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Preseason first-team All-America pick by Baseball America...preseason first-team All-ACC by Baseball America and SEBaseball.com...#8 prospect in the ACC for the 2007 draft by Baseball America...#1 strikezone discipline and #1 baserunner in the ACC in the preseason by Baseball America...has beaten out many infield hits as a prototypical "slap" hitter...has a .352 batting average and .463 on-base percentage in two years at Clemson (132 games and 122 starts)...has 75 walks and 17 hit-by-pitches against only 40 strikeouts...has 36 career sacrifice bunts, most in Clemson history, and 20 career bunt singles...has the two-highest, single-season sacrifice bunt totals in Tiger history...has stolen 23 bases in 28 attempts in his career...has a good arm (nine career outfield assists)...a career .472 hitter with a .587 on-base percentage in nine ACC Tourney starts.
Head Coach Jack Leggett on Chalk: "I think Brad is the premier centerfielder in the country. He has an outstanding arm, great feet, and great abilities in the outfield to track the ball down. Offensively, he puts the ball in play and has a great feel for the bunt game. He's a run-producer and a player that stirs up our offense. The way I see it, as he goes, we go."
2006: All-ACC Academic team member...received the Tiger Baseball Award, given for outstanding leadership on the team...honored at the College World Series' pre-tournament banquet for having the team's best GPA...hit .353 with 67 runs scored and 18 stolen bases in 19 attempts in 68 games (all starts in centerfield)...played all 68 games in the #2 spot in the batting order...had 10 two-out RBIs...had a .467 on-base percentage thanks to 41 walks and 11 hit-by-pitches against only 21 strikeouts...had a school-record 21 sacrifice bunts, besting the same record he set as a freshman in 2005 when he had 15...led the team in runs scored, walks, hit-by-pitches, on-base percentage, and sacrifice bunts...second in the nation in sacrifice bunts, behind only Ben Orloff of UC Irvine, who had 26...led the ACC in sacrifice bunts, tied for seventh in triples and tied for seventh in walks...had 10 bunt singles...hit a team-best .358 with a .456 on-base percentage and 11 steals in 11 attempts in 30 ACC regular-season starts...hit a team-best .371 at home...hit .406 with a .537 on-base percentage (both team-bests) in neutral-site games...hit a team-best .381 with a .504 on-base percentage with runners on base...reached base a team-high 47 percent of the time when leading off an inning...hit .415 with a team-best .544 on-base percentage in May...hit a team-best .408 with a .532 on-base percentage and four steals in the postseason...had 26 multi-hit games, second-most on the team...had a 10-game hitting streak from late April to mid May and ended the season on a 16-game hitting streak...hit safely in 26 of the last 27 games and reached base via a hit or walk in each of the last 27 games...named to the All-ACC Tournament team after going 9-for-19 (.474) with eight runs scored, two doubles, a triple, five RBIs, five walks, three hit-by-pitches, a .630 on-base percentage, and three stolen bases in five games; therefore he reached base 17 times; the .474 batting average was best on the team...named to the Clemson Regional All-Tournament team after going 5-for-10 with a double in three games...had a triple and threw out the potential tying run at second base to end the game against #12 N.C. State on Mar. 25...went 2-for-3 with three runs scored at #11 Miami (FL) on Mar. 31...had the game-winning, RBI single in the seventh inning at #1 South Carolina on Apr. 5...went 1-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt against Maryland on Apr. 7; the sacrifice bunt was the 26th of his career to establish the Tiger record...went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored against Maryland on Apr. 8...went 3-for-4 with three runs scored against Maryland on Apr. 9...reached base four times, including one time on a double, twice by walk, and once on a hit-by-pitch, and scored two runs along with an RBI against #7 South Carolina on Apr. 12...went 3-for-5 at #10 Georgia Tech on Apr. 15...went 3-for-4 at #10 Georgia Tech on Apr. 16...scored three runs against Virginia Tech on Apr. 29...broke the Tiger single-season record with his 16th sacrifice bunt in the second game of a doubleheader at Duke on May 8...went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a stolen base against #13 Florida State on May 14...went 2-for-6 with three runs scored and two RBIs against #22 Wake Forest on May 18...went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two walks against #22 Wake Forest on May 20; he had two hits in each of the three games of the series...went 2-for-3 with a double, triple, three runs scored, and two RBIs against Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament on May 24...went 3-for-4 with a double, two walks, two runs scored, two RBIs, and a stolen base in the first game of a doubleheader against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 27...went 2-for-4 with two walks against #25 N.C. State in the ACC Tournament on May 28...played for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .305 with six stolen bases in 36 games; he also pitched a scoreless inning in relief...#44 sophomore in the nation in the preseason and best outfield arm in the ACC by Baseball America...preseason first-team All-ACC by SEBaseball.com.
2005: Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball...hit .350 with a .458 on-base percentage (both team-bests) in 64 games (54 starts, all in centerfield)...scored 46 runs and walked 34 times with six hit-by-pitches compared to only 19 strikeouts in 200 at-bats...had a 13-game hitting streak in May...hit a team-best .375 in games away from home and .367 in night games...hit a team-best .400 in Clemson wins and .218 in Clemson losses...hit .375 with a .485 on-base percentage from the #2 spot in the batting order (Clemson was 33-12 when he started at the #2 spot)...had 22 multi-hit games...had 15 sacrifice bunts, tied for the 11th-most in the nation...had a team-high 10 bunt singles...had five outfield assists...went 2-for-5 with a two-run double against West Virginia at Myrtle Beach, SC on Feb. 18...went 2-for-2 off the bench at Auburn on Mar. 6...went 3-for-3 with two walks against Furman on Mar. 16...went 3-for-4 with four runs scored, a double, and an RBI at Maryland on Mar. 25...went 2-for-2 with a sacrifice bunt, a run scored, and two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Maryland on Mar. 26; in the three-game series, he was 7-for-11 (.636)...went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two walks in the second game of a doubleheader at #6 Florida State on Apr. 3...hit two doubles and had two RBIs against Duke on Apr. 9...went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI against Duke on Apr. 10...went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored against #4 South Carolina on Apr. 13...went 1-for-1 with three walks against Elon on Apr. 26...went 3-for-5 at Virginia Tech on May 10...went 3-for-8 at Wake Forest on May 14...had two hits in each of the four ACC Tournament games from May 25-28...played for Wilmington in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, where he hit .283 with 10 stolen bases in 138 at-bats (35 games)...#34 freshman in the nation and #3 newcomer in the ACC in the preseason by Baseball America.
BEFORE CLEMSON: Lettered four times in baseball at Riverside High School, where he was coached by Chris Bates...named the 2004 South Carolina Gatorade Player-of-the-Year...All-America choice according to Collegiate Baseball...three-time all-state and four-time all-region selection...member of the South Carolina Select team...played on two state championship teams and four region title squads.
PERSONAL: Two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...majoring in sport management...born Bradley William Chalk on Jan. 20, 1986 in Spartanburg, SC.
| Chalk's Overall Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .350 | 64-54 | 200 | 46 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 77 | 34 | 6 | 0 | .458 | 5-9 |
| 2006 | .353 | 68-68 | 238 | 67 | 84 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 101 | 41 | 11 | 1 | .467 | 18-19 |
| Total | .352 | 132-122 | 438 | 113 | 154 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 178 | 75 | 17 | 1 | .463 | 23-28 |
| Chalk's ACC Regular-Season Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .346 | 30-27 | 104 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .447 | 1-3 |
| 2006 | .358 | 30-30 | 106 | 35 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .456 | 11-11 |
| Total | .352 | 60-57 | 210 | 62 | 74 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 85 | 29 | 9 | 0 | .452 | 12-14 |
| Chalk's ACC Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .471 | 4-4 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .526 | 1-1 |
| 2006 | .474 | 5-5 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .630 | 3-3 |
| Total | .472 | 9-9 | 36 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .587 | 4-4 |
| Chalk's NCAA Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .222 | 6-6 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .462 | 0-0 |
| 2006 | .367 | 8-8 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .457 | 1-2 |
| Total | .313 | 14-14 | 48 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .459 | 1-2 |
