Butler University Athletics

2018 – Senior Season: Second Team All-BIG EAST selection… Led the team and ranked second in the BIG EAST with 48 RBI… Posted more RBI during his senior season than the previous three combined… First Bulldog to record 40+ RBI since 2015… Posted 15 multi-RBI games… Matched his 2017 RBI total just 14 games into the 2018 season (18)… One of three players to start in all 54 games… Held the third-highest batting average on the team at .310… Ended the year with 61 hits in 197 at-bats… Scored 27 runs… Tallied seven doubles, two triples and one home run… Came up with 15 multi-hit games… Recorded a nine-game hitting streak… Reached base safely in 28-straight games… Notched 75 total bases… Walked 18 times… Held a .375 on-base percentage to go along with a .381 slugging percentage… Stole five bases… Led the team, the BIG EAST and ranked sixth in the NCAA in sacrifice flies with nine… Hit .319 in BIG EAST games… Recorded a team-high 15 RBI vs. conference foes… Played four different positions for BU including third base, first base, designated hitter and pitcher… Won the first BIG EAST Player of the Week honor of the 2018 season by batting .500 over opening weekend… Went 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored in the season opener vs. Lehigh (Feb. 16)… Had at least one RBI in all four games opening weekend… Helped BU win the series opener vs. George Mason with three RBI off two hits (Feb. 23)… Hit a home run in the final game of the George Mason series (Feb. 25)… Went 3-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. Fort Wayne (March 11)… Hit a triple at Western Michigan (March 18)… Helped BU defeat Creighton in the BIG EAST opener by going 3-for-4 from the plate with two runs scored (April 7)… Came up with three more hits in a contest at Fort Wayne (April 10)… Impact player at Villanova going 3-for-3 with three runs scored, two RBI and a walk (April 13)… Hit a triple in the finale vs. Seton Hall (April 22)… Led the team with four RBI vs. Xavier (May 5)… Hit a double against Georgetown (May 13)… Weekend starter in the BU pitching rotation… Ended the year 4-6 on the mound with a 3.47 ERA… Finished second on the team with 13 starts… Tossed 72.2 innings… Struck out 48 batters… Went 2-1 over six starts vs. BIG EAST opponents… Held a 4.05 ERA against conference foes… Struck out a season-high seven batters in his debut at UNCW (Feb. 17)… Won his second game of the season against George Mason (Feb. 24)… Helped BU win at Villanova after throwing 94 pitches over six full innings (April 15)… Won his fourth game on the hill vs. Xavier (May 6)… Struck out 14 batters over his last three starts while only walking one batter… Longest outing of the year came at Seton Hall in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament (May 26)… Struck out five Pirates over seven full frames… Signed with the San Francisco Giants as a free agent.

2017 – Junior Season: Utility player that saw time on the mound, at third base, at first base and as the team’s designated hitter… Played in 46 games, making 44 starts… Posted the fifth-highest batting average on the team (.268)… Ended the year with 18 RBI… Collected 45 total hits including four doubles and a home run… Scored 24 runs… Walked 16 times… Stole one base… Posted a .909 fielding percentage… Ended the season in the weekend rotation… Posted a 3-2 overall record on the mound with a 2.60 ERA… Made 11 total appearances, including seven starts… Tossed two complete games… Came out of the bullpen for a save… Struck out 54 batters in 55.1 innings of action… Only allowed 16 earned runs… Led the BIG EAST and ranked 57th in the NCAA with two complete games… Ranked fifth in the conference and 73rd in the nation with a 2.60 ERA… Finished the year ranked second in the BIG EAST and 26th in the NCAA in hits allowed per nine innings (6.18)… Ranked fourth in the conference and 69th in the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.50)… Ranked second in the BIG EAST and 12th in the NCAA with a 0.90 WHIP… Placed fifth in the BIG EAST and 97th in the NCAA in walks allowed per nine innings… Struck out five batters in just three innings of work in his first start of the year vs. Ohio (Feb. 19)… Came out of the bullpen to throw 4.2 innings at Alcorn State (Feb. 26)… First win on the mound came at home against DePauw (March 21)… Tossed four full innings at Seton Hall to pick up a save (April 9)… Limited the Pirates to just two hits and no runs… Struck out three… Struck out a season-high 11 batters in his start vs. Dayton (April 25)… Tossed 7.1 innings, limiting the Flyers to just two hits and zero runs… Only walked one batter… Tossed 8.1 innings of shutout baseball vs. Villanova (May 6)… Struck out nine Wildcats while limiting Nova to just three hits… Tossed seven shutout innings at Georgetown (May 14)… Earned his second win of the season while striking out five Hoyas… Limited Georgetown to just three hits… Ended the year on a high note by earning the win over Creighton (May 19)… Tossed a complete game three-hitter vs. the Bluejays… Struck out nine and only allowed one earned run… At the plate, opened the season going 2-for-4 vs. La Salle with an RBI and a run scored (Feb. 17)… Homered at Furman as part of a 3-for-6 day (March 8)… Added two RBI and two runs scored… First double of the season came against Fort Wayne (March 10)… Recorded a two-RBI single vs. Saint Louis to help BU defeat the Billikens 6-5 (March 18)… Went 3-for-4 vs. DePauw with an RBI (March 21)… Delivered an RBI double at Ohio (March 24)… Posted three-straight multi-hit games from March 25 – April 1… Helped BU defeat Indiana by going 3-for-4 from the dish with two doubles, one RBI and three runs scored (April 19)… Went 3-for-6 with two runs scored at Xavier (April 22)… Helped BU defeat Villanova by going 2-for-3 with two RBI vs. the Wildcats (May 6)… Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored at Georgetown (May 14).

2016 - Sophomore Season: Played in 49 games, making 43 starts... Split time defensively between shortstop and third base... Held a .192 batting average by collecting 30 hits in 156 at-bats... Ended the year with 15 runs scored... Made his season debut in the opener at Samford (Feb. 19)... Followed that game with a 2-for-4 day from the plate (Feb. 20)... First extra base hit of the year came in the getaway game at Samford (Feb. 21)... Recorded his first RBI of the season vs. Michigan State (March 11)... Scored a season-high three runs at Saint Louis while adding an RBI (March 20)... Recorded an RBI in back-to-back games against Bradley and Western Michigan (March 27)... Moved over to third base defensively for the first time on March 30... Second double of the season came at Indiana State (April 2)... Final extra base hit of the year came at Creighton (April 15)... Went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Cleary (April 19)... Collected five hits in the three-game series vs. Xavier (April 29-May 1).

2015 - Freshman Season: Played in 50 games, making 49 starts... Finished second on the team and 11th in the BIG EAST Conference with a .320 batting average... Collected 57 hits over 178 at-bats... Came up with 10 doubles and 21 RBIs... Scored 19 runs... Tallied 67 total bases... Walked 17 times... Posted a .376 slugging percentage to go along with a .390 on-base percentage... Ended the year with a .943 fielding percentage... Started in all 18 BIG EAST contests... Hit .250 against conference foes... Held the longest hitting streak of the season at 17 games... The feat doubled as the second longest reached base streak for the Bulldogs... Posted 18 multi-hit games... Recorded multiple RBIs in four contests... Made his Butler debut in the season opener at Lipscomb (Feb. 13)... Went 3-for-5 with a season-high three runs scored vs. Bowling Green (March 10)... Delivered three hits, one RBI and one run scored vs. Illinois State (March 15)... Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored vs. Wabash (March 21)... Had a 2-for-4 day vs. Purdue with two RBIs and two runs scored (March 28)... Recorded his season-high hit total against Dayton going 4-for-5 from the plate with a double and two runs scored (May 6)... Tallied two RBIs as part of a 2-for-5 game at Georgetown (May 10).

High School: Drafted in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants... 2014 North/South All-Star... 2014 First Team All-State selection... Hamilton County Player of the Year... Three-time All-Conference selection... Earned four varsity letters in baseball... 2014 4A State Champions... 2014 HHC Conference Champions... Hit .350 as a senior generating 27 RBIs.

Personal: Son of Kevin and Linda Christman... Has a younger brother named Connor.