Christopher Newport University

2022 - Senior - Honorable Mention All-Conference ... NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team ... Led nationally-ranked Captains in runs scored and ranked second on the team in runs batted in ... Led team in extra-base hits with 23 including a team-best eight home runs, 13 doubles and two triples ... Started a team-high 43 games ... Reached base in 40 straight games, ranking in the top-five all-time at CNU ... Logged 12 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI performances ... Drove in a run in 13 straight games to end the season, including all four NCAA Regional contests ... Closed his two-year tenure as a Captain ranking fourth all-time in slugging percentage (.699) and on-base percentage (.486) while also ranking eighth in career home runs (22) 

2021 - Junior - D3baseball.com All-American ... Second team All-Region (ABCA) ... First team All-State and All-Conference selection ... Two-time Conference Player of the Week ... First CNU All-American at first base since 1990 ... Made an immediate impact in historic fashion, shattering the program records for slugging percentage (.851) and OPS (1.334) ... Logged 29 extra-base hits including 14 home runs and 13 doubles ... Added 34 free passes to finish the season third all-time in on-base percentage (.532) ... Ranked ninth in Division III in slugging and in the top-20 in total home runs ... Tied for the fourth most home runs in program history ... Led the Captains with a .364 average and also led in runs (40), RBI (42), and total bases (103) ... Delivered 13 multi-hit performances and a team-best 12 multi-RBI games ... Drove in five or more three times and reached base safely in the final 15 games of the season ... Also a stalwart defensively, making just two errors in 189 total chances while playing primarily at first base but also seeing time in the outfield and at third base

Before CNU -- Member of Division I N.C. Central University's baseball team for three years including a redshirt season during the 2020 COVID-19 campaign ... Made 12 appearances with 10 starts as a true freshman in 2019, driving in three runs with five hits ... Played in 25 games with 17 starts in 2021, rapping a pair of home runs with two doubles ... Scored 16 runs and drove in eight with ten hits and ten walks for an on-base percentage of .391

At Grafton -- Named 4A Region Player of the Year while picking up first team All-State, All-Region, and All-Conference honors ... Earned Male Athlete of the Year plaudits as a senior ... Two-time first team All-State

Personal -- Justin Robert Bowers was born in South Boston, Va. ... Son of Robert Bowers and Natalie Winckler ... Has two brothers, Tyler Winckler and Dylan Bowers ... Favorite sports personality is Drew Brees ... Person in history he'd most like to meet is Elvis Presley ... Favorite food is steak ... Favorite movie is "Point Break" and favorite TV show is "Peaky Blinders" ... Majoring in Economics.