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Outlook for 2008: 2008 College Baseball Foundation Preseason Wallace Watch List...2008 Team captain...Returns as the team leader in every offensive category...Could take over the games played, triples, hits runs and walks records at Memphis in his senior campaign... Has emerged as one of the top leadoff hitters and centerfielders in C-USA...Will anchor a faster Tiger outfield from centerfield and provide leadership as only four-year starter on the team. Coaches love how much he has matured as a player.
2007 (Junior): Memphis's all-time stolen base leader with 89 thefts...Led Memphis and Conference USA with 33 steals in 38 attempts...Ranked 21st nationally in stolen bases...Is the first Tiger baseball player ever to steal 30 or more bases in consecutive seasons...Started in 147 straight games in his career before being sidelined with an injury in the UAB series...Started in 59 of the 61 games he played in...Hit .289 with 15 doubles, a career-high seven home runs and two triples...Led the team with 58 runs scored...Drove in 38 runs on 67 hits...Drew 41 walks...Strong clutch bat, hit .404 with runners in scoring position and .340 with two outs...Posted seven two-out RBI's...Recorded 20 multi-hit games and had nine multiple RBI performances...Tied a career-high with three stolen bases vs. Illinois State (3/13/07)...Became Tigers' all-time stolen base leader vs. Illinois State (3/14/07)...Went 2-for-4 with a grand slam, three runs scored and a career-best six RBI in a 14-5 win over #21 Tulane...Was 6-for-13 with 10 RBI in the Tulane series.
2006 (Sophomore): Second Team All C-USA performer...Led Memphis and Conference USA with 39 stolen bases...39 stolen bases tied the Dave Anderson's single-season record...Was successful in his first 15 stolen base attempts of the season...Ranked 12th nationally in stolen bases...Played in all 60 games, making 58 starts in centerfield...Excellent range...Hit .312 with 12 doubles, six home runs, a team-high six triples and drove in a career-high 30 runs...Led the team with 32 walks...Scored 61 runs...21 multi-hit and five multi-RBI games...Put together a career-long 12-game hit streak (5/9-5/26)...Scored a career-best five runs vs. UCF (5/14)...Went 3-for-4 with three RBI vs. Arkansas State (4/12)...Hit .337 and swiped 17-of-19 stolen bases in C-USA play...Hit safely in 21 of last 25 contests.
Summer 2006: Played in 25 games for the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plains League...Hit .229 with a homer and six RBI...Was 14-for-14 in stolen bases.
2005 (Freshman): Hit .269 in his freshman season...Started in 52 of the 53 games he played in...Posted 50 hits, scored 33 runs, drove in 21 runs and jacked two home runs...Led the team with four triples and 17 stolen bases in 20 attempts (11-for-13 in C-USA action)...Drew 28 walks...Hit .350 with runners in scoring position...Finished fourth on the team with a .392 slugging percentage and 73 total bases...Had 12 games in which he recorded multiple hits and seven multi-RBI performances...Had an 11-game hitting streak...Hit safely in 10 of his last 12 C-USA games...Had eight multi-hit, six multi-RBI and four multi-stolen base performances in league play...Hit .311 in C-USA play...Played four different positions (38 at centerfield, one at second base, one at pitcher, 13 at third base)...Spent the final 13 games of the season as the Tigers' starting third baseman and made 20 assists and 10 putouts...Had 28 total assists on the year...Went 0-1 with a 21.21 ERA on the mound...Logged 4.2 innings on the hill and gave up six home runs...Hit his first collegiate home run in a 3-for-5 effort vs. ECU (4/23/05)...Went 5-for-11 in three games vs. #1 Tulane...Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, a season-high eight total bases, two RBI, a triple and a home run vs. #1 Tulane (5/8/05)...Stole nine straight bases and swiped 15 bases in his last 16 attempts...Went 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI and a run scored vs. USF (3.26.05).
Prep: Was a four-year letterwinner in baseball and a three-year letterwinner in football at Southaven High...Helped guide SHS to three consecutive County championships from 2001-03...Was an All-Shelby Metro and All-County selection his after hitting .394 with five home runs and 15 doubles as a senior...Finished his prep career with a .412 batting average and nine homers...Also had a 1.12 ERA on the mound...Was a high school teammate of current Tiger teammates Brach Davis and fellow sophomore Alex Fennell.
Personal: Full name is Kellen McRae Chalmers...Son of John and Joni Chalmers...Played summer ball for the Union City Greyhounds of the KIT League in 2005...Majoring in communication.
