DePaul University Athletics
2017 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 7
Dylan Christensen
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chula Vista, Calif.
- High School:
- Eastlake
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
- 2014 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year
- 2014 All-BIG EAST First Team
- 2014 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
- 2016 All-BIG EAST First Team
- 2016 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
- 2017 Senior CLASS Finalist
- 2017 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- 2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2017 (Senior Season):
- Appeared in all 50 regular season contests for the Blue Demons and made 49 starts
- Named BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player May 14
- Named Senior CLASS Finalist on Feb. 28
- Recorded two hits and notched one run in the BIG EAST title game victory over St. John’s on May 14
- Led the team and the BIG EAST in overall games in doubles with 17
- Recorded a season high two doubles in a victory over Providence on April 14
- Notched a season high three RBI in a win over St. John’s on April 8
- Scored a career high three runs in a win over Bradley on Feb. 19
- Tallied a career high 15 put outs against Georgetown on April 2
- Stole six bases on six attempts.
2016 (Junior Season):
- Second on the team with 28 runs and 57 hits
- First on the team with 16 doubles
- Third on the team with 18 RBI
- Finished the season leading the team with a .404 batting average
- Finished second in the BIG EAST for batting average, fifth in slugging percentage, first for slugging percentage and first for doubles in all games
- Launched four homers on the season
- Played and started in all 52 games
- Stole a base against Eastern Illinois (3/23)
- Had a season-high three hits against Saint Louis (3/22)
- Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Mar. 28)
- Tallied a season and career-high three runs against Providence (4/10)
- Had a season and career-high two double hits against Loyola (4/12)
2015 (Sophomore Season):
- Tallied second-most multi-hit games of the season with 12
- Notched six games of at least two RBI
- Ranked second on the team with nine doubles and a .988 fielding percentage
- Finished season third on the team with 37 hits and a .311 batting average
- Notched 100th career game played against Butler (5/3)
- Collected RBI single at Villanova (4/26)
- Named BIG EAST Player of the Week (3/30)
- Tallied four hits in win over Providence (3/28)
- Launched three-run homer at Seton Hall (3/25)
- Laced career-best two homers versus North Dakota State (3/18)
- Tabbed to BIG EAST Honor Roll (3/2)
- Went 2-for-3 with two RBI at UNLV (2/27)
- Had game-winning RBI single versus Prairie View A&M (2/21)
- Swiped a bag against Missouri-Kansas City (2/20)
- Totaled career-high nine putouts versus UNI (2/13)
- Plated two RBI versus Saint Mary's (2/6).
2014 (Freshman Season):
- Hit in cleanup spot for offense that broke the all-time DePaul record for RBI
- Second on team with 16 doubles
- Hit .338, but bumped average up to .449 during conference play
- Led team with 20 RBI in conference games
- Scored and drew a bases-loaded walk in 3-0 win over St. John's (5/10)
- Drew two walks and singled, producing three RBI vs. Creighton (5/9)
- Tied career-high w/ four RBI in 13-1 win over Butler (5/4)
- Career-high four RBI in 15-0 win over Villanova (4/27)
- Hit .500 (5-for-10) in sweep at Creighton
- Homered, drove in two runs in 8-0 win vs. Seton Hall (4/5)
- 1-for-3 with run, RBI, BB in collegiate debut vs. Maryland (2/7)
- Recorded first career multi-RBI game with two RBI against Rutgers (2/22)
- Plated winning run in eighth-inning of 9-8 comeback win vs. Charleston (2/22)
- Hit first career HR vs. Binghamton (3/1)
- Reached in all four PA's (3BB, 2B), scoring DePaul's lone run vs. Canisius (3/15)
- Two hits, two runs in 8-0 rout of Fordham (2/15).
High School:
- Was Most Valuable Player at Eastlake in 2010 and 2013
- All-League First Team selection in 2012
- Union Tribune All-Academic Team in 2012 and 2013
- Helped team win Adidas Futures Tournament
- Eastlake Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipient.
Personal:
- Daughter of Lance and Kelly Christensen
- Has a brother, Elijah, and a sister, Haydn
- Grandfather, Ron Pietila, played in Cleveland Indians organization
- Majoring in Elementary Education with a concentration in language arts.
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