Roch Cholowsky
| Roch Cholowsky | |
|---|---|
| File:Roch Cholowsky 第45回日米大学野球選手権大会閉会式 明治神宮野球場 2025年7月13日の東京 202507132017 DSCN7829.jpg Cholowsky with the United States national baseball team in 2025 | |
| UCLA Bruins – No. 1 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born: April 7, 2005 Vallejo, California, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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| Managerial record at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Daniel Roch Cholowsky (born April 7, 2005) is an American college baseball infielder for the UCLA Bruins.
Career
[edit | edit source]Cholowsky attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona, where he played on the baseball team as a shortstop and pitcher and on the football team as a quarterback. As a junior in 2022, he hit .315 with two home runs.[1] As a senior in 2023, he batted .466 with 11 home runs and 35 RBI and was named the Gatorade Arizona Baseball Player of the Year.[2] He was considered a top prospect for the 2023 Major League Baseball draft, but went unselected and enrolled at UCLA to play college baseball.[3][4]
As a freshman at UCLA in 2024, Cholowsky played in 52 games and hit .308 with eight home runs and 33 RBI.[5] After the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Orleans Firebirds.[6][7] As a sophomore in 2025, Cholowsky was named the Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year, Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and helped lead UCLA to their first College World Series in 12 years.[8] He also was awarded the Brooks Wallace Award, given annually to the nation's best college shortstop.[9] Cholowsky finished the season with a .353 batting average, 23 home runs, and 74 RBI over 66 games and earned first team All-American honors from Baseball America.[10] After the season, he was named to the United States national baseball team.[11]
References
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- ^ https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/freshman-spotlight-uclas-roch-cholowsky-packs-a-great-glove/#:~:text=Cholowsky%20was%20named%20the%202023,record%20and%20a%20state%20championship.
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- ^ UCLA's Roch Cholowsky named 2025 Brooks Wallace Award winner as nation's top shortstop. College Baseball Foundation MLB.com, June 13, 2025
- ^ Cholowsky, Levu Receive All-America Honors from Baseball America. UCLABRuins.com June 20, 2025
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External links
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- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- UCLA Bruins bio