Eric Cheray

	Class: Sophomore
	Hometown: Topeka, Kan.
	High School: Seaman HS

	Height / Weight: 6-3 / 185
	Position: Shortstop/Catcher
	B/T: L/R

04/26/2013

Petree, Early Offensive Outburst Lift Bears to Fifth-Straight Victory

Junior Retires 17 Consecutive Batters in 9-5 Win Over Evansville to Open Key MVC Series

04/22/2013

Bears Look to Stay Hot in Midweek Matchup With Saint Louis

MSU Begins Six-Game Road Stretch Tuesday Evening at Billiken Sports Center

04/21/2013

Bears Complete Series Sweep of Bradley With 6-2 Victory

Clutch Hits From McComack, Peebles Lift Bears to 9-3 Valley Mark With Third-Straight Win Over Braves

04/20/2013

Bears Bounce Bradley to Clinch Series, Gain Share of MVC Lead

Maddox, Becker Enjoy Career Days at the Plate to Help Harris Improve to 8-0 as a Bear With 12-2 Victory

04/19/2013

Johnson, Petree Lift Bears to 5-2 Win Over Bradley in Series Opener

Freshman's Bases-Loaded Triple Sparks MSU Offense as Petree Earns 25th Career Victory

02/28/2013

Coors MSU Player of the Week Eric Cheray Discusses His Move to Third Base

Honors
• State Farm MVC Championship All-Tournament Team (2012)
• Jayhawk Classic All-Tournament Team (2012)

2012: Cheray enjoyed a standout first year as a Bear, hitting .278 with a homer, 17 RBIs and a school-record 14 sacrifices over 58 games...Shared the MVC lead in sacrifice hits and ranked eighth in triples...Hit a team-high .333 (29-for-87) in 28 games at Hammons Field...Posted perhaps his best game as a Bear Feb. 29, at Oklahoma State, going 2-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored, a walk and his first career stolen base to help MSU defeat the Cowboys, 7-1...Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a steal in the Bears' 3-0 win over SIU Edwardsville on March 9...Recorded hits in six of nine contests, Feb. 26-March 10, including four multi-hit games...Registered a .368 batting average (7-for-19) over the same stretch...Went 3-for-6 with a double, triple and two RBIs in two wins over Creighton, March 24-25...Saw his errorless streak of eight games (27 chances) come to an end March 25...Doubled to start the Bears' ninth-inning rally vs. Kansas (March 27), then scored the game-winning run on Kevin Medrano's bases-loaded single...Notched his sixth-multi-hit game of the season in an 8-4 win at Dallas Baptist (March 31), finishing the day 2-for-3 with a walk and a sacrifice bunt...Had two hits, a walk and an RBI in the Bears' 12-5 win over Arkansas State (April 4)...Registered a Bears' season-high eight assists in MSU's 12-2 win at Bradley (April 7)...Went 3-for-8 (.375) and scored four times to help the Bears to a two-game sweep of Illinois State, April 13-14...Hit a team-high .462 (6-for-13) and slugged 1.000, April 25-29; hit his first homer as a Bear and recorded his first game-winning RBI April 29 in MSU's 12-6 win over SIU...Earned all-tournament honors at the Jayhawk Classic (May 4-6) after going 4-for-12 with four runs scored to help the Bears claim the title...Batted a team-high .438 (7-for-16) in four games to earn All-MVC Tournament honors...Limited to five at-bats in the NCAA Tournament due to injury...Batted .336 with 12 doubles, four triples and 29 RBIs over the summer to help the Topeka Golden Giants advance to the NBC World Series.

Background: Cheray came to Missouri State from Seaman High School in Topeka, Kan., where his teams went 70-5 his first three years and became the first team in Kansas Class 5A history to win three consecutive state championships...Was a first-team all-state, all-league and all-city selection while earning Topeka Co-Player of the Year honors...Named first-team all-league and all-city after his sophomore season and was the only freshman to make the varsity team in 2008, helping the Vikings to the first of their three-straight state titles.

Personal: Eric Alan Cheray is the son of Steve and Lois Cheray...Born December 11, 1992, in Topeka, Kan...Plans to major in journalism.