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2025:

• Appeared in three games, starting one

• Appeared in eight games, starting one
• Scored one run against Hobart on 4/23/2024

• Made college debut on 2/27/2022, going 1-1 with a double and a run scored as a pinch-hitter.
• Made first college start on 3/6/2022 against King’s (PA.), going 2-4 with a walk, stolen base, and three runs scored.
• Went 3-3 with two doubles and three RBI in 10-5 win over John Carroll, 3/8/2022.

• All-League shortstop from sophomore to senior year at William Tennent High School.
• Varsity captain during senior year.
• Member of National Honors Society.

• Full name: Christopher Andrew Colella
• Born in Philadelphia, PA
• Son of Anthony and Susan Colella
• Has one sibling, Anthony
• Attended William Tennent High School
• A cousin-in-law is a coach in the Astros minor league system.
• Favorite athletic memory: When his high school team made the playoffs for the first time in a decade his sophomore year.
• Best advice ever received: Failing ultimately helps you succeed, because it shows you what you need to work on and how to get better.
• Started playing baseball when he was four years old.
• Favorite player: Dansby Swanson.
• Favorite sports teams: Philadelphia teams.
• His best friend passed away during his junior year of high school, and Chris considered quitting baseball all together until he realized his friend would want him to continue playing. “Everything I do on the field is for him.”