Wake Forest Athletics
2027 Baseball Roster
Chris Levonas
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Holmdel, N.J.
- High School:
- Christian Brothers Academy
Career Accolades
- 2026 ABCA Second Team All-American
- 2026 Baseball America Second Team All-American
- 2026 NCBWA Second Team All-American
- 2026 Perfect Game Second Team All-American
- 2026 D1 Baseball Third Team All-American
- 2026 First Team All-ACC
Sophomore (2026)
Earned First Team All-ACC honors after posting a 10-3 record with a 2.82 ERA across 15 starts... Struck out 116 batters in 73.1 innings while holding opponents to a .171 batting average... Led the Demon Deacons in wins and strikeouts... Recorded five double-digit strikeout performances and averaged 14.2 strikeouts per nine innings, ranking sixth nationally... Fanned a season-high 14 batters over 6.0 hitless innings against Loyola Marymount (2/28)... Also recorded double-digit strikeout performances against Siena, Florida State, California and Duke... Allowed two earned runs or fewer in 12 of his 15 starts... Earned victories over Washington, Siena, Loyola Marymount, Stanford, Virginia, California, Pitt, NC State, Western Carolina and Duke... Helped lead Wake Forest to an NCAA Regional appearance while establishing himself as one of the ACC's premier pitchers... Finished the season with 59 fly-ball outs, 38 ground-ball outs and 29 strikeouts looking.
Freshman (2025)
Made 13 appearances with 11 starts on the mound for the Demon Deacons during the 2025 season… Recorded 44 strikeouts across 35 innings of work… Finished the season at 3-1 with a 5.91 ERA while serving as the midweek starter… Tossed a scoreless frame during his first collegiate start against App State (3/4)... Pitched four scoreless innings while fanning five batters against Elon (3/25)... Recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts while pitching five scoreless frames in the win over High Point (4/1)... Added four scoreless innings against Stanford (4/27).
Background: Drafted 67th overall by Milwaukee Brewers in the 2024 MLB Draft… One of just three of the 315 players selected in the first 10 rounds to not go the professional route… No.1 RHP out of New Jersey and No. 44 overall player… Rated as the No. 59 MLB Prospect… 2024 MLB Draft Combine Invite… Pitched 31.2 innings in his senior season for CBA and was dominant… Showed a fastball that topped out at 98 miles per hour… Had 68 strikeouts against just ten walks and only allowed nine hits during the 2024 season finishing with a 0.44 ERA and a 0.60 WHIP… Went 5-1, striking out 73 batters in 42 innings as a junior
Personal: Born February 11, 2006… Son of Rob and Amy Levonas… Has an older sister, Emily, who ran track at Dartmouth
