Drury University Athletics

2026
Crider was a consensus preseason first-team All-America choice and didn't disappoint, logging multi-hit performances in eight of Drury's first 10 contests ... started all 53 games, primarily at third base, hitting .395 with nine home runs and 54 RBIs; also logged career bests for runs scored (64) and doubles (12) ... ranked sixth nationally in HBPs (28), eclipsing the Drury career record with 57 through his first two seasons ... also concluded the season as the Panthers' all-time leader in hitting (.414), on-base percentage (.527) and slugging percentage (.633) ... earned GLVC Player of the Week honors on March 2 after hitting .583 with eight RBIs over three games to help the Panthers sweep the Drury Invitational (3-0) ... recorded five consecutive multi-hit games (Feb. 21-28) ... matched his career high with four hits vs. Rockhurst (April 26), capping a weekend series in which he went 8-for-13 (.615) ... earned First-Team All-GLVC honors for the second straight year; named second-team All-Midwest Region by D2CCA and ABCA ... also picked up CSC Academic All-District and GLVC Academic All-Conference honors. 

2025
Turned in one of the top freshman campaigns in Drury history, hitting .434 with 11 home runs and 43 RBIs; also slugged .672 and swiped six bases en route to earning First-Team All-GLVC, ABCA, NCBWA and D2CCA First-Team All-Region recognition ... garnered third-team All-America honors from D2 Baseball ... set Drury single-season records for on-base percentage (.548) and HBPs (29) ... batting average rated No. 2 in Drury single-season history, while slugging percentage and hit total (82) ranked third ... selected for CSC Academic All-District honors ... started DU career with hits in first 14 games, Feb. 1-March 7, over which he hit .468 ... capped the year with a 12-game hit streak ... logged a three-hit game vs. Grand Valley State (Feb. 24), then registered the first of three four-hit performances March 7 vs. William Jewell (March 7) ... totaled 22 multi-hit performances and 11 multi-RBI games ... went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored with his first two-homer game as a Panther at Quincy (March 28) ... recorded four consecutive two-hit games vs. Missouri S&T and Indianapolis (April 13-18) ... drove in a season-best five runs with another two-homer performance as part of a 3-for-4 day vs. Southwest Baptist (May 1) ... earned GLVC Championship all-tournament honors by hitting .474 (9-for-19) in the Panthers' four games in Marion, Ill.

2024
Redshirted his first season at Drury ... earned GLVC All-Academic honors.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas ... member of Reagan's Texas UIL 6A State Runner-Up club in 2022.

PERSONAL
Son of Bob and Jenny Lee Crider ... born Feb. 6, 2005 ... both parents competed as student-athletes for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy ... majoring in integrated business at Drury.