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At Stanford: Plays best at shooting guard, but can also play the point and the wing ... One of the quickest players on the team ... Runs the break well ... "We are counting on Christina to be one of the strong leaders for us this year," said VanDerveer. "She had a great spring and is in top condition coming into the season."
1998-99 Season: Appeared in 29 games, including nine starts ... Started four straight games from Dec. 13-28 and five straight from Jan. 28-Feb. 14 ... Shot .809 from the free throw line (38-47) ... Recorded a career-high seven assists in 77-68 victory at San Francisco on Dec. 13 ... Had career-high 18 points, including 7-of-7 from the line, and six assists in 92-77 win over Northwestern on Dec. 15 ... Tallied 13 points, including 3-of-4 shooting from behind the arc in 70-63 win at Washington on Jan. 23 ... Finished the season averaging 5.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.
1997-98 Season: Recorded a season-high 11 points at home against Arizona in 20 minutes played ... Went 2-3 from behind the arc and 5-6 from the line at home against the Wildcats ... Played in 26 of Stanford's 27 games ... Started at home against Colorado, scoring seven points in 16 minutes ... At Arizona, scored 10 points, going 3-3 from 3-point land, in 12 minutes played ... Tied her career-high with four rebounds against USF ... Shot .674 from the free throw line (31-46) and dished out 36 assists on the season.
1996-97 Season: Set a season-high in points against Washington State with 13, in (4-4 FG, 1-1 3-Pt FG and 4-4 FT) ... Scored in double figures twice in 33 games played ... Earned one start, stepping in for an injured Jamila Wideman at USC ... Scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds and had four assists, while committing just one turnover at Colorado ... Had seven points and two assists in 10 minutes against Howard in the postseason ... Scored 100 points during the season, most among the freshmen ... Shot .791 from the line, fourth best on the team ... Competed in the long jump, high jump and triple jump for the Stanford track team in the spring.
In High School: Graduated from Classical High School in 1996 ... Averaged 32.8 points and 12.3 rebounds per game as a senior ... Had 15 consecutive games with 30 points or more ... Named to the Nike All-America Team in 1995-96 ... Fourth Team Parade Magazine All-America in 1995-96 ... 1995-96 Gatorade New England Player of the Year ... Two-time Rhode Island Gatorade Player of the Year (1994-95, 1995-96) ... Named Street & Smith's Honorable Mention All-America ... Ranked 31st overall and eighth among swing guards by Blue Star Index in 1995-96 ... Three-time All-State in basketball (1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96) ... Averaged 28 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists as a junior ... Only played half the season as a sophomore due to a torn ligament in her ankle ... Averaged 21 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as a sophomore ... Second Team All-Division as a freshman ... In 1992-93, averaged 16.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 8 assists ... Also ran cross country and track for Classical High School ... Holds state records for outdoor and indoor high jump and state meet record for indoor high jump ... State champion in the pentathlon (1995, 1996), long jump (1994, 1995, 1996), high jump (1995) and 300 meter hurdles (1996) ... Named All-State in cross country in 1994, 1995, and 1996 ... National Merit Scholar Honorable Mention ... Ranked 16th in her graduating class of 235.
Personal Information: Parents are Armando and Mary Batastini ... Brother, Armand, was an All-America boxer for the Naval Academy ... Enjoys photography. Career Highs Points 18 vs. Northwestern (12/15/98)
Rebounds 4 vs. Texas Tech (11/27/98) 4 vs. USF (11/26/97) 4 vs. Arizona St. (1/2/97) 4 vs. California (2/28/97)
Assists 7 at San Francisco (12/13/98) 7 at Oregon State (3/7/98)
Honors 1996 Nike All-America Team 1995-96 Fourth Team Parade Magazine All-America Team 1995-96 Gatorade New England Player of the Year 1995-96 Gatorade Rhode Island Player of the Year 1995-96 USA Today Player of the Year - Rhode Island 1995-96 Street & Smith's Honorable Mention All-America 1995-96 Ranked 8th among swing guards Blue Star Index 1994-95 Gatorade Rhode Island Player of the Year 1994-95 Street & Smith's Honorable Mention All-America 1994-95 USA Today Player of the Year - Rhode Island 1994-95 All-State Team 1993-94 Street & Smith's Honorable Mention All-America 1993-94 All-State Team
98-99 Game-By-Game
| Opponent | FG | 3FG | FT | Reb. | A | TO | B | S | Pts. | MP/S |
| vs. Arkansas | 7-11 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 31/Y |
| vs. Duke | 6-11 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 23/Y |
| ILLINOIS | 6-18 | 0-2 | 10-11 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 39/Y |
| PURDUE | 4-6 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 27/Y |
| TEXAS TECH | 4-9 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23/Y |
| WISCONSIN | 7-17 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 35/Y |
| at Santa Clara | 9-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 33/Y |
| at San Francisco | 8-12 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 31/Y |
| NORTHWESTERN | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 31/Y |
| at Tennessee | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13/Y |
| at Colorado | 5-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 32/Y |
| at Oregon State | 4-9 | 1-1 | 4-6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 23/Y |
| at Oregon | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13/Y |
| CALIFORNIA | 5-11 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 38/Y |
| USC | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 23/Y |
| UCLA | 5-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 33/Y |
| at Washington State | 8-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 28/Y |
| at Washington | 4-15 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 32/Y |
| ARIZONA | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 40/Y |
| ARIZONA STATE | 6-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 18/Y |
| at California | 7-15 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 35/Y |
| at UCLA | 4-10 | 0-2 | 9-14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 37/Y |
| at USC | 4-12 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 36/Y |
| WASHINGTON | 6-14 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 37/Y |
| WASHINGTON ST. | 7-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 33/Y |
| at Arizona State | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 21/Y |
| at Arizona | 3-13 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 36/Y |
| OREGON | 1-6 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23/Y |
| OREGON STATE | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28/Y |
| vs. Maine | 0-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 27/Y |