Career Stats
Drafted in the 27th round by the Houston Astros (797th overall) in the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft
Notes: Christensen finished his career with 44 saves, fifth-most in NCAA Division I history...his 2.72 ERA is a program best while ranking second in appearances (105), third in wins (17), and fourth in strikeouts (206)
2013: CoSIDA/Capital One Second-Team All-American...CoSIDA/Capital One First-Team All-District...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Baseball Performer of the Year...first-team Rawlings/ABCA East Region selection...Big 5 Student-Athlete of the Year...Big 5 Pitcher of the Year...first-team All-Atlantic 10 choice...A-10 Academic All-Conference...Big 5 Pitcher of the Week (4/30, 4/23, 3/26, 3/4)...A-10 Pitcher of the Week (3/26)...NCBWA Stooper of the Year preseason and midseason watch list honoree...picked up a win or save in 17 of La Salle's 24 victories this season...appeared in 24 games, including two starts on the hill...posted a 6-1 record with a 2.52 ERA with 11 saves...struck out a team-high 58 batters in 50 innings of work...held opponents to a .238 batting average against clip...posted an 0.94 ERA in 28.2 innings of work in A-10 play, striking out 32...struck out a season-high seven batters in three innings of relief vs. Richmond in the A-10 playoffs (5/22)...earned a save in back-to-back-to-back games vs. Fordham (3/22-3/24)...earned a win vs. Texas Tech (3/1) after throwing five scoreless frames in relief...picked up a win vs. Temple (4/5) after tossing three innings with no earned runs and four strikeouts
2012: Big 5 Student-Athlete of the Year, All-Big 5, and Big 5 All-Academic selection...CoSIDA Academic All-District choice...Atlantic 10 All-Academic nod...selected to both the preseason and midseason watch lists for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award...posted a 2.66 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 44.0 innings...picked up nine saves on the year, upping his career total to 33, most in program history...notched a team-high 25 appearances and walked only eight...picked up wins vs. Buffalo (3/16) and Saint Peter's (3/17) on back-to-back games...struck out five hitters in 2.0 innings against ETSU (3/10)...posted four strikeouts in back-to-back appearances vs. Gardner-Webb (2/25) and North Carolina A&T (3/3)...threw 3.0 innings and a season-high 44 pitches in a 3-2 victory over Massachusetts (4/6)...picked up saves in three consecutive outings against George Washington (3/23 G1&2) and Richmond (3/30)...threw a season-high 4.2 innings in a 4-2 A-10 win over Fordham (4/21), earning a save
2011: Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall...Selected to the All-Atlantic 10 First Team, the first Explorer to earn that distinction since John Rickards in 2008...Named to the All Big 5 team and was the Big 5 Co-Student Athlete of the Year along with Villanova’s Dain Hall...Selected to Academic All-Atlantic 10 team...Named to the ACBA/Rawlings All-East Region Team...Selected to both the preseason and midseason watch lists for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award...Made 28 appearances out of the bullpen with a 3-2 record and a team-best 1.17 ERA...Led the Atlantic 10 and finished 20th in the nation with 13 saves...Broke the La Salle single-season save record that he set last season...Struck out 39 batters with just five walks allowed in 38.1 innings pitched...Allowed just five earned runs and a .213 batting average against all season...Only allowed two earned runs and collected eight saves in Atlantic 10 play...Recorded his first save of the season in a scoreless inning of work at Longwood (2/26-G1)...Picked up the win against Saint Peter’s with two perfect innings of work and four strikeouts (3/19-G1)...Also earned the save in game two of the doubleheader against the Peacocks (3/19-G2)...Broke the La Salle single-season record for saves that he set last season with his 12th save of the year in a scoreless outing at Richmond (5/1)...Picked up his 13th and final save of the year with a scoreless frame against #27 Charlotte (5/14-G1)...Pitched two perfect innings with one strikeouts and earned the win in the 13-inning victory over Dayton in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/25).
2010: Named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team and is the first Explorer to be named to the team since John Malloy earned a spot in 2007...named ot the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team...Earned a spot on the All-Big 5 Team as a reliever and also was awarded Big 5 Rookie of the Year...Went 4-4 through 20 relief appearances, in which he racked up 11 saves with a 3.99 ERA...Posted 55 strikeouts through 56.1 innings pitched...Picked up his first collegiate victory against Niagara (3/21) after going a season-high five innings pitched...named Big 5 Pitcher of the Week (5/18)...Stepped into the Explorers' closer role in his first season and not only won four games out of the bullpen but also set the single-season school-record for saves.
High School: Set career wins record for high school varsity career with 23 (more than 90 years of the program) and had a 74.2 winning percentage on the mound, second all-time at the school...Also, in career threw 199 innings (first all-time), struck out 205 batters (second), and had a 2.04 ERA (fourth overall, but first since metal bats)...In 2008, was named First Team All-Western League, the Western League Pitcher of the Year, and earned a spot on the Union Tribune All-Academic Team...In 2007, was the winning pitcher in the Peoria, AZ Junior Olympics Championship Game.
Major: Business.
