University of San Francisco Athletics

2007 SEASON: Played 13 games with two starts,collecting a 4.15 ERA in 17.1 IP... earned save after pitchingscoreless ninth in a 6-4 victory over Sacramento State (3/21/07)...worked one inning in 7-0 win over Southern Utah (3/23/07)...allowed one earned run on four hits in 4.2 innings of work in USF's6-1 win versus Sacramento State (3/26/07)... pitched one inning ofshutout ball against Portland (4/22/07). PREPCAREER: Lettered four years at Quartz Hill high school...went 6-0 during his senior season with 42 strikeouts... also batted.505 with 15 doubles, four triples, seven homeruns, 39 RBI and a.989 slugging percentage... earned First Team Golden League honors,Second Team All-CIF and First Team D-3 CIF.PERSONAL: Chase Tigert... goal for the season isto win a national championship... chose USF for the coaches, thebaseball program and the education... hobbies include surfing,wiffle ball, and camping... likes the weather in San Francisco...best advice he could give youngsters is to enjoy the presentbecause the future will come quickly enough... favorite quote is"Everything happens for a reason"... most impressive person he'smet is Don Mattingly.... favorite movie is Dumb and Dumber...favorite book is The Bible... favorite musical artist is JackJohnson... likes any kind of homemade food... parents are Charlesand Tracy Tigert... born on July 20, 1988 in Lancaster, CA.GIARRATANO ON TIGERT: "If Chase stays healthy, thesky is the limit. He's got great competitiveness, he's got a greatperspective of what he wants to as a baseball player. We're lookingfor great things from Chase."