*** 2020-21 Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: Crist played 42 career games and made 21 starts in five seasons with the Eagles.

2021: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Crist started in 12 games for Eastern, appearing in all 13. He helped block for an offense that finished first in the FCS with 555.7 yards of total offense per game, ranking as the third-best passing offense (400.5 yards per game). The team was also second in scoring offense (44.0 points per game). With 7,224 yards of total offense, the 2021 squad is fourth all-time in EWU history. Against Central Washington on 9/11/21, Crist recovered an EWU fumble in the end zone, crediting him with a receiving touchdown.

2020-21: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He was named to the Hampshire Honor Society as chosen by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. A starter at center in all seven Eastern games, he helped block for an Eastern team which finished third in FCS in total offense with an average of 524.9 yards per game after entering the postseason leading FCS. The Eagles were also fourth nationally in passing (367.3) and eighth in scoring offense (37.7). Eastern’s passing average was the third-best in school history and the average of 524.9 yards per game of total offense was fourth, just ahead of the 2019 average of 524.8 which led FCS.

2019: He was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Crist played in seven Eastern games, starting two. He made the first start of his career versus Northern Colorado (10/12/19) in his 19th game as an Eagle. He also started at Montana (10/26/19) and enters the 2020 season with 22 total games of experience. Eastern closed the 2019 season with the best offense in FCS, finishing at 524.8 yards per game. The Eagles had 2,450 yards of offense in the last four games of the season (612.5 per game) to take over the lead and maintain it. Eastern also ended the regular season second in scoring (40.6), fifth in passing (317.1) and 19th in rushing (207.8), and were the only team in FCS to rank in the top 24 in total offense, rushing and passing. Eastern had some impressive rushing performances in 2019, rushing for at least 174 yards eight times and at least 247 in six games (including the last four). The school’s 5.29 average per rush ranked 13th in FCS. The Eagles had a season-high 320 versus Cal Poly (11/16/19), and their best game of total offense was a school-record 769 yards versus Lindenwood (9/7/19).

2018: Played in five games as a backup. Eastern finished as the only school to rank in the top 20 in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in total offense, rushing and passing. The Eagles averaged 528.2 yards on offense to rank third in FCS, including 255.9 rushing (10th) and 272.3 passing (20th). Eastern was also ranked fourth in scoring (43.1). En route to a 12-3 finish overall and runner-up finish in the NCAA Division I Championship Game, the Eagles as a team finished the 2018 season with a school-record 6.62 average per rush on the season to break the previous record of 6.41 set in 2001. The Eagles set team records for rushing yards (3,839) and rushing touchdowns (41).

2017: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Played in a total of 10 games as a backup offensive guard and on special teams. He helped Eastern rank fifth in FCS in total offense (476.7 per game), and was also eighth in passing (320.5), 14th in scoring (34.5) and 11th in third down conversions (46.1 percent).

2016: Redshirted.

HS: Graduated from Tigard HS in 2016. He was a three-star recruit according to Rivals.com and Scout.com, which also ranked Crist as the second-best offensive guard in Oregon and the 13th best on the West Coast. A three-year starter on the offensive line for Tigard, he was named to The Oregonian’s list of the top 15 high school players in the state of Oregon prior to his senior season. As a senior, Crist was selected by the Oregonian as a 6A All-State second-team selection as an offensive lineman. He was also a first-team choice on the USA Today All-USA Oregon football team. He was the Offensive Lineman of the Year in the Three Rivers League and was a first-team all-league selection as an offensive tackle and second-team choice as a defensive lineman. He helped the Tigers advance to the second round of the State 6A Playoffs, as Tigard finished 5-6 overall and 4-3 in the Three Rivers League. In his junior season, Crist was selected by the Oregonian as a 6A All-State second-team selection as an offensive lineman. He earned first-team All-Three Rivers League honors as an offensive tackle. Crist helped lead Tigard to a 13-0 record before losing to Central Catholic in the championship game of the State 6A Playoffs. As a sophomore, he earned honorable mention all-league honors. The Tigers advanced to the championship game of the State 6A Playoffs where it lost 38-28 to Central Catholic. Tigard finished 12-1 and won the Three Rivers League title with a 7-0 record. He won the bench press competition at the 2015 Metro Area Lineman Challenge, besting roughly 270 other athletes by lifting 185 pounds 26 times. He also tied for the highest number of tire flips (13) at the event. In addition, he helped Tigard win the tug of war competition. A 3.5 student in high school, he also competed on the track and field team, earning four letters. He placed seventh at the State 6A Championships in the shot put as a senior, and had a career-best throw of 50-5 1/4 earlier in the season. His EWU teammate Jackson Cleaver ’20) also attended Tigard, as well as former Eagle teammates Tysen Prunty (’15) and Sam Inos (’15). Inos, who went on to play at Portland State, was injured and unable to play in the championship game of the State 6A Playoffs in 2014 because of a broken fibula suffered in the semifinals.

Personal: Communication studies and history major with 3.66 grade point average through spring quarter 2021. Born 12/20/97 in Portland, Ore. Parents are Julie and Todd Crist. His father played quarterback at Linfield College, and was an all-conference performer and team co-MVP in 1990. His grandfather, Tom Workman, played basketball at Seattle University from 1964-67 and is a member of the school’s athletics Hall of Fame. He went on to play in both the NBA and ABA for six different teams between 1967-71.