Biography
2021
2021 MAC Player of the Year and First-Team All-MAC; Third-Team All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball and ABCA/Rawlings; First-Team All-Region by ABCA/Rawlings; MAC Medal of Excellence Recipient…Hit .378 with 15 home runs, 55 RBIs, leading the MAC in each category to become the league’s first Triple Crown winner since 1998…Also led the league in slugging percentage (.739) and doubles (18) while rankings second in on-base percentage (.509) and third in runs scored (50)…Ended his season ranking 11th in the country in slugging and 16th in on-base percentage…Led the MAC in intentional walks (nine) and walked a total of 39 times, second-most in school history…Led Rockets with 10 stolen bases…Started 54 of 55 games, 46 at first base, eight at designated hitter, and three at pitcher…20 multi-hit games and 14 games with at least two RBIs…Hit .395 in MAC play while slugging .782 and hitting 11 home runs and 38 RBIs in 38 conference games…Three-time MAC Player of the Week: March 2 - Hit .500 and slugged 1.083 at Davidson, including a 4-for-5 game with two home runs and five RBIs; April 13 – Hit .444 with two home runs, three doubles, and 10 RBIs in series win at Kent State, the first since 2004; May 17 – Hit .500 across six games, tallying nine RBIs, and recording at least one hit and one RBI in all four games against Bowling Green…Reached base safely in 51 of 54 games played…Nine games with at least two walks…Career-high four hits on three occasions: Feb. 28 at Davidson, March 26 at Ball State, and April 11 at Kent State…Tied a career high with two home runs twice: Feb. 28 at Davidson and March 26 at Ball State…Scored three runs seven times, tying a career best…Started the season with a 23-game on-base streak that dated back to end of 2020 season...Academic All-MAC.
2020
Started 15 games at first base…Hit .274 (17-for-62), led team with four home runs and tallied 13 RBIs…Team-high 15 walks….Also pitched in three games, including a starting pitcher/designated hitter performance at Belmont (March 10)…Started the year off with a seven-game hitting streak…Hit a home run on Opening Day at ETSU (Feb. 14)…3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored against the Bucs (Feb. 16)…2-for-4 with a home run against UTSA (Feb. 20)…2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs, and two walks in the win over Incarnate Word (Feb. 22)…2-for-5 with five RBIs, including a grand slam, at UAB (March 6)…1-for-2 with three walks and a run scored at Vanderbilt (March 11)…Threw two scoreless innings with five strikeouts at Belmont (March 10).
2019
Academic All-MAC…MAC Player of the Week (Feb. 18)…Hit .282 with six home runs, 35 RBIs, 41 runs scored, and a .445 slugging percentage…20 extra-base hits were second-most on the team…10 games with multiple RBIs, second-most on the team…Named MAC Player of the Week after hitting .538 during a weekend series at Winthrop…Season-high three RBIs on three occasions: vs. Dayton (April 9), vs. Oakland (April 16), and vs. Northern Illinois (May 10)…Went 4-for-5 at Winthrop (Feb. 16)…Scored a season-high three runs at Dayton (April 23)…Three-straight multi-hit games: at Ohio (April 13), vs. Oakland (April 16), and at Purdue Fort Wayne (April 17).
2018
Hit. .278 in 46 games as a freshman…Reached base in 21 straight games (April 10-May 13)...Drove in go-ahead run in win over Bowling Green (May 17)...Went 2-for-4, had game-tying two-run single against Butler (May 9)...2-for-3 against Eastern Michigan with two runs scored (April 22)...Went 3-for-4 with a home run against Central Michigan (April 15)...Two hits and several stellar defensive plays against Madonna at Comerica Park (April 11)...Two hits, tied a career high with three runs, against Dayton (April 10)...Tallied his first-career triple against Ohio (April 6)...Became starting shortstop after injury to Matt Hansen at Miami (March 30). Hit .455 (5-11) in the series against the RedHawks, scored six runs...Two-time starter at third base in the Western Michigan series (March 23 & 25)...Tallied his first career run and RBI in the 13-4 win over the Broncos (March 25)...Made his collegiate debut in the game against LSU (March 2) as a pinch hitter...Started his first game as a Rocket against Sacred Heart (March 4).
HIGH SCHOOLÂ
Three-time letterwinner at Miamisburg…Second team all-state and first team all-conference in 2017, hitting .420 with 28 RBIs…First team All-Midwest Ohio and all-region his senior year. Also earned Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC) Player of the Year honors…Named to all-region all-star team as a senior…Second team all-conference as a sophomore and junior…Hit .449 in 2015 with 19 RBIs…Batted .324 in his junior season…Earned the United State National Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete award in 2017.
PERSONALÂ
Born Christopher Michael Meyers...Parents Kevin and Kathy Meyers...Has one brother, Eric...Majoring in finance.
