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2008 Rivals.com Freshman All-America First Team
2008 Pro-Line Athletic NCBWA Freshman All-American First Team
2008 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
2008 C-USA All-Freshmen Team
C-USA Pitcher of the Week (May 5, 2008)
Set records by Cougar freshman with 11 saves and eight wins and ranks among the C-USA individual leaders both categories... Also ranks among the league's Top-10 leaders in appearances... Became only the fourth player in UH history to record double-digit saves in a single season... Broke record freshman saves record set by Robert Dieudonne in 1997... Broke freshman win record set by Shane Nance in 1997.
FRESHMAN (2008)
Made his collegiate debut against Pacific during the season opener a memorable one... Finished 2-for-4 with a run against the Tigers... Tied the game at 9-9 with a leadoff home run in the bottom of ninth inning against Pacific during the series finale... Allowed only one unearned run off three hits with a pair of strikeouts in six innings against Texas State... Also went 1-for-4 with a run scored against the Bobcats... Knocked in two runs against Oklahoma during the Houston College Classic... Tossed a shutout ninth inning to earn his first save during the UC Santa Barbara series opener... Earned the save with a one-inning performance against Stephen F. Austin... Struck out five of the nine batters he faced to end the East Carolina series opener... Retired both batters he faced to earn the save during the East Carolina series finale... Collected the win against No. 12 Rice after holding the Owls to one run off a hit with three strikeouts in 2.2 innings of relief during Game Two of the Silver Glove Series... Earned the save in the series opener against No. 25 UCF... Threw the final two shutout innings against No. 25 UCF during the series finale.. Earned his fifth save after throwing 1.1 shutout innings with a strikeout against Tulane during the series opener... Earned the save after holding Tulane to two runs off two hits with a career-high six strikeouts in 3.2 innings during the series finale... Struck out the first five Green Wave hitters he faced... Allowed only one run in 4.1 innings of relief with six strikeouts to earn the win during the UAB series finale... Threw shutout ninth inning at Lamar to earn seventh save... Tossed three shutout innings against UTSA.... Collected his eighth save after tossing a shutout inning during the Memphis series opener... Earned his fourth straight win after limiting Memphis to one hit with two strikeouts in 2.2 shutout innings during the series finale... Threw the final 1.2 shutout innings during the series opener against Marshall... Retired the only batter he faced during the middle game of the Marshall series to earn his ninth save.... Picked up his 10th save after throwing the final 1.2 shutout innings during the Marshall series finale. C-USA Championship: Earned his 11th save after tossing the final 3.2 shutout innings with one hit and three strikeouts against No. 28 East Carolina... Tossed two perfect innings on the way to the win against Marshall during the Championship game. NCAA College Station Regional: Earned seventh win after tossing 2.2 shutout innings with a strikeout against Dallas Baptist... Picked up the win against UIC after limiting the Flames to one unearned run off two hits with a strikeout in two innings.
STERLING HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Paul Tadlock... Chose Houston over LSU, Baylor and TCU... Played for the Sun Devils select team for head coach Matt Thompson. Senior (2007): Pitched to a 5-3 record with 81 strikeouts and a 2.61 ERA... Even more impressive at the plate where he batted .455 with seven home runs and 41 RBIs... Added 29 runs, 10 doubles... All-District 21-5A First-Team honoree... Member of the Houston Chronicle's All-Greater Houston First Team... Selected to compete in the Houston Area Baseball Coaches' All-Star Game... Baytown Sun All-Area Most Valuable Player for second straight season. Junior (2006): Named the District 22-5A Most Valuable Player... Baytown Sun All-Area Most Valuable Player... Batted .403 with six home runs, including two walk-off shots, and 27 RBIs in District play... Pitched to a 6-3 record while tossing 46 strikeouts in 39.0 innings in District games... Attended Boys' State in Austin. Sophomore (2005): All-District First-Team selection as a pitcher.
PERSONAL
Full name is Chase Jeffrey Dempsay... Born Feb. 17, 1988, in Baytown, Texas... Son of Jeff and Jeri Dempsay... Undecided major.
Dempsay's Career Bests
Runs: 2, vs. Pacific (Feb. 24, 2008)
Hits: 2, vs. Pacific (Feb. 22, 2008)
RBIs: 2, vs. Oklahoma (March 1, 2008)
Hitting Streak: 3 games (Feb. 29-March 4, 2008)
Innings: 6.0, vs. Texas State (Feb. 26, 2008)
Strikeouts: 6, at UAB (April 20, 2008); vs. Tulane (April 13, 2008)
Winning Streak: 4 games (March 11-May 10, 2008)
Consecutive Scoreless Innings: 8.0 (April 29-May 10, 2008; April 5-13, 2008)
Long Start: 6.0, vs. Texas State (Feb. 26, 2008)
Short Start: 6.0, vs. Texas State (Feb. 26, 2008)
Long Relief: 4.1, vs. UAB (April 20, 2008)
Short Relief: 0.1, at San Diego State (March 29, 2008)
