University of Massachusets Athletics
2020 Baseball Roster
Chris Pearsons
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Easton, Mass.
- High School:
- Oliver Ames
2023 – Junior: Saw action in 31 games with 25 starts on the year … Recorded a .179 batting average and a 1.000 fielding percentage … Totaled 15 hits, including three doubles and a home run, 10 runs and 11 RBI in 84 at bats … Tallied career-best three hits, including a double, and three runs vs. Dayton (5/19) … Registered his first career grand slam against Rhode Island (5/7), tallying a career-high four RBI … Had a double in the season-opener at Navy (3/4) and vs. Rhode Island (5/6) … Went on a six-game hitting streak with a reached base streak of seven consecutive contests … Recorded 31 putouts and 48 assists in the field with no errors.
2022 – Junior: Played in eight games, getting the start in one at Towson (3/26) … Had four hits on a .400 batting average, as well as a .571 on base percentage … Had a .889 fielding percentage and turned one double play … Went 2-for-2, adding two runs at Towson (3/25) … Had a double in the next game against Towson (3/26) during his solo start of the year.
2021 – Freshman: Appeared in 38 games, starting in 36 … Hit .158 with four doubles, one homerun, 13 walks and 13 runs scored … Earned a .870 fielding percentage, tallying 69 assists, second most on the team, and 43 putouts … Recorded a season-high two doubles and a season best two hits at Holy Cross (3/24) … Totaled a season best three RBIs, one hit and one double at Stony Brooks (3/7) … At Central Connecticut State (3/9), contributed one hit, two walks and two RBIs in three at-bats.
2020 – Freshman: Started at shortstop in all nine games before the remainder of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Had a pair of hits, two walks and an RBI ... Walked and contributed his first collegiate RBI in the season opener at Delaware State (2/22) ... Doubled in the middle game of the series (2/23) ... Singled in the middle game at Navy (3/1).
Before UMass: Attended Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Massachusetts ... Played under head coach Joe Abarr ... Team captain and MVP as a senior ... All-Star, and First Team All-Hockomock as a senior ... Also played basketball ... All-scholastic award junior and senior years.
Personal: Son of Scott and Elizabeth Persons ... Has one sister, Brooke ... Enjoys playing backyard sports in his spare time ... Intends to major in building and construction technology ... Lists Tom Brady as the athlete he most admires.
