Baseball

2017: Preseason All-South Atlantic Conference Second Team... Enters his final Tusculum campaign with a 13-7 career record with a 4.01 ERA... Pitched in 197.2 innings (7th in TC history) where he has recorded 134 strikeouts against 52 walks... Has pitched in 43 outings, including 26 starts, with one shutout and two complete games.

2016: All-South Atlantic Conference Honorable Mention... Posted an 8-4 record in his 15 mound appearances, including 13 starts... Finished second on the team with his 60 strikeouts... Tallied a 3.67 ERA... Recorded wins in five consecutive starts against Kentucky Wesleyan (Feb. 20), Stillman (Feb. 27), Catawba (Mar. 5), Brevard (Mar. 12) and Coker (Mar. 19)... Posted wins in back-to-back starts against Newberry (Apr. 9) and Mars Hill (Apr. 16)... Earned his eighth win of the season in TC's 3-2 win over Mount Olive (May 22) in the NCAA Tournament... Pitched eight shutout innings in 6-0 win at Newberry (Apr. 9) and garnered SAC Pitcher of the Week honors... Recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts in win over Brevard as he pitched 8.1 innings... Threw 7.2 innings in the Mt. Olive game.

2015: Made 15 appearances with one start... Posted a 3.93 ERA in 34.1 innings... Tallied 31 strikeouts against 10 walks... Did not allow an earned run in nine of his 14 relief appearances... Recorded six strikeouts and pitched 6.1 no-hit innings in a no-decision against Lee (Apr. 8)... Made five strikeouts with a no-decision in a start against Young Harris (Mar. 3).

2014: Posted a 5-3 record in his 13 mound appearances including 12 starts... Finished with a 4.44 ERA with two complete games and a shutout... Finished with 43 strikeouts and 24 walks in his 75 innings pitched, which are most on the team... Went 4-2 in his nine starts in SAC games... Earned SAC Pitcher of the Week and TSWA College Pitcher of the Week honors with his two-hit, nine-inning shutout win over Carson-Newman (Feb. 21)... Posted wins over C-N, Lenoir-Rhyne (Feb. 7), Bloomsburg (Mar. 8), Newberry (Mar. 14) and Brevard (Apr. 5)... Allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings in start vs. Lenoir-Rhyne, including a season-high nine strikeouts.

Vanderbilt University: Redshirt during 2013 campaign at the Nashville, Tenn. school... Member of Baseball America's No. 1 recruiting class for the Commodores... Coached by Tim Corbin.

High School: Graduated from Norcross (Ga.) HS... Coached by Andy Collins... Four-time All-Region and three-time All-County honoree... Holds Norcross HS record for strikeouts with 162... Lettered four years in baseball and one in basketball... Three-time recipient of the Scholar Athlete Award... 4-time Top 100 in Baseball-Georgia Dugout Club... 2011 Preseason All-State... 2012 Senior Beta Club member... Lettered in Academics... Baseball honor graduate... Played summer ball for the East Cobb Astros where his teammates included Delino DeShields, Jr. (Astros), Matt Olsen (A's), Joe Cecere (Lipscomb) and Alec Diamond (Belmont).

Personal: Full name is Christian Scholly Raasch... Born Nov. 2, 1993 in Atlanta, Ga... Son of Jeff and Christel Raasch... Brother - Will... Father played football at the University of Virginia (1975-1977)... Graduated from Tusculum with a degree in business management in May 2016... SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Future plans: Working on his MBA at Tusculum and would also like to continue with a professional baseball career; Hobbies: Golf; Favorite book: "If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat" by John Ortberg; Favorite class at Tusculum: Business Law; Favorite midnight snack: Chocolate Chip Cookies; Favorite musical artist: Drake; Favorite song: "Septenber" by Earth, Wind & Fire; Favorite sports team: Atlanta Braves; Christian can't go a week without: Baseball and Golf; Favorite athlete: Lebron James; Most thrilling moment in sports: Signing to play college baseball; Favorite Tusculum moment: 2016 NCAA Regional run; Advice to kids: "Everything happens for a reason"; Favorite color: Orange; Favorite food: Burgers; Favorite sport other than baseball: Golf; People Christian most admires: His parents; Most famous person Christian has ever met: Lebron James; Toughest player Christian has ever played against: Will Albertson (Catawba); What people don't know about Christian: He's a good golfer; When he was a kid, Christian tried to be like: Chipper Jones.