Hayden Christiansen

Position:
Catcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
215
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Spring Grove, Ill.
High School:
Richmond-Burton
B/T:
R/R

OPENDORSE

2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2024: Played in 52 games, starting 44 of them... Totaled 53 hits, including 15 extra-base hits, drove in 34 runs, and scored as a baserunner 24 times... Carried a batting average of .288, good for fourth best on the team... Fifth on the team in RBI with 34... Tied for fifth on the team in home runs with eight... Fifth on the team in total bases with 84... Had a slugging percentage of .457 and an on-base percentage of .367... compiled 21 walks while striking out only 24 times.

2023: Played in 14 games, making nine starts at DH…Batted .436 in 39 at-bats, finishing with 17 hits, including two doubles and two home runs…Drove in six RBIs and came around to score nine runs…Led all Musketeers with a .641 slugging percentage…Also had four walks and led the Xavier roster with a .488 on-base percentage…Had a season-high three hits and two runs scored in Xavier’s 5-3 win at NKU on 2/28…Drove in a season-high four RBI in Xavier’s 9-4 win over Western Carolina on 2/24.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: Played for coach Mike Giese at Richmond Burton, and was four-year member of the varsity squad...Had a .505 batting average and has collected 11 home runs through 2021...During his high school career, earned IHSA First Team All-State and First Team All-Conference honors and was named the Northwest Player of the Year.

PERSONAL: Majoring in Finance at Xavier...Son of Thad and Kathryn Christiansen....Kathryn was a diver at Loras College...Has one sibling, Kelsey.