Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2007 (SOPHOMORE): Returned to action after missing two seasons due to an injury…Posted a 6-5 record for the season…Tied for first on the team for most starts (14)…Second on the team for most innings pitched (65)…Won his first game of the season against Long Island…pitched five innings of three-run baseball in the win...Pitched five innings of two hit, one run baseball against Southeast Missouri (5/6)…Against Bucknell University, Grider pitched six innings, giving up only two earned runs (3/12)…Named a captain by his teammates before the season began.

2006 (SOPHOMORE): Did not play (Redshirted).

2005 (SOPHOMORE): Did not play (Redshirted).

2004 (FRESHMAN): Named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American...Ranked 32nd in the nation with 10.46 strikeouts per nine innings (second in the Ohio Valley Conference)...Led the Colonels in wins (eight), starts (14), strikeouts (81) and innings pitched (69.2)...Held opposing hitters to a .262 batting average (fourth in the OVC)...Threw four complete games on the year (tied for fourth in the league)...Struck out a season-high 11 batters over 6.0 innings against Vermont (3/15)...Fanned nine hitters against Tennessee Tech (3/27), UT Martin (4/3) and Samford (4/24)...Threw a complete-game shutout at Southeast Missouri (5/2), scattering three hits over 7.0 innings of work...Allowed just one home run on the year, leading to an OVC-best 0.13 homers-per-game average...Ranked fourth in the league in hits per nine innings (9.04) and ninth in earned run average (4.13)...Lowered his earned run average to 3.38 in conference games, while striking out 59 batters over 50.2 innings...OVC batters hit just .251 against him.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played baseball and basketball at Russell County HS…Tabbed as one of the Top Players to Watch by Baseball America in its 2004 preseason edition...Was also named the Top Newcomer in the OVC by Baseball America...Three-year starter for Russell County…As a junior, he went 10-3 with 0.69 ERA…Recorded 138 strikeouts in 76 innings and was selected to the all-district and all-region teams…Went 9-1 with a 0.55 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 71 innings of work as a senior…Named district Most Valuable Player three times…Earned all-semi-state team honors in 2003…Team was semi-state runner-up in 2003…Four-year member of the academic Principal’s List and graduated in the top-10 of his senior class.

PERSONAL: Christopher Kyle Grider...Born August 13, 1984...Son of David Grider and Myra Phelps...Favorite movie is Pure Country...Hobbies are video games, country music, watching TV, computers...Favorite TV show is SportsCenter...Recieved his bachelor’s degree in environmental health science, and his master’s degree in safety, security, and emergency management