Christian Colletti

Height:
6-3
Weight:
210
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Rockville Centre, N.Y.
High School:
Southside

Career: Appeared in 42 career games, all in relief...went 1-2 with a 3.81 ERA and 12 saves in 52.0 innings...allowed 53 hits and 26 runs (22 earned) while striking out 39 and walking 16...held opponents to a .269 batting average...his 12 career saves are tied for the seventh-most in Tulane history.

2017 (Redshirt-Senior): Appeared in 27 games, all in relief…went 1-2 with a 3.43 ERA and 11 saves (tied for eighth-most in a season at Tulane) in 39.1 innings…allowed 38 hits and 18 runs (15 earned) while striking out 30 and walking 12…held opponents to a .262 batting average (third best on the team)…led the team in ERA, saves, and appearances…threw 2.1 scoreless innings with two strike outs at Southern Miss (3/1)…threw 1.0 scoreless inning with a strike out to record his first save of the season vs. Stetson (3/24)…earned a 2.1 inning save at LSU (3/28)…recorded seven consecutive scoreless appearances from 4/2 (vs. UCF) to 4/25 (vs. LSU), tossing 12.1 innings with nine strike outs…surrendered zero runs over his final five appearances…in his final game, threw 4.0 scoreless innings with six strike outs and only two hits vs. UCF (5/25)…was a member of the Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for Fall 2016 and was a 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member.

2016 (Redshirt-Junior): Appeared in 15 games, all in relief … went 0-0 with a 4.97 ERA and one save in 12.2 innings … allowed 15 hits and eight runs (seven earned) while striking out nine and walking four … held opponents to a .288 batting average … tied for fourth on the team in saves and games in relief made his Tulane debut vs. Illinois (2/20), picking up a save in 2.0 innings … pitched 1.1 innings at Texas (3/19) … fanned two in 1.0 inning during the first game of a doubleheader vs. Illinois State (3/26) … tossed 0.2 innings in his return to UConn (4/2) … fanned two in 2.0 innings of work at UL-Lafayette (4/12) … struck out two in 1.0 inning of work against Southern (5/11) … tossed 0.1 inning in the season finale vs. Boston College during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5)…was a 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member.

Prior to Tulane: Spent one year at Indian River State … pitched for the Pioneers in 2015 , logging eight relief appearances and going 0-1 with a 15.83 ERA over 9.2 innings … allowed 17 hits and struck out seven … Spent two seasons as a pitcher at UConn (2013-14) … went 3-2 in 14 games with 10 starts for the Huskies … owned a 4.97 ERA across 50.2 innings … struck out 31 and allowed 48 hits … pitched a season-high 7.0 innings against Boston College (4/2), allowing only 4 hits during his freshman year in 2013.

High School: Was a four-year letterman at SouthSide High School in Rockville Centre, N.Y. … was the team MVP for the Cyclones in 2012 after helping his team to a second-place Nassau County Baseball league finish with a 7-0 record to go along with a 1.51 ERA in 41.2 innings … struck out 75 and allowed just nine walks … named to the all-league, all-city and all-region teams … named to the 2012 Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Northeast Regional Selection … also lettered one year at quarterback and defensive end for the football team.

Personal: Has one brother … major is communication.