Cornell University Athletics

Senior Season — 2014
Cruz wrapped up a historic career with the Big Red, becoming the program's all-time leader in home runs with 25. He once again was Cornell's regular right fielder, playing in all but one of the squad's 39 games. Cruz batted .245 and ranked second on the team in home runs (six), RBIs (25) and runs scored (23). He also was third on the team with four stolen bases, and led the squad with four outfield assists and two triples. Cruz's longest hitting streak was six games, spanning March 15-23. He had 12 hits over that span, including a monster final two games of the series at James Madison. In the nightcap of a March 15 doubleheader, Cruz was 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs. The next day, Cruz was even better with a 4-for-6 performance, including three runs scored, another home run and three more RBIs.

Junior Season — 2013
Despite missing nearly half the season with an injury, Cruz still led the team with four home runs. That pushed his career total to 19 homers, which ranks fifth in program history and just two behind all-time leaders Gary Kaczor '80 and Bill Walkenbach '98. Cruz's first home run of the season came in a 4-for-4 effort against Brown, then hit last roundtripper came on an inside-the-park home run to straightaway center field in an April 21 game vs. Penn.

Sophomore Season — 2012
Cruz made a place for himself in program lore by cranking a two-run walkoff home run in the 11th inning of Game 3 in the Ivy League Championship Series to give the Big Red its first league title since 1977, when it competed in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League. The blast also gave Cruz his program-record 12th home run of the season and vaulted him into the top 10 on the program’s all-time list for that category. ... Cruz was an All-Ivy League Second Team selection in 2012, ranking second on the team with eight stolen bases. ... He was just a single shy of hitting for the cycle on March 17 at Delaware State. Cruz was 3-for-5 with five RBI on the day. ... Cruz started every game in right field, where he had four assists. He was the only underclassman on the team to start all 49 games.

Freshman Season — 2011
Cruz hit .244 while starting 25 games in the field and also posted a 5.79 ERA in four appearances on the mound, including two starts. Cruz posted seven doubles and three home runs while playing playing primarily in rightfield and had 12 RBI and 11 runs scored. He registered three hits at Appalachian State as part of a 3-for-4 day. He had four RBI and two runs scored with a double and a home run  in that contest. He also had multi-hit games against LeMoyne and Brown. On the mound, Cruz surrendered just eight hits in 9.1 innings of work, striking out four. His .235 opponent batting average ranked second on the team. He pitched 3.0 innings of one-hit ball at LeMoyne in his second career appearance on the mound.

Prior to Cornell
Cruz was a three-time all-league selection in high school, twice earning all-county honors while serving as team captain as a junior and senior. As a senior, he threw a no-hitter and was a two-time team most valuable player. He alos played volleyball, serving as team captain twice and earning team MVP honors twice while being named all-league and all-county three times.

Personal
Christopher Arturo Cruz is the son of Robert and Alma Cruz and has an older brother and an older sister. He is enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.