Biography
Career Honors:
2014 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Tournament Team
2013 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Tournament Team
2015: Played his final season as an Owl primarily as a first baseman, playing in 51 games as a senior…Finished sixth in KSU history with 220 hits…Finished sixth with 16 home runs on the all-time KSU list…Ranks third in KSU history with 44 doubles…Finished ranked third all-time with 136 RBI in Owl history…Ranks second all-time in KSU history with 121 walks…Batted .272 while making 50 starts in 2015…Ranked first with 35 runs scored…Ranked third on the team with 51 hits…Finished with 11 doubles, which ranked tied for second on the team….Compiled one triple and four home runs for a .408 slugging percentage…Batted an incredible .370 in Atlantic Sun play, totaling 27 hits, three doubles and four home runs in conference action…Compiled a 20-game hitting streak from March 21-April 21, bumping his batting average over 100 points during the stretch…Reached base in 42 of the 51 games…Recorded 13 multi-hit games…Compiled seven games with at least two RBI in a single game…Went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI against St. John’s at Stillwell Stadium (Feb. 14)…Finished 2-for-4 at the plate with two runs at home against UAB (March 6)…Finished 2-for-3 with a season-high three runs against William & Mary at Stillwell Stadium (March 21)…Totaled eight multi-hit games during the 20-game hitting streak, compiling four games with multiple RBI during the stretch…Went 3-for-5 with two RBI against Jacksonville (May 10).
2014: Played in 62 of the team's 64 games in 2014, starting in 59 of those... Was one of the most clutch hitters in the lineup, finishing with 46 RBIs, the second most on the squad... Earned a batting average of .272 with 61 hits in 224 at-bats, knocking eight doubles, four home runs and two triples... At first base, earned a fielding percentage of .987 with 499 put-outs and 25 assists... Hit a two-run, walk-off home run to complete a series sweep over East Tennessee State (4/27)... Had a pair of 3-hit outings at Jacksonville (3/28) and against ETSU, earning three RBIs in both games... Knocked a double and a triple during the win over JSU and a triple and a homer during the victory over ETSU... Had a total of 17 multi-hit games..
2013: McGowan settled in nicely as a regular starter for KSU during the 2013 season, seeing action in 57 games and starting in 58 at first base while leading the squad with his 31 RBI... Had a .270 batting average with a .400 on base percentage, drawing 42 walks, the most on the squad and the 34th most in the nation... Tied for the team lead in doubles with 13 to go with his two homers and a triple... Had a fielding percentage of .992 at first base, committing just three errors in 370 chances... Against Jacksonville (4/12), went 4-for-5 at the plate with two doubles and four RBI... Earned All-A-Sun Tournament honors after putting together an on base percentage of .448 through the team's six games...
2012: Played in 54 games and started in 53 games for the Owls, all in right field…Hit .249 (51-205) with 10 doubles, one triple and six homeruns, as well as 29 RBI and 32 Runs scored…Had five assists and 90 putouts…Drew 18 walks and 51 hits leading to a .314 On-base percentage…Feb. 22 vs Alabama State, three hits including one double and one run scored and an RBI…Mar.14 vs Presbyterian College, went two-for-five with a double and a homerun, scored two runs and had an RBI…Apr.13 Steston, lead the Owls offensively in a key A-Sun match up…Had three hits including two homeruns, scored three runs and four RBI…After the game with Stetson, his gold jersey was stolen from his vehicle and he had to wear the #4 when KSU wore its gold tops the remainder of the season…Four hits in the Atlantic Sun Championship Tournament, including batting 2-for-4 in the championship game, with a double and an run scored vs. Belmont..
2011 Season: Started in all six games he appeared in… In those six games, McGowan scored four runs, collected five hits and batted in four runs…Had one multi-hit game going 2-5 against Jacksonville State with one RBI and a double… His most productive game came in the third game of the season where he drove in three runs off one hit and a sacrifice fly...
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Collins Hill High School ... Was a first Team All-County selection in his senior year ... Earned Second Team All-County Honors his sophomore and junior seasons ... Was named the Gwinnett Daily Post April Player of the Month in his sophomore season, the March Player of the Month in his junior year and the April Player of the Month his senior season ... Hit .415 his senior season with five home runs and 40 runs batted in and 47 runs scored ... Helped advance Collins Hill to the Second Round of the State Playoffs where he went 4-for-5 with two home runs, two doubles and six runs batted in.
Personal: Was born Christian Robert McGowan in White Plains, N.Y. ... Is the son of Laura and Robert McGowan ... Has an older brother Ryan... Is undecided on a major...
