CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Earned four letters...Played in 93 career games in four-year career...Scored 27 career runs.
2020 • SENIOR SEASON
Season: Did not see action…Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Made 34 appearances as the key pinch runner for the Nittany Lions…Scored 10 runs…Stole career-high five bases.
vs. Ball State (2/8): Came in as pinch runner…Scored one run. vs. Louisiana Tech (2/24): Made first start of season in right field. at Maryland (4/20): Scored one run in two victories of doubleheader.
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Made 35 appearances and started 17 games, mostly in the outfield…Had three multi-hit games.
Kent State (3/17): Went 2-for-3 at the plate as designated hitter…Had RBI-single in fifth inning as part of Penn State’s five-hit, five-run inning to rally for victory in game two of doubleheader…Scored one run. at Indiana (4/21): Had 2-for-3 day at the plate for second multi-hit game of season. Bucknell (4/25): Recorded two hits and an RBI in tough, extra-inning loss.
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in 24 games and made nine starts…Had two multi-hit games…Collected career-high three-game hit streak.
vs. McNeese (2/10): Made first collegiate appearance as pinch runner…Had first-career stolen base in attempt. vs. Oklahoma State (2/11): Subbed in as pinch hitter…Registered first collegiate hit in first collegiate at-bat. vs. McNeese (2/12): Made first-career start as designated hitter. Bucknell (4/19): Came into game as pinch hitter in seventh inning…Singled up the middle to help Penn State to three-hit, three-run inning to force extra innings…Scored game-winning run in bottom of eighth inning in doubleheader sweep…Tallied first-career multi-hit and multi-run game…Started career-high three-game hit streak. Rutgers (4/21): Collected first-career RBI. Rutgers (4/22): Went 2-for-3 at the plate as designated hitter…Recorded RBI in second-straight game.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner in softball at King Phillip High School in Plainville, Massachusetts…Was team captain as a senior in 2016…Helped Warriors to 2016 Massachusetts State Championship in final season after a quarterfinal appearance as a freshman…Led her team to a final four appearance in the Southeastern Massachusetts Division 1 playoffs in her junior season…Named a two-time Boston Globe, Boston Herald, HockomockSports.com and Sun Chronicle All-Star…Named Premier Girls Fastpitch Northeast High School All-American, member of ESPN Boston MIAA All-State Softball First Team, a Hockomock League First Team All-Star, and 2016 King Phillip High School Female Athlete of the Year in her senior campaign…Competed in track for King Phillip High School and holds school records in the 300-meter, 4x400-meter relay and the 1600 sprint medley relay…Finished second in the All-New England Meet as a member of the 4x400 relay and third in the 300-meter at the Massachusetts Division 2 Championship meet…Earned Boston Herald, Boston Globe and Sun Chronicle All-Star honors in track.
PERSONAL
Full name is Christa Marie Wagner…Daughter of James and Melissa Wagner…Has one brother, Alex…Graduated with a degree in recreation, park, and tourism management in May 2020…Born November 13, 1997.
Christa Wagner Season 2017
#3PositionOF
Height5-9
ClassFreshman
HometownPlainville, Mass.
B/TL/R
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SB Upsets Minnesota
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SB Falls Twice to Illinois
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Sb Defeated by Bucknell
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SB Outlasted by Indiana
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SB Topped by Saint Francis
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SB Notches Win over Kent State
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SB Sweeps In-State Foe Bucknell
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SB Earns Win over South Dakota
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SB Falls to No. 8 Washington
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SB Drops Two at Tiger Classic
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