022 (FRESHMAN - GRAYSON COLLEGE)
Hit .343 with a team-high 59 hits ... Totaled eight home runs, 12 doubles, three triples, and 35 RBI ... Posted a .587 slugging percentage.
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Chatham Anglers in the Cape Cod Baseball League last summer.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterman at Coppell School ... Played for head coach Ryan Howard ... Named the District’s Most Valuable Player as a senior after leading Coppell to the Class 6A Regional Semifinals ... Selected to the Texas High School 5A-6A All-Star Team ... Rated the No. 14 first baseman in the state of Texas and the No. 64 nationally by
Perfect Game.
PERSONAL
Born on March 7, 2003 ... Parents are Paul and Philippa Krauss ... Was born in New Zealand and selected to play for his home country in the 2022 World Baseball Classic ... Also starred on New Zealand’s U15 and U18 National Teams ...
His RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning gave Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, a walk-off win over Pearland, Texas, in the United States Championship of the 2015 Little League World Series ... Majoring in Kinesiology ... Favorite Bible verse is Philippians 4:6-7.
Named an ABCA Second Team Central All-Region and First Team All-CUSA selection ... Was one of three finalists in the nation at first base for the ABCA/ Rawlings Gold Glove Team after committing just two errors in 429 chances for a .995 fielding percentage ... Finished the season ranked in the top 10 in CUSA in six offensive categories including second in hits (88), fourth in batting average (.358) and RBI (66), fifth in home runs (16) and total bases (154), and seventh in slugging percentage (.626) ... His 88 hits rank as the seventh-most in a single- season in program history and his 154 total bases ranks 10th all-time ... Started all 60 games including 47 at first base and 13 at third base ... Reached base safely in his first 37 games and had the team’s longest hit streak (20) from March 1 - April 2 ... vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI versus No. 19 Indiana at the Frisco Classic (3/2) ... Helped lift DBU to a 7-5 win over No. 15 Alabama in the Frisco Classic (3/3) after going 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI ... Went 2-for-4 with a solo home run against No. 9 TCU (3/12) ... Smashed a two-run homer as part of a two-hit day in a 6-0 win at No. 14 Oklahoma (3/19) ... vs. CUSA OPPONENTS: His .347 batting average against CUSA opponents was the second-highest on the team ... Blasted a three- run homer to lead DBU to a series-clinching win at Sam Houston (3/23) ... Went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a double at Sam Houston (3/24) ... Posted a season-high four hits against New Mexico State (3/29) going 4-for-4 with a double and three RBI ... His three-run homer in the fourth inning helped lift the Patriots to a 3-0 win at WKU (4/7) ... Smashed a solo homer versus Louisiana Tech (4/19) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBI at FIU (4/26) ... Tripled and drove in two runs as part of a two-hit game at FIU (4/27) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against Jacksonville State (5/5) ... Racked up three base hits versus Liberty (5/11) ... Powered DBU’s offense in a 15-1 win at Middle Tennessee (5/16) going 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double, and four RBI ... Went 2-for-5 with a solo homer at Middle Tennessee (5/17) ... Posted his third straight multi-hit game at Middle Tennessee (5/18) after going 2-for-4 with an RBI ... vs. NON- CONFERENCE: Went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI on Opening Day versus Southeast Missouri (2/16) ... Laced a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning against Southeast Missouri (2/18) ... Put together a two-hit day in an 11-7 win over Oklahoma (2/20) ... Went 2-for-5 with three RBI and hit his first home run against Central Michigan (2/24) ... Homered and drove in three runs to complete a sweep of Central Michigan (2/25) ... Went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI versus San Diego (3/8) ... Ripped three base hits against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/16) ...
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