AT GEORGIA STATE: All-America, all-conference and all-region shortstop who turned in one of the top offensive seasons in the nation as a junior ... Two-year letterwinner with a career batting average of .343, with six homers, 29 doubles and two triples ... Drove in 79 runs and scored 81 in 111 games ... Hit by pitch 23 times, tied for fifth in GSU history.
2014: Hit .284 with two homers, 31 RBI and 41 runs scored ... Delivered clutch hits throughout the season, including three game-tying hits in the ninth inning of games that GSU went on to win in the 10th as well as a game-winning hit in the eighth inning and another in the top of the ninth ... Started games at shortstop, second base, third base, left field and DH.
Went 6-for-14 against Illinois with five runs scored ... In the season-opening, 10-inning win over the Illini, he tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with a run-scoring double ... Four days later he had game-winning hit vs. Savannah State (2-18-14) with a two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning that turned a 6-5 deficit into a 7-6 lead ... Delivered another clutch hit in walk-off win over Xavier (3-9-14) with his two-out, pinch-hit single to bring home the tying run in the ninth inning. GSU went on to win in the 10th.
Produced a third ninth-inning, game-tying hit against Arkansas State with a one-out single up the middle, allowing the Panthers to win the game 7-6 in the 10th ... Drove in key insurance runs in GSU’s 7-4 win over South Alabama (5-3-14) with a two-run single in the eighth inning.
His final at-bat in a Panther uniform came in the top of the ninth with bases loaded in a 2-2 game, and he delivered a three-run double to lift GSU to a 5-4 win in the season finale at Western Kentucky (5-17-14).
Tied school record with six runs scored vs. Siena (3-12-14). Went 4-for-4 with a homer, two doubles, a single and two walks ... HIt a two-run homer and drove in three runs vs. Alabama A&M (3-26-14) ... Had four hits and three RBI vs. Troy (3-30-14) ... Knocked in three runs vs. Oglethorpe (4-22-14) and two more the following day vs. Savannah State (4-23-14).
2013: Earned honorable mention All-America recognition by Louisville Slugger/CollegeBaseballInsider.com ... First-team All-CAA shortstop ... Semifinalist for the Gregg Olson Award as national “Breakout Player of the Year” ... Named to the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year Award Watch List ... Second-team All-Atlantic Region by the ABCA ... Finished second in the CAA and 11th in the nation with a .394 batting average ... Spent several weeks in March and April as the NCAA leader in batting average and hits ... Contributed four home runs, 16 doubles and one triple for 119 total bases and collected 48 RBI ... Led the team with a .457 on-base percentage and was second with a .527 slugging percentage ... More walks/hit by pitch (27) than strikeouts (24) in 226 at-bats ... Compiled the ninth highest season batting average in school history ... Collected 89 hits in 55 games, finishing two hits shy of the GSU record of 91 ... Average of 1.62 hits per game is second in Panther annals.
Hitting at the top of the lineup, he helped GSU rank in the top 10 in the NCAA in batting average (3rd), runs per game (5th), slugging (5th) on-base percentage (10th) ... Failed to reach base safely in only two games all season (James Madison and William & Mary) ... Had a 20-game hitting streak, two shy of the school record, and a streak of 37 consecutive games reaching base ... 27 multi-hit games, including 11 games with three or more hits (one five-hit game, four four-hit games and six three-hit games) ... Thirteen multi-RBI games, including six contests with three RBI ... Hit by pitch 15 times, one shy of the school record ... 15-for-18 on stolen bases ... Helped GSU rank among the national leaders with 57 double plays
Hit a solo home run in a 2-1, series-clinching victory at Northeastern (4-28-13) ... Added his fourth homer of the season vs. Hofstra (5-11-13).
Hit the game-winning homer in the top of 12th inning in 4-3 victory at New Orleans (4-12-13) ... One day later, the Panthers trailed 5-4 with two outs in the top of the ninth inning and were down to their last strike when he was hit by an 0-2 pitch with bases loaded to bring home the tying run. In the top of the 11th, he was at the plate when the go-ahead run came home on a wild pitch in the 6-5 victory ... Slid home safely with the tying run with two outs in the top of the ninth in GSU’s 3-2, 10-inning win at Kennesaw State (4-16-13). Scored from second base on a fielding error by the shortstop ...
Had three doubles and a triple with four RBI in a 4-for-4 outing against Alabama State (3-27-13) ... Went 5-for-6 with three doubles, two RBI and four runs scored in win at Mercer (3-20-13) ... Went 9-for-14 with six RBi and three runs scored as GSU swept a three-game series from Old Dominion (Mar. 15-17). Hit his first homer in the Friday night win and then drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning. Went 4-for-5 with two RBI as the Panthers rallied from a 10-1 deficit to win 12-10 Saturday.
Drove in three runs against Butler (2-16-13) and Alabama A&M (2-21-13) ... Added three RBI in win over UNC Asheville (3-6-13) ... Went 4-for-6 with three runs scored against George Mason (3-8-13) ... Drove in the game-winning run in a 5-3 victory over Fordham (4-6-13) with a two-out single as GSU rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth in a seven-inning game.
2011-12:
Played one season (2012) at Southern Union Community College for coach Joe Jordan ... Spent the 2011 season at Gordon College, where he batted. .271 with 21 RBI in 45 games.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year letterwinner at Valdosta High School ... Three-time all-region honoree ... As a senior, he batted .338 with 18 RBI while posting a 6-4 record and a 3.22 ERA on the mound ... Batted .416 with two homers and 29 RBI as a sophomore ... Hit a grand slam in his first varsity at-bat as a freshman ... Helped Valdosta reach the playoffs in three of his four seasons, including two region championships and a berth in the state final four in 2008 ... Also played quarterback for the football team.
PERSONAL:
Chad Wilkinson Prain was born January 7, 1992 to Mark Prain and Sala Love ... He has one brother, Taylor, and one sister, Sala ... Business major.
