| Tim Fontaine |
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Notables - Will start at catcher ... Has added a lot of strength and size from last season ... One of the hardest workers on the team and should also get at-bats in the outfield and designated hitter ... Drives the ball well to all fields with good power.
2008 - Enjoyed a tremendous first season, leading the team with a .338 (52-154) batting average, while setting the school-record for hits by a freshman ... Tied the school-mark for doubles with 15 and ranked fifth in the Little East Conference ... Tied for the team-lead with 31 runs scored, while topping the Beacons with 67 total bases for a .435 slugging average to place him fifth on the team ... Smacked at least one double in 14 different games ... Led the team with 15 multiple-hit efforts, including five games with three or more hits ... Hit by a pitch six times to place second for UMB and 11th in the LEC ... Threw out 11 would-be-basestealers to rank second in the LEC ... Went 4-5 with a pair of doubles, a run scored and an RBI at Southern Maine on April 27 ... Hit safely in 30 of 40 games and went hitless in back-to-back games just once ... Enjoyed three streaks of five games or longer with at least one hit and put together a nine-game hitting streak from March 14-21 to open the season, hitting .455 (15-33) during the stretch ... Scored at least one run in seven straight games from April 19-27 ... Destroyed left-handed pitching, hitting .476 (10-21) ... Was 1-1 in bases loaded situations with a bases clearing single and was 1-1 with an RBI double and a hit-by-pitch in his only two pinch-hit efforts.
Personal/High School - Lettered for South High School ... Two-time Most Valuable Player for the Colonels ... Selected a Massachusetts All-Star for SHS ... Received Honor Roll accolades from South High School ... Born January 20, 1989 ... Son of Eileen and Henry Fontaine ... Majoring in criminal justice and would like to pursue a career as a police officer.
