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Michael Fonte
Position: Second Base
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 165
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Water Valley, MS
High School: Water Valley
“Michael is a 4.0
student who does everything we ask of him. He is a hardworker who
needs to improve his defensive ability.”
High School: played
for coach Trea Higdon at Water Valley (MS) High School ... batted .429
as a senior with five home runs, 27 runs batted in, a .857 slugging
average, and a .583 on-base average ... struck out only 20 times in
320 career at-bats, including none his senior season (in 85 ABs) ...
three-time member of the All-Area team ... received team awards for
Most Valuable Player and Leadership ... received the ‘Coaches Award’
as a junior and ‘Best Fielder’ award his sophomore year ... ranked
5th in his class with a 4.0 grade point average, and was a member of
the National Honor Society, French Club, Beta Club, Mu Alpha Theta,
the Principal’s Honor Roll, and Who’s Who Among High School
Students ... Summer Ball: played American Legion ball for
Senatobia (Miss.) ...Personal: Born January 11, 1983, in
Oxford, Mississippi ... son of Joe and Jeanenne Fonte. |
