2026 Baseball Roster

Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith

12 Aaron Maxie

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 220
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Mechanicsville, Va.
  • Highschool Mechanicsville

Biography

2026 - Junior - Repeated as a first team All-Conference selection at first base ... Continued to add to his legacy as one of the finest first basemen in program history, setting a program record for the most chances in a season without an error ... Recorded 254 putouts and 15 assists and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 269 total chances ... Just the fourth player in program history and the first non-catcher to log a perfect defensive season ... Added one of the finest offensive seasons ever by hitting .422, ranking sixth-best all-ime, and reaching at a .530 clip, ranking as the fourth highest OBP ... Raised his career batting average to .383 and his career OBP to .489, both marks ranking fourth-best in program history ... Started 33 games and played 36 during his third year at CNU ... Slashed .422/.494/.625 and posted a 1.119 OPS ... Delivered 54 total base hits in 128 at-bats and ranked in the top-50 nationally with a .422 batting averge ... Led team in RBI with 45 and scored 34 runs ... Smacked 14 doubles and 4 home runs ... Ranked third on the team in total walks with 23 paired with just nine strikeouts ... Named C2C Player of the Week on February 23 after back-to-back 5 RBI performances against Marietta and Cortland with five extra-base hits ... Logged the longest hitting streak of the season with 17 straight games to end the year ... Posted 14 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI performances including three with 5 RBI or more ... Posted a career-high 6 RBI in a 3-for-3 performance against Regent on April 16 ... Finished with multiple hits with three of the four NCAA Regional Championship games

2025 - Sophomore - Earned first team All-Conference and second team All-State honors following his second season at CNU ... Led the Captains with one of the finest single season performances by a first baseman in program history ... Hit a team-best .411 with 51 hits in 124 at-bats while reaching base at a .530 clip, ranking as the fourth best mark in CNU history ... Drove in a team-high 44 runs while also scoring 29 times ... Had just one error in 296 total chances to post the fifth-best fielding percentage in program history and the finest by a non-catcher ... Slugged .548 with eight doubles and three home runs ... Recorded the most walks by a Captain in 2025 with 30 ... Added five sacrifice flies and one sacrifice bunt ... Perfect 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts ... Started all 38 games played during his second year ... Registered the highest batting average (.432) against right-handed pitching during the season ... Hit .453 with runnerson base and .667 in bases loaded situations ... Averaged .531 in RBI opportunities and delivered a team-high 16 two-out RBI ... Logged 16 multi-hit games and a team-high 11 multi-RBI performances ... Posted the longest hitting streak of the season for a Captain with a 10-game run and reached base in 16 consecutive games ... Drove in a career-high 5 runs with a 2-for-3 effort at Marymount on April 14 including a double and a home run ... Named to the C2C All-Tournament Team after a 4-for-5 showing in the conference semifinals with two doubles and 4 RBI ... Repeated as a member of the C2C All-Academic team selection

2024 - Freshman - Appeared in 29 games while starting 14 during his first season at Christopher Newport ... Hit .237 with 14 hits in 59 at-bats ... Delivered a 3-for-3 performance in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Championship Game against Mary Washington on May 10 ... Also logged a pair of hits against nationally-ranked N.C. Wesleyan during the NCAA Division III Newport News Regional Championship ... Drove in 10 runs and scored 16 times ... Walked 13 times and reached via HBP twice ... Dropped down one sacrifice bunt and added one sacrifice fly ... Committed just one error in 130 chances at first base ... Earned spot on the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference All-Academic team

At Mechanicsville -- Multi-sport athlete for the Mustangs as a member of the baseball and football teams ... As a junior, earned first team All-Region, second team All-State, and first team All-Metro honors ... Collected first team All-Region, first team All-State, and first team All-Metro plaudits as a senior ... Hit .534 and broke the Lee Davis/Mechanicsville High School single season batting average record ... Followed that up by hitting .470 as a senior ... Member of the National Honor Society

Personal -- Aaron Christopher Maxie was born in Chesterfield, Va. ... Son of Stephen and Alysia Maxie ... Has one brother, Eli ... Favorite athlete is Cooper Kupp ... Most impressive person met is Roger Clemens ... Dream vacation is a trip to the Bahamas ... Favorite food is tacos ... Favorite movie is Major League and favorite TV show is Narcos ... Favorite book is 1984 ... Favorite band is Nirvana ... Majoring in Communication Studies.

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2024Freshman

    Infielder
    6'1" 205 lbs
    27
  • 12

    2025Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'1" 205 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2026Junior

    Infielder
    6'1" 220 lbs
    12