2014 Baseball Roster
Fortier, Brian
Jersey Number 28
Brian Fortier
- Position:
- Infielder/Right-handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Holly Springs, N.C.
- High School:
- Holly Springs
Bio
Major: Mathematics
2017: Started in program-best 61 games this season, all coming at 1B… named Second Team All-Conference… named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (2/27) and A-10 Player of the Week after jacking four homers, including two three-run shots in one game, totaling nine RBI… tallied three RBI in three straight games (5/2-5/6)… hit .588 during week of 5/2-5/7, with a 1.118 slugging, tallying 10 hits in 17 at bats with three doubles, six runs, and two HRs… ranked in the Top 30 in the country in home runs and near the top of the league in numerous offensive categories…blasted grand slam against App. State (4/11) to then tie the game… also tallied four RBI on a two-hit day vs. Saint Joseph’s (3/31)… went a perfect 5-for-5 vs. Butler (3/05), including hitting the walk-off single up the middle… turned in two doubles on a three-hit performance during the A-10 Title Game vs. VCU (5/27) registered 20 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games… led team in hitting for 17 games… finished season at a .300 average, ranked second all-time in single season at bats (253), third all-time in single season homers (15), third all-time single season in total bases (141) and single-season extra baes hits (34), sixth in single-season RBI (54), ranked ninth in single-season hits (76)…
2016: Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Championship Team … Started all 54 games played at first base, finishing with a team-high .327 batting average … finished with a team-high 68 hits, 33 runs scored, 31 RBI, eight doubles and two home runs in 208 at bats … drew 16 walks and went 6-for-7 in stolen bases … finished with five errors and made 474 putouts with 25 assists for a .990 fielding percentage … reached base in the last 20-straight games of the season … recorded 18 multi-hit performances, including five with three-or-more, one four-hit outing and one five hit showing … holds the longest hitting streak on the squad with 13-straight games … Had a career day at Richmond, going 5-for-5 with two RBI and one run scored (4/17) … went 4-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored in the win against Furman (3/19) … hit a grand slam in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Championship against Rhode Island (5/27).
2015: Appeared in 12 games, making three starts at first base … finished the season with seven hits, three runs scored and five RBI, good for a .368 batting average … his .579 slugging percentage ranks third on the team … his .400 on base percentage ranks fourth on the squad … picked up a two-run homerun in his first appearance of the season against NC State … recorded a career-high two hits in two at bats in the win against Yale (3/8) … picked up a double in his only at bat in the win against Richmond (5/15).
2014: Appeared in 10 games as a freshman, starting the team’s first six … hit first career homerun against UMass (3/8) … drove in season-high two runs at NC State (2/25) … had a pinch-hit RBI against Georgia Southern (3/29).
Prep/Personal: Three-year letterwinner at Holly Springs H.S. … named 4A first-team all-metro, all-state and NC Preps All-State … also named Tri-9 first-team All-Conference … received a Perfect Game Under Armour East Coast Honorable Mention … member of 2011 4A State Champion team … batted .436 as a senior with five home runs and 27 RBI and also posted a 2.08 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 60.2 innings pitched … also played basketball as a freshman …member of National Honor Society … N.C. Scholar … Son of Stan and Cathy Fortier … has a brother, Kevin … mother, Cathy, was a softball pitcher at the University of Rhode Island … grandfather, Robert Bade, played football at Missouri … two uncles played college baseball.
2017: Started in program-best 61 games this season, all coming at 1B… named Second Team All-Conference… named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (2/27) and A-10 Player of the Week after jacking four homers, including two three-run shots in one game, totaling nine RBI… tallied three RBI in three straight games (5/2-5/6)… hit .588 during week of 5/2-5/7, with a 1.118 slugging, tallying 10 hits in 17 at bats with three doubles, six runs, and two HRs… ranked in the Top 30 in the country in home runs and near the top of the league in numerous offensive categories…blasted grand slam against App. State (4/11) to then tie the game… also tallied four RBI on a two-hit day vs. Saint Joseph’s (3/31)… went a perfect 5-for-5 vs. Butler (3/05), including hitting the walk-off single up the middle… turned in two doubles on a three-hit performance during the A-10 Title Game vs. VCU (5/27) registered 20 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games… led team in hitting for 17 games… finished season at a .300 average, ranked second all-time in single season at bats (253), third all-time in single season homers (15), third all-time single season in total bases (141) and single-season extra baes hits (34), sixth in single-season RBI (54), ranked ninth in single-season hits (76)…
2016: Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Championship Team … Started all 54 games played at first base, finishing with a team-high .327 batting average … finished with a team-high 68 hits, 33 runs scored, 31 RBI, eight doubles and two home runs in 208 at bats … drew 16 walks and went 6-for-7 in stolen bases … finished with five errors and made 474 putouts with 25 assists for a .990 fielding percentage … reached base in the last 20-straight games of the season … recorded 18 multi-hit performances, including five with three-or-more, one four-hit outing and one five hit showing … holds the longest hitting streak on the squad with 13-straight games … Had a career day at Richmond, going 5-for-5 with two RBI and one run scored (4/17) … went 4-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored in the win against Furman (3/19) … hit a grand slam in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Championship against Rhode Island (5/27).
2015: Appeared in 12 games, making three starts at first base … finished the season with seven hits, three runs scored and five RBI, good for a .368 batting average … his .579 slugging percentage ranks third on the team … his .400 on base percentage ranks fourth on the squad … picked up a two-run homerun in his first appearance of the season against NC State … recorded a career-high two hits in two at bats in the win against Yale (3/8) … picked up a double in his only at bat in the win against Richmond (5/15).
2014: Appeared in 10 games as a freshman, starting the team’s first six … hit first career homerun against UMass (3/8) … drove in season-high two runs at NC State (2/25) … had a pinch-hit RBI against Georgia Southern (3/29).
Prep/Personal: Three-year letterwinner at Holly Springs H.S. … named 4A first-team all-metro, all-state and NC Preps All-State … also named Tri-9 first-team All-Conference … received a Perfect Game Under Armour East Coast Honorable Mention … member of 2011 4A State Champion team … batted .436 as a senior with five home runs and 27 RBI and also posted a 2.08 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 60.2 innings pitched … also played basketball as a freshman …member of National Honor Society … N.C. Scholar … Son of Stan and Cathy Fortier … has a brother, Kevin … mother, Cathy, was a softball pitcher at the University of Rhode Island … grandfather, Robert Bade, played football at Missouri … two uncles played college baseball.
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