Chris Shearer made a big impact in his two years on the Penn State Behrend baseball team. As starting catcher his senior year, he led the Lions to their first-ever ECAC Championship and a program-record 35 wins. Shearer was named to the All-AMCC second team, while earning Verizon Academic All-American honors and the Team’s Golden Glove Award for a perfect-fielding percentage in 2002.

A transfer from the University of Pitt-Johnstown, he joined the team in 2000 and made the most of his career with the Lions. During his two seasons, Shearer posted a .382 batting average, 91 hits, 41 RBI, 40 runs and 15 doubles.

From his junior to senior year, he led the team to the largest turnaround in the win column. The Lions went from 18 wins in 2001 to 35 wins in 2002. The 17-win difference was the largest leap in the nation that year. Shearer also took a leap, doubling his hit total (60) and went from an impressive .337 batting average to an even better .411 average.

The 60 hits his senior season was second to Hall of Famer, Jake Boyle. Shearer finished the season ranked 23rd in Division III statistics for the "Toughest to Strikeout" with six on 146 at-bats. He became just the second player in program history to be named to the Verizon/CoSIDA National Academic All-America First Team. Shearer also tied for first for fewest errors and fielding percentage in a single season in 2002, while earning All-Conference honors.

In addition to winning a school-record 35 games, the Lions were crowned the ECAC Division III South Region Tournament for the first time in school history.

Playing in 74 games in two seasons, Shearer proved to be a defensive prowess with committing just two errors to tie for first in career fielding percentage (.993), a record that still stands today.