2024 Baseball Roster
Christian Mracna
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Lake Worth, Fla.
- High School:
- Trinity Christian Academy
- Prev School:
- George Mason
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
2024 (Graduate/Georgia): Made 20 appearances including 10 starts on a team that went 43-17, advanced to an NCAA Athens Super Regional and finished with a final ranking of No. 10 nationally
*Posted a 4-2 mark and one save with a 5.32 ERA in 45.2 innings, tallying 73 strikeouts and 25 walks
*Began season in the rotation and went 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in first nine staff starts, posting wins over UNC-Asheville, Iowa and No. 8 Alabama before assuming a firemen role
*Made two appearances in the NCAA Athens Regional for a combined 2.1 scoreless innings and five strikeouts
*Dominating in earning a save at No. 1 Texas A&M, registering a career-high six strikeouts in two innings of a 5-4 win
*Beat No. 8 Alabama 10-5 to complete series sweep, registering seven strikeouts and allowing just one run
*Tallied a career-high eight strikeouts in a three-inning start against Stetson, allowed one run on one hit in a no decision
*Signed a free agent deal with the Toronto Blue Jays following the 2024 MLB Draft
2023 (Senior/George Mason): Served as the closer for the Patriots and coach Shawn Camp as they went 36-27, won the Atlantic-10 title and advanced to the NCAA Regional Final in Winston Salem, N.C., against top-ranked Wake Forest
*Posted a 4-1 mark, 3.09 ERA and four saves in 24 relief appearances as team made their first NCAA Regional Final
*Held opponents to a team-low .186 batting average
*Helped team go 5-1 at the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament as the Patriots won three elimination games to win the title
*Notched saves against FIU, Niagara, Rhode Island and George Washington while picking up victories against St. Bonaventure, Saint Josesph’s and Dayton
*Did not allow a run in 15 of 22 outings with eight at least two innings
*Struck out season-high four over two innings in a 6-5 loss to Dayton
*Needed just nine pitches to strike out the side in the eighth inning of a win over Cornell
2022 (Junior/George Mason): Made 21 relief appearances and one start for the Patriots and coach Bill Brown as they went 23-33
*Posted a 1-5 mark, 8.49 ERA and one save in 29.2 innings with 32 strikeouts and 36 walks
*Opponents hit .267 against him
*Pitched a season-high four scoreless innings with a season-high five strikeouts for his first save in a road win over Saint Joseph’s University
*Collected his first win with 2.2 hitless innings and three strikeouts in a 3-2 road decision over UMASS
*Made one appearance in the Atlanta-10 Tournament, allowed one run on one hit with three strikeouts and two walks in two innings against Davidson
*Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2021 (Sophomore/Northwest Florida State College): Made nine relief appearances for the Raiders and coach Doug Martin as they went 32-17
*Went 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in 13.1 innings with five walks and 15 strikeouts
*Held opponents to a .245 batting average
*Selected to the CLPB (Collegiate League of the Palm Beaches) All-League team as the closer, going 1-1 with a 2.89 ERA in 18.2 innings for the Parkland Sharks
2020 (Freshman/Belmont Abbey College): Redshirted his first year with the Crusaders and coach Chris Anderson as the team went 13-12 when the season was canceled due to the COVID-pandemic
High School: A graduate of Trinity Christian Academy in Lake Worth, Fla., where he played for Miguel Cuello
*Two-way standout for the Warriors in baseball and basketball
*Prep teammate in 2018 of now Bulldog catcher Fernando Gonzalez
Personal: Born June 9, 2000
*Son of Renee and Mike Mracna
*Earned a degree in Business Finance from George Mason in December, 2023 and now pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Behavioral Financial Planning
