38 Chris Dion
38 Chris Dion
Height: 6-0
Weight: 160
Year: 2011
Hometown: Lawrence, MA
High School: Central Catholic
Position: LHP
Major: Accounting
Bats/Throws: L/L

2011: Led the Monks’ pitching staff with 16 appearances and recorded the second start of his career as a senior…recorded a 4.66 ERA with a 2-2 record and a save…struck out 19 with just four walks in 19.1 innings…worked 1.1 scoreless innings to collect a save against Franklin & Marshall on March 14th…logged three frames of one-run, four-hit ball with two K’s but suffered the loss versus Keene State on March 15th…went on to post a 3.06 ERA over his final 13 appearances with five earned runs over 14.2 innings…earned the start, and victory, against Albertus Magnus on April 14th…allowed one earned run off four hits and fanned a pair in four innings that day…recorded five consecutive appearances without yielding a run during the latter part of the season when he allowed three hits and no walks with seven K’s in 4.2 innings of relief…collected his second victory of the year during this span after logging two scoreless innings versus Norwich on April 26th…recorded 0.2 innings of scoreless relief against Tufts University in the New England Regional Tournament on May 20th…closed out his college career tied for second in program history in appearances (54)…recorded 58 K’s and just 21 walks in 77.2 innings and went 6-5 with three saves over four seasons.

2010: Made five appearances out of the bullpen as a junior…posted an 0-2 record with a 33.00 ERA.

2009: Led the team - and the conference - in appearances with 21...posted a 5.48 ERA with 21 strikeouts in 23 innings...fanned four in two innings of scoreless relief against SUNY-Cobleskill on March 14th...went seven straight appearances without allowing an earned run from March 14th through April 7th.

2008: Made one start and 12 total appearances as one of the Monks' top relief options...posted a 4.45 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 32 1/3 innings...collected his first NCAA win in his first - and only - start: a nine inning performance against Misericordia on March 7th...allowed five earned runs and fanned three in the victory...earned the win against USM with 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief and three K's on April 17th...collected his first collegiate save with 3 1/3 innings of relief against JWU in a GNAC Semifinal game on April 26th...fanned three and allowed one hit and one run against the Wildcats that day...tossed 4 1/3 innings of relief against Worcester State in the NCAA Regional on May 15th.

High School: Played two years of varsity baseball for Marc Pelletier at Central Catholic High School, making the Division 1 state tournament his senior year...won the Coaches Award Senior Year...played Lawrence Legion for Paul Sartori in the Summer of '07...played Lawrence Thunder Baseball in the summer of '07 as well for John Delaney and Dennis Bistany. 

Personal: Christopher Michael Dion, born September 23, 1988 in Methuen, MA...son of Kenneth and Gina Dion...majoring in Accounting.

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