MSU Denver Athletics

• 2020 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
• 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester

2020: Platooned at catcher with Alex Gonzales, starting eight of MSU Denver’s 22 games behind the plate and another game at DH. ... Batted a solid .370 with one homer and six RBIs. Also added two doubles. ... Had a .556 slugging percentage and .469 on-base percentage for an OPS of 1.025. ... Went 2-for-3 and also reached on a walk and a hit-by-pitch in 2-1 win over CSU-Pueblo in the season’s final game. ... Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a double in the final game of a three-game set with Sioux Falls. ... Hit his first career MSU Denver homer on Feb. 1 at Fort Hays State, part of a 2-for-3 performance.

2019: Catcher appeared in 12 games, going 1-for-10. ... First career hit was a double March 23 at Adams State in the second game of a doubleheader sweep. ... Capable backup was stuck behind All-American Matt Malkin and all-region selection Draven Adame at his position.

Before MSU Denver: Was a member of the 2018 Nebraska-Kearney baseball team but redshirted due to injury…Received Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association academic honor roll recognition. 

High School: A 2017 graduate of Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colo.…Lettered three years in baseball…Three-time Colorado Futures game participant…Accumulated a .419 batting average with 36 hits and 35 RBIs in his senior season with the Bruins…In three season he batted .339 with six homers and 634 RBIs in 73 games, while adding 11 doubles. ... Played for Bruins team that finished third in the 2016 and 2017 Class 5A state tournament. Bruins also qualified for state in 2015, going 1-2. ... Played with future MSU Denver teammates Cody and Tyler Schultz, Gabe Austin and Brice Martinez at Cherry Creek. ... Coached by Marc Johnson. 

Personal: Born Andrew William Chavez in Denver. ... Birthday is June 22. ... Son of Rich Chavez and Anja Mapstone…Has one brother, Michael…Majoring in sport management.