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2009-2010 Baseball Roster
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#20 Chris Pearson
Position: Catcher
Height: 6-1
Weight: 191
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Greenwood, Ind.
High School: Center Grove
2010 – Appeared in 35 games with 27 starts behind home plate as a freshman...Hit .191 with four doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI in 94 at-bats...Led the squad and ranked ninth in the MVC with seven sacrifice bunts...Played in 13 MVC games with nine starts...Best MVC performance was a 2-for-4 effort in which he scored three runs and drove in another vs. Bradley (4/25)...Also drove in two runs in his first MVC game at Missouri State (3/26)...Also went 3-for-4 with two doubles vs. Le Moyne in non-conference play (3/13)...Hit home runs against Belmont (2/20) and Morehead State (3/12)...Had a season-best six-game hitting streak from 3/12 to 3/20 in which he hit .333 (8-for-24) with two doubles and a home run.
Background – A three-year standout on the diamond at Center Grove High School outside of Indianapolis...Named the Indianapolis Star’s All-South Player of the Year as a senior after hitting .440 with nine doubles, two triples, five home runs, 28 RBI, and a .723 slugging percentage...Also went 3-1 with a 3.26 ERA and two saves on the mound...Helped Center Grove to its first sectional title since 2005 as a senior...Hit .486 with four home runs and 21 RBI as a junior while earning All-South honors from the Indy Star...Invited to participate in the Area Code Tryouts...Ranked as the fifth-best catcher in Prep Baseball Report’s Top 25 rankings for Indiana...Earned honorable mention all-state status in 2007 by Hoosier Diamond...Played on the National A.A.U. 15U and 16U teams in 2006 and 2007...Also played two years of football...Plans on majoring in sport communication...Chose UE because “I really liked the campus and the baseball staff.”
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