# Roch Cholowsky

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American baseball player (born 2005)

Baseball player

Roch Cholowsky Cholowsky with the United States national baseball team in 2025 UCLA Bruins – No. 1 Infielder Born: (2005-04-07) April 7, 2005 (age 21) Vallejo, California, U.S. Bats: Right Throws: Right Stats at Baseball Reference Career highlights and awards Brooks Wallace Award (2025) Baseball America College Player of the Year Award (2025) Big Ten Player of the Year (2025, 2026)

**Daniel Roch Cholowsky** (born April 7, 2005) is an American [college baseball](/source/College_baseball) [infielder](/source/Infielder) for the [UCLA Bruins](/source/UCLA_Bruins_baseball). He is projected as a top prospect in the [2026 Major League Baseball draft](/source/2026_Major_League_Baseball_draft). [1]

## Career

Cholowsky attended [Hamilton High School](/source/Hamilton_High_School_(Chandler%2C_Arizona)) in [Chandler, Arizona](/source/Chandler%2C_Arizona), where he played on the [baseball](/source/Baseball) team as a shortstop and pitcher and on the [football](/source/American_football) team as a quarterback. As a junior in 2022, he hit .315 with two home runs.[2] As a senior in 2023, he batted .466 with 11 home runs and 35 RBI and was named the Gatorade Arizona Baseball Player of the Year.[3] He was considered a top prospect for the [2023 Major League Baseball draft](/source/2023_Major_League_Baseball_draft), but went unselected and enrolled at [UCLA](/source/UCLA) to play [college baseball](/source/College_baseball).[4][5]

As a freshman at UCLA in 2024, Cholowsky played in 52 games and hit .308 with eight home runs and 33 RBI.[6] After the season, he played in the [Cape Cod Baseball League](/source/Cape_Cod_Baseball_League) with the [Orleans Firebirds](/source/Orleans_Firebirds).[7][8] As a sophomore in 2025, Cholowsky was named the [Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year](/source/Big_Ten_Conference_Baseball_Player_of_the_Year), Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and helped lead UCLA to their first [College World Series](/source/College_World_Series) in 12 years.[9] He also was awarded the [Brooks Wallace Award](/source/Brooks_Wallace_Award), given annually to the nation's best college shortstop.[10] Cholowsky finished the season with a .353 batting average, 23 home runs, and 74 RBI over 66 games and earned first team [All-American](/source/College_Baseball_All-America_Team) honors from Baseball America.[11] After the season, he was named to the [United States national baseball team](/source/United_States_national_baseball_team).[12] In 2026, Cholowsky was named Big Ten Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.[13]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Here's Pipeline's first full 2026 mock draft"](https://www.mlb.com/news/first-full-2026-mlb-mock-draft). *MLB.com*. Retrieved January 12, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Askeland, Kevin (January 17, 2023). ["High school baseball: 2023 Preseason MaxPreps All-America Team"](https://www.maxpreps.com/news/g-HZCvfxG0KvWx5otvib3Q/high-school-baseball-2023-preseason-maxpreps-all-america-team.htm). *MaxPreps.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Roch Cholowsky Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year Baseball - Arizona PLAYER OF THE YEAR"](https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/Roch-Cholowsky/39654). *playeroftheyear.gatorade.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/freshman-spotlight-uclas-roch-cholowsky-packs-a-great-glove/#:~:text=Cholowsky%20was%20named%20the%202023,record%20and%20a%20state%20championship](https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/freshman-spotlight-uclas-roch-cholowsky-packs-a-great-glove/#:~:text=Cholowsky%20was%20named%20the%202023,record%20and%20a%20state%20championship).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Law, Keith (June 29, 2023). ["Law's MLB Draft scouting report: Latest on Roch Cholowsky, Jacob Wilson and Homer Bush Jr"](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4380888/2023/04/05/law-mlb-draft-scouting-cholowsky-wilson/) – via NYTimes.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Price, Lawrence (February 13, 2025). ["7 college baseball teams that could win their new conferences after realignment"](https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2025-02-12/7-college-baseball-teams-could-win-their-new-conferences-after-realignment). *NCAA.com*. Retrieved September 5, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Roch Cholowsky"](https://www.capecodleague.com/player/roch-cholowsky-800604). capecodleague.com. Retrieved July 14, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Pontes, Geoff; Flaherty, Peter (June 28, 2024). ["Early Cape League Standouts From 2025, 2026 MLB Draft Classes"](https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/early-cape-league-standouts-from-2025-2026-mlb-draft-classes/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["'Not Done Yet': UCLA, Cholowsky's Omaha Dreams Coming True"](https://www.si.com/college/ucla/bruins-baseball-john-savage-roch-cholowsky-omaha-utsa). *UCLA Bruins On SI*. June 9, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [UCLA's Roch Cholowsky named 2025 Brooks Wallace Award winner as nation's top shortstop](https://www.mlb.com/news/ucla-roch-cholowsky-2025-brooks-wallace-award-winner). College Baseball Foundation MLB.com, June 13, 2025

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [Cholowsky, Levu Receive All-America Honors from Baseball America](https://uclabruins.com/news/2025/6/20/cholowsky-levu-receive-all-america-honors-from-baseball-america). UCLABRuins.com June 20, 2025

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Rudner, Jacob (August 19, 2025). ["Top 10 MLB Draft Prospects From USA Baseball's 2025 Collegiate National Team"](https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/top-10-mlb-draft-prospects-from-usa-baseballs-2025-collegiate-national-team/). *Baseball America*. Retrieved November 2, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Bolch, Ben (May 19, 2026). ["UCLA's Roch Cholowsky, John Savage win major Big Ten awards"](https://nypost.com/2026/05/19/sports/uclas-roch-cholowsky-john-savage-win-major-big-ten-awards/). Retrieved May 21, 2026.

## External links

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- Career statistics from [Baseball Reference (Minors)](https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cholow000roc)

- [UCLA Bruins bio](https://uclabruins.com/sports/baseball/roster/roch-cholowsky/14799)

v t e 2025 College Baseball All-America Team consensus selections SP Kade Anderson SP Jamie Arnold SP Liam Doyle SP Jake Knapp SP Jacob Morrison SP Kyson Witherspoon RP Dylan Volantis 1B Andrew Fischer 3B Daniel Cuvet SS Roch Cholowsky SS Alex Lodise OF Drew Burress OF Ike Irish OF James Quinn-Irons UT Evan Dempsey

v t e ABCA National Player of the Year Award 1988: Ventura 1989: Bryant 1990: Ellis 1991: Jones 1992: Kieschnick 1993: Kieschnick 1994: Varitek 1995: Helton 1996: Benson 1997: Drew 1998: Thames 1999: Jennings 2000: Bouknight 2001: Prior 2002: Greene 2003: Weeks 2004: Weaver 2005: Gordon 2006: Lincoln 2007: Price 2008: Posey 2009: Leake 2010: Rendon 2011: Bauer 2012: Jankowski & Ramsey 2013: Bryant 2014: Reed 2015: Swanson 2016: Lewis 2017: McKay 2018: Clemens, Singer, & Vaughn 2019: Rutschman & Small 2020 2021: Allen & Kopps 2022: Hjerpe & Melendez 2023: Caglianone & Skenes 2024: Caglianone & Smith 2025: Cholowsky & Morrison

v t e Baseball America College Player of the Year Award 1981: Sodders & Heaton 1982: Ledbetter & Oelkers 1983: Magadan & Schiraldi 1984: McDowell & Hoover 1985: Incaviglia & Swindell 1986: Close & Loynd 1987: Ventura & Lilliquist 1988: Olerud & Benes 1989: McDonald 1990: Kelly 1991: McCarty 1992: Nevin 1993: Kieschnick 1994: Varitek 1995: Helton 1996: Benson 1997: Drew 1998: Austin 1999: Jennings 2000: Teixeira 2001: Prior 2002: Greene 2003: Weeks 2004: Weaver 2005: Gordon 2006: Miller 2007: Price 2008: Posey 2009: Strasburg 2010: Rendon 2011: Bauer 2012: Zunino 2013: Bryant 2014: Reed 2015: Benintendi 2016: Lewis 2017: McKay 2018: Singer 2019: Rutschman 2020: Not awarded 2021: Kopps 2022: Melendez 2023: Skenes 2024: Condon 2025: Cholowsky & Anderson 2026: Hairston

v t e Brooks Wallace Award 2004: Suzuki 2005: Gordon 2006: Lincoln 2007: Price 2008: Posey 2009: Orloff 2010: Gyorko 2011: Miller 2012: Vincej 2013: Bregman 2014: Turner 2015: Swanson 2016: Neuse 2017: Warmoth 2018: Grenier 2019: Kessinger 2020: Not awarded 2021: Conley 2022: Lee 2023: Shaw 2024: O'Ferrall 2025: Cholowsky

v t e Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year 1982: Paciorek 1983: Steinbach & Stoll 1984: Larkin 1985: Larkin 1986: Close 1987: Fletcher 1988: Abbott 1989: B. Smith 1990: Dalesandro 1991: Gates 1992: Backlund & M. Smith 1993: Loretta 1994: Merila & Sweet 1995: Gunderson & Weaver 1996: Klimek 1997: Seimetz 1998: Svihlik 1999: Quinlan 2000: Campo 2001: Hannahan 2002: Appert, Jones & Malek 2003: Appert 2004: Caravati 2005: Davidson 2006: Bourquin 2007: Davis 2008: Recknagel 2009: Burkhart 2010: Dickerson 2011: Holm 2012: Plawecki 2013: Parr 2014: Travis 2015: Kerian 2016: Fiedler 2017: Adams 2018: Spillane 2019: Brewer 2020: Not awarded 2021: Schwellenbach 2022: Alleyne 2023: Shaw 2024: Kuroda-Grauer 2025: Cholowsky 2026: Cholowsky

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