Outlook

Max Chapman was the No. 3 ranked left-handed pitcher in the state of Missouri, and the 42^nd overall prospect in the state according to Perfect Game out of high school … Nationally was ranked as the 209^th best left-handed pitcher … Originally committed to Wichita State University … Expected to have a big role on the staff this spring … Pitches in the upper 80s with two plus off-speed pitches … His character and work ethic are at high level. 

Freshman Year 2021

Earned First-Team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division and Second-Team All-Region VI … Made 13 appearances on the hill, seven as a starter … Finished 4-2 with a save, and had a team-high 72 strikeouts in 52.2 innings pitched … His 72 strikeouts tied for ninth in the conference … Led the starting staff at JCCC with an earned run average of .273 … Held opposing hitters to an average of .229 … Made his debut with two innings of hitless and scoreless relief in an 11-1 win over Southwestern (2-23-21) … Earned his first victory three days later allowing just one run off two hits with six strikeouts over three innings in a 13-3 win against Southeast (2-26-21) … Pitched four innings of relief with seven strikeouts to earn a save in a win at Fort Scott (3-19-21) … Followed with another seven strikeout effort, hurling 3.2 innings of scoreless relief in a 10-2 win at Metropolitan (3-24-21) … Allowed just two runs with six strikeouts over six innings of relief in an 11-7 win at Highland (4-9-21) … Allowed two runs, one earned, with six strikeouts in 4.1 innings in a 6-4 win against Neosho County (4-15-21) … Earned a victory with seven strikeouts in six innings in a 6-4 win over Allen (4-24-21) … Allowed just two runs, one earned, with a season-high 10 strikeouts to earn the victory in a 16-2 win over Coffeyville (4-29-21) … Had eight strikeouts over five innings in a 9-6 loss to Fort Scott in the Eastern Sub-Regional Tournament (5-14-21).

High School

Was a two-year starter for coach Brian Driskell at Grain Valley High School, Grain Valley, Mo. … Graduated 2020 …  Did not play his senior year due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Earned second-team Examiner All-Area and All-Suburban Blue Conference as a junior … Posed a 3-2 record with 2.80 earned run average and 47 strikeouts in 34 innings pitched his junior year … Earned Preseason All-American by Perfect Game prior to his senior year … Helped Grain Valley win back-to-back conference titles in 2018 and 2019. 

Personal

Born Maxwell Denton Chapman on July 4, 2002, in Blue Springs, Mo. … Nicknames are Chappy and Max … Son of Jim and Tandra Chapman … Has one brother, Mitch … His father also played baseball at JCCC and earned all-conference at second base in 1990 … His brother played baseball at Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods … Also recruited by University of Central Missouri and Ball State University in addition to Wichita State University … Favorite food is chicken … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite restaurant is Kobe’s Steakhouse … Favorite TV show is That 70’s Show … Favorite movie is Sniper Special Ops … Favorite sports movie is Bull Durham … Favorite actress is Natalie Portman … Favorite book is The Outsiders … Favorite music entertainer is Van Halen … Favorite cartoon character is Caillou … Favorite sports team is the Kansas City Royals … Favorite athlete is Al Hrabosky … Has a superstition of always throwing his last warm-up pitch as hard as he can … Best player he has played against is Rockhurst grad and current Wichita State outfielder Chuck Ingram … His greatest sport moment was pitching a seven-inning shutout with just one hit allowed and nine strikeouts.