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20 Chris Thorburn

  • Position OF
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 190
  • Hometown Raleigh, N.C.
  • High School Cardinal Gibbons

Biography

2022 (Red-shirt junior): Second-team All-CAA at designated hitter ... Hit .311 in 39 games, making 27 starts ... Hit first career home run against NC State (5/10) ... Had both 10-game and 9-game hitting streaks ... 10-game streak closed out the season ... Had hits in 22 of his final 24 games.

2021 (Red-shirt sophomore): Saw action in 15 games, making three starts, as an injury limited his time ... Drove in two runs on two hits against Appalachian State (3/13) ... Also drove in two runs in a start at nationally-ranked Charlotte (5/22) ... Had a two-run double against James Madison (5/9).

2020 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games, making a pair of starts.

2019 (Freshman): Started 32-of-49 games played ... Hit .257 ... Made collegiate debut against St. Joseph's in the season-opener and collected his first hit ... Had three hits and drove in a run in series opener against Northeastern (4/12) ... Added two hits in the series final (4/14) ... Closed out season with hits in nine of the final 10 games ... Had two hits and scored the winning run against Elon (5/26) in the CAA Championship game ... Had three hits, scored a run and drove on in against North Carolina (5/31) at Chapel Hill Regional.

At Cardinal Gibbons: Played four seasons for the Crusaders and coach Jim Liebler … Crusaders posted 84-18 record during his prep career … Helped Crusaders to three CAP-7 conference championships … Earned Perfect Game/Rawlings honorable mention All-America honors … Named Second-team All-Region by same outlet … Served as captain his sophomore through senior seasons … Earned All-Conference honors three times … Hit .392 and slugged .594 his final season … Drove in 26 runs and scored 22 while collecting five doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs … Concluded prep career with .364 batting average and 100 hits … Also plated 65 runs and scored 75 runs … Stole 29 bases … Also played soccer.

Summer Baseball: Played for Canes American.

Personal: Full name: Christopher Alexanian Thorburn … Born in Raleigh, N.C. … Son of Sona and Bob Thorburn … Brother, Robbie, played for UNCW (2014-17) and was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2017 MLB Draft.

Statistics

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2022

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2019Freshman

    Outfield
    6'1" 200 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2020Sophomore

    Outfield
    6'1" 198 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Outfield
    6'1" 185 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Outfield
    6'1" 190 lbs
    20