The Springvale Lions Baseball club are excited to announce the signing of christian DeLeon as the clubs import player for the coming season.
Christian is a 6’3″ right handed pitcher who was a starter for 2 years at the University of Nebraska in the very strong Big 10 conference. During his time with the Huskers he was very impressive going 12-6 with a 2.85 ERA over 173 innings of work including 3 complete games.
He had also played previously at Blinn Community college and North Central Texas and was the shortstop on the Lamar National Little League team that played in the Little League World Series several years ago.
Christian is from the Houston area where he is currently and instructor at a Baseball Academy. He is looking forward to helping the club both on the field and wherever else he can be of assistance, Christian is looking forward to meeting everyone, enjoying the cultural exchange and taking in some of the wonderful sights that Australia has to offer. He will be arriving on September 16th so please make an effort to introduce yourself and help make his stay as enjoyable as possible.