HIGHLIGHTS
» Game-Tying Two-RBI Home Run in B9 vs Chaminade (April 13, 2024)
» Career High (D-II): 7 Putouts (1.000) vs Chaminade (April 13, 2024)
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023-24 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2023-24 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2021-22 American Southwest Conference Academic All-Conference (Concordia University Texas)
» 2020-21 American Southwest Conference Academic All-Conference (Concordia University Texas)
2024 (Senior): Played in 28 games with 16 starts mostly in left field. Finished fifth on the team with a .327 batting average (17 hits). Totaled 38 putouts and one assist (.975 fielding) ... Batted 3 for 4 with a double, two stolen bases and two putouts in first start of the season in a loss to Cal State East Bay (Feb. 3). Knocked a two-RBI double and later came around to score in a 4-1 win vs Saint Martin's (Feb. 8). Had two hits, two steals, one run scored and three putouts in a loss to Concordia (Feb. 26). Clutched up big time with a game-tying two-out two-run home run in B9 to finish with two hits, a walk and seven putouts in a two-run 11-inning loss to Chaminade (April 13). Had two RBI, a run scored and three putouts in an 11-10 win vs Chaminade (April 13). Totaled two hits, two steals and four putouts in a loss to HPU (April 19).
2023 (Junior): Played in 14 games with 11 starts in left field, finishing with a .324 batting average and a .947 fielding percentage (18 putouts). Missed final month of season due to injury ... In first start, drove in two runs on a bases-loaded single and later on a sacrifice fly in a 6-4 win over CUI (Feb. 25). Had two putouts, including a highlight catch at the wall as part of a 3-1 victory over No. 11 PLNU (March 7). Scored the game-winning run with a sixth-inning sac fly in a 13-8 win over HPU (March 26).
2021-2022* (Concordia University Texas): Started 27 of 41 games played in for the Tornados (NCAA D-III).
*Student-athletes were not charged with use of a season of eligibility for the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» Spent two seasons at Concordia University Texas playing for former MLB player Tommy Boggs
» Spent a semester at New Mexico Junior College
» 2020 graduate of Gateway College Preparatory School (Texas)
» Played four seasons of varsity baseball for coaches Ryan Kjos, John Broussard, Colton Gommert
» Honors: All-District First Team (2x), All-State Honorable Mention
» Other Sports: Track & Field
PERSONAL
» First Name: Christopher
» Born May 2002 in the U.S. Virgin Islands
» Parents: Nichole and Craig Varljen
» Has a younger sister
» Career Aspirations: Sports Psychologist
» Major: Psychology
» Major: Communication
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "I have family on O‘ahu and wanted to represent and reconnect with my late Grandma I was close with from the islands, and I love the culture people and the program."
FAVORITES
» Hobbies: Fishing, Coaching, Golf
» Sports Moment: "Wrapping myself in the banner at Wong making a wall catch."
» Sports Teams: Texas Rangers
» Athletes: Michael Young
» Movies: Star Wars
» Show: The Witcher
» Musicians: Ian Munsick, Zach Bryan
» Video Games: Jedi Survivor
