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Alvernia University Athletics

Hall of Fame

Chris Ray

  • Class
    2013
  • Induction
    2025
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball
Chris Ray was a four year member of the Alverina Baseball team during one of its most successful runs of the 2000s and 2010s. Chris finished his career having played in 169 games. He finished his four years with a .387 batting average and 232 career hits. He scored 142 runs, and batted in another 126. In the field, Chris, an infielder, finished his career with a .892 fielding percentage 163 putouts, and 216 assists. 

Chris made four MAC postseason appearances and four NCAA postseason appearances during his career. He finished his career as a MAC Champion in 2013. Chris was the 2010 MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year, and was the back-to-back MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012. He also earned First Team All-MAC Commonwealth honors three times.

After graduating from Alvernia, Chris played two years of professional baseball for the Old Orchard Beach Surge of the Empire Professional Baseball League, and was named an All-Star in his rookie season. After his professional career, Chris became the Baseball Academy Director at Grand Slam USA in Malvern. He spent four years at Grand Slam before leaving the industry and joining the operations department at SEI, where he still works today. 

Chris also became the head coach of the Quakertown Blazers, the longest tenured team in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. Since joining, Chris has become the GM and Owner of the Blazers, and transitioned the team into the newly formed East Coast Collegiate League, where the Blazers won the championship in its inaugural season. 

Chris married his college girlfriend, Danielle Kitchen - who was a four-year starter for Alvernia softball - in 2020. The two welcomed their one year daughter, Brinley, in December of 2023.
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