#47 Will Christophersen

2023

• Made 29 relief appearances.
• Went 5-1 with a 3.55 ERA, fanning 59 hitters over 33 innings.
• Held hitters to a .153 batting average against.
• Did not allow a hit through his first seven appearances of the season, fanning 15 hitters over 7 1/3 innings.
• Threw a season high 4 2/3 innings against UNC in the Terre Haute Regional.
• Had a season high six strikeouts against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament  (5/25)
• Did not allow an earned run in 23 of his 29 appearances this season.

2022

• Made 13 relief appearances
• Went 1-2 with a 5.52 ERA, fanning 25 to six walks over 14 2/3 innings
• Notched his first win as a Hawkeye, striking out five in 2 1/3 perfect innings in a win over Purdue (5/27) at the Big Ten Tournament
• Pitched a perfect ninth, fanning a pair, in a combined shutout win over Indiana (5/20)
• Struck out the side at Michigan on April 2 in his first outing since March 11
• Had five strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
• Struck out four batters in his Hawkeye debut in an 11-1 win over Ball State (2/19)

2021 at Michigan State 

• Went 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA in 15 relief appearances
• Had one save and was a part of one combined shutout
• Allowed 11 runs (eight earned) on 27 hits over 29 1/3 innings
• Finished with 39 strikeouts to 17 walks
• Pitched five innings in relief, scattering two hits and fanning seven against Maryland in his season debut (3/6)

2020 at Michigan State 

• Made seven appearances, all in relief, posting a 1-1 record with 12 strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings as a redshirt freshman
• Picked up first collegiate win on March 1 vs. Ball State
• Rang up career-best three strikeouts in two innings vs. USC-Upstate (3/4), part of posting two or more strikeouts in five of seven outings
• Made Spartan debut on Feb. 16 vs. Morehead State and went two innings with two punch outs and only yielding one hit

2019 at Michigan State

• Redshirted

High School

• Two-time all-district honoree, earning first-team accolades as a junior after earning second-team honors as a sophomore
• Honorable mention All-Metro selection as a junior, as well as a second-team all-conference honoree
• Posted a 4-1 record in eight starts as a junior with a 1.86 ERA with 68 strikeouts in 46 IP, posting a .220 opponent batting average
• Tallied a 2-4 mark in eight starts as a sophomore, posting a 2.98 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 42 innings pitched, while logging a .174 opponent batting average
• Played summer league for PG Select Black, allowing one earned run in 19 innings
• Rated as the No. 5 pitcher and No. 7 overall player in Iowa
• Named the No. 7 pitcher and the No. 9 player overall player in Iowa according to Perfect Game
• Named to the 2017 Midwest Top Prospect Showcase and Top Prospect List by Perfect Game
• Earned PVHS Academic honors
• Four-year letterwinner
• Head coach was Bill Sandry

Personal

• Born Aug. 8, 1999
• Son of Matt and Jamie Christophersen
• Has a younger sister, Caroline
• Great grandfather played in the Chicago Cubs’ minor league system during the 1940s before going off to war
• Majoring in economics