Biography
Concordia Career
2021: Started 36 games, including four on the mound, on the season … ranked fourth on the team with a .307 batting average and third with a .366 on-base percentage … collected six doubles and two home runs while compiling a .402 slugging percentage … scored 19 runs and drove in 17 … led the team with eight steals on 10 attempts … went 1-0 with a 4.32 ERA, striking out nine in 8.1 innings … held opponents to just six hits and a .207 opponent batting average … had nine multi-hit games, including four with three hits … drove in multiple runs in five games, twice driving in three … collected a nine-game hitting streak from Apr. 21-May 7 … delivered back-to-back hitless outings in his final two appearances as a pitcher, working 4.0 innings of one-run ball with four strikeouts … worked 2.0 shutout innings with three strikeouts in his first start of the season on Mar. 14 at Purdue Northwest … finished a triple shy of the cycle with a 3-5 effort with a double, a homer and three driven in at SMSU on Apr. 2 … went 6-9 with a home run, five RBIs and five runs scored in a doubleheader against Winona State on May 5.
2020: Started all 13 games, including a pair on the mound, for the Golden Bears … ranked fifth in the NSIC with a .417 batting average while his 15 RBIs ranked tied for fourth … tied for fourth in the league with six doubles and fifth with two triples … his 20 hits ranked 10th while his team-best .625 slugging percentage ranked 14th … eight of his 20 hits went for extra bases while he also led the team with four stolen bases … registered a 6.35 ERA over 5.2 innings pitched, striking out five and allowing six hits … led the team with five game with at least five hits while his six multi-hit games tied for the team lead … paced the squad with five multi-RBI games, including three with three or more … contributed four straight multi-hit games from Feb. 26 to Mar. 4 … filled the stat sheet against Presentation on Mar. 2, going 4-5 with a double, four RBIs, three runs scored and a pair of steals … went 3-4 with two doubles, three RBIs, two runs scored and a steal against Northwestern (Iowa) on Mar. 4 … finished 3-5 with a triple and a steal while driving in three and scoring once against Mount Marty on Mar. 1 … put up a 3-5 performance with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored on Mar. 8 against Bemidji State.
2019: Started in 42 games on the season, working both in the outfield and on the mound … posted a .292 batting average, good for second-best on the team … collected 40 hits, third best on the team, scored 19 runs, slugged .409, also second best on the team and drove in a team-leading 25 RBIs … led the team in triples with four and was tied for first on the team with eight doubles … was second on the team with seven stolen bases and posted a .361 on-base percentage, also good for second best on the team … took 12 base on balls for fifth best on the team and posted .968 fielding percentage with 54 put-outs and six assists … on the pitching side Christopher started six games while going 2-3 with a 5.96 ERA in 25.2 innings … struck out 30 and held opposing hitters to a .243 batting average … batted .410 in the first 12 games of the season, collecting 16 hits in that span and rode a seven-game hit streak as well … drove in 13 runs in the first six games of the season … had 11 multi-hit games … in his first three pitching starts of the season he went 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA in 17.0 innings with 21 strikeouts … went 4-5 with two RBIs, a run scored and a double at Minnesota Duluth on Apr. 1 … drove in four runs with three hits vs Wayne State on Mar. 5 … pitched 6.0 quality innings vs Bemidji State on Mar. 27, striking out seven while only surrendering two hits and throwing 86 pitches.
2018: Started 11 games as a position player, and three as pitcher, appearing in 15 games total … hit .257 (9-35) with one double … also recorded five runs, three RBI, a walk, and was hit by a pitch twice … pitched 17.2 innings, striking out 16 batters and posting a 6.62 ERA … recorded back to back multi-hit games against Minnesota-Crookston in a doubleheader against Minnesota Crookston, going two for two in the first game with two RBI and two for three with an RBI and a run scored in the second contest … pitched two scoreless innings against Southwest Minnesota State Mar. 30, striking on two Mustangs and only allowing one hit … worked five innings against Winona State Apr. 29, giving up one run on just four hits, also recording six strikeouts.
Jackson County Central High School: Lettered 11 times, four in baseball, four in basketball, and three in football for the Huskies … named a Mr. Baseball finalist as a senior … earned All-Big South Conference honors in each of his final three seasons, earning All-Section honors in the final two ... hit .457 (37-81) with two home runs, seven doubles, six triples and 28 RBI in his senior season … put up an 0.56 ERA with 93 strikeouts in 50.1 IP, collecting a record of 7-1 as a senior … hit .329 as a junior while collecting an 0.35 ERA with 70 strikeouts in 39.2 IP … set the school record with 17 strikeouts in a game … helped both the basketball and football teams to state runner-up finishes as a junior and trips to the state tournament as a senior … earned All-Conference in basketball and football as a senior.
Personal: Plans to major in Sport Management at Concordia … both of his brothers also played college baseball, one at Wayne State College and the other at UW-Platteville.
