Christopher Newport University

2025 - Junior - Saw action in 14 games while making four starts for the Captains in his third season ... Hit .292 with seven hits in 24 at-bats ... Blasted a home run against nationally-ranked Salisbury in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference championship game on May 8 ... Finished that game 1-for-2 with 3 RBI ... Added another home run in a pinch hit appearance against William Peace on March 11 .... Drove in 7 runs and scored three times ... Reached base on two walks and one hit-by-pitch ... Played strong defense at first base, recording 22 putouts with one assist in 23 total chances for a perfect fielding percentage

2024 - Sophomore - Appeared in 26 games while starting 22 during his second year at CNU ... Closed the year hitting .250 with 19 hits in 76 at-bats including seven for extra-bases ... Delivered six doubles and one home run ... Drove in 11 runs and scored 13 times ... Registered an impressive season debut with a career-high 5 RBI in three at-bats against Southern Virginia (Feb 17) ... Added four walks and reached via HBP eight times ... Finished season with a .969 fielding percentage in 130 total chances at first base ... Logged multi-hit performances against Randolph-Macon (Mar 14) and Salisbury (May 4) ... Drove in a pair against Mary Washington in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Championship on May 10 ... Earned spot on the C2C All-Academic Team

2023 - Freshman - Saw action in 18 games including four starts during his first season with the Captains ... Hit .345 with 10 hits in 29 at-bats ... Delivered one double and two RBI while scoring eight times ... Registered three multi-hit games including a 3-for-3 showing at Eastern Mennonite on April 4 ... Also had two hits at Marymount on March 18 and two against Gallaudet on February 28 ... Added five walks on the season and reached base at a .444 clip ... Finished the year without an error in 38 chances 

At Highland -- Started career at Culpeper HS where he played varsity football and baseball for three years before transferring to Highland as a senior ... Earned All-Conference honors in both football and baseball, collecting first team All-State honors in baseball ... Helped lead team to conference title and state runner-up finish

Personal -- Eric Samuel Wilson was born in Warrenton, Va. ... Son of Brent and Samantha Wilson ... Has two brothers, Chris and Tyler, and one sister, Amanda ... Brother, Tyler, played football at Ferrum College ... Favorite sports personality is Mike Trout ... Most impressive person met is Ryan Zimmerman ... Dream vacation is a trip to Bora Bora ... Favorite food is wings ... Favorite movie is "Superbad" and favorite TV show is "Psych" ... Favorite book is The Great Gatsby and favorite musician is Luke Combs ... Majoring in Business.