Chris Nelson

Position:
OF
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
Class:
Senior
Major:
Communications
Hometown:
Temecula, Calif.
Prev School:
Riverside City College

2008 (Senior): Played in 12 games, starting 10 times ... Posted seven hits in 43 at-bats ... scored two runs ... Had five RBI.

2007 (Junior): Appeared in 44 games with 28 starts, all in centerfield, batting .277 with 25 runs and 18 RBI... had seven doubles, a triple and four home runs... named the Big West Player of the Week on May 14 after nine RBI and four homers against SDSU and UCSB... eight multi-hit games on the season... went 2-for-4 with the game-winning two-run single in the eighth at Pacific... had a two-run home run, his first Division I homer on national TV, no less, at San Diego State on May 8... hit a solo homer at UCSB three days later, before hitting a two-run home run on Saturday... finished the week with a grand slam in the 11th inning... had five hits at LMU on May 15... first start came on Feb. 24 his cast (hamate bone) was taken off the week of February 11.. had played center as a late inning defensive replacement and pinch runner prior to that.

Prior to LBSU: Spent two seasons at Riverside City College, batting .333 with 39 runs and 25 RBI as a sophomore earning second team all-league honors... had 29 walks and a .460 on-base percentage... had seven doubles, one triple and two homers as well... as a freshman batted .264 with five doubles and one triple over 32 games... walked 14 times and produced a .383 on-base percentage.

High School: Spent four varsity seasons playing baseball at Temecula Valley High and one season of football... two-time all-league pick batted .397 his senior year... as a junior in 2003, batted .420.... baseball team won the league title in 2001 and 2002.

Personal: Son of Michael and Janet Neslon... majoring in communications.