GREENWOOD, IND. – Seniors Christian Slattery of Cal Lutheran baseball was named to the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American First team for his outstanding achievements both on the field and in the classroom.

Slattery (Malibu, Calif.) is receiving the recognition for the second consecutive season as he was a First Team selection in 2019 as well. The closer was standouts on the academic front Slattery boasted a 3.98 GPA whilst majoring in Financial Planning. 

The hard-throwing right-hander who was one of the most dominant closers in CLU history and recently concluded his three-year career in the Purple and Gold. Slattery has recently saw the accolades roll in as he was named All-SCIAC Second Team, CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team and CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District for his outstanding 2019 season. 

In that year, he made 18 appearances out of the bullpen and led the conference in saves (9). With seven saves in his senior season, Slattery led the nation. The hard-throwing closer was on pace to break the all-time saves record as he finished with 22 saves in his career, which is just three behind the program's all-time leader, Aaron Roth, with 25. Slattery allowed just two earned runs in 11 innings of work for the Kingsmen, posting a 1.64 ERA with 15 strikeouts.

The Kingsmen hope to keep their momentum alive in 2021 with a strong core of returners coming back to George "Sparky" Anderson Field.

CoSIDA Academic All-American Release
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Release by Jeff Rebello, Assistant Sports Information Director