Greg Fontenot

Position:
Shortstop
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 180
Class:
Senior
High School:
Acadiana HS

2010 SUN BELT ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
SUN BELT PLAYER OF THE WEEK (APRIL 6, 2009)

2010
Started all 60 games at shortstop...Led team with 22 multiple-hit games... Committed only nine errors through 297 chances, finishing with a .970 fielding percentage...Had six different strings of five-plus errorless outings ...Fielded 47 double plays, which ranked in the Top 5 in the Sun Belt and was most amongst shortstops ...184 assists marks second straight season of 150-plus...Reached 70 base hits for the second straight season (70 in '09)...Produced 34 RBI hitting mainly from the nine-hole (23 RBI came when hitting ninth in lineup)...Hit team-best .347 and fielded .979 (58 putouts, 79 assists, 3 errors) during the Cajuns' strong second half run...Ranked nationally in toughest to strikeout, finishing with the second-fewest on the team (20 in 244 plate appearances)...Top run producer with four RBI vs. Alcorn State on March 9...Posted 10 RBI over six-game stretch beginning with Alcorn State game... Hit 5-for-7 with four RBI in final two games of Troy series... On Saturday, singled to center field to drive home Alex Fuselier with the go-ahead run in the series clincher...On Sunday, homered in the seventh to tie the game at 5-all and added a bases loaded single in the eighth to plate two insurance runs.

2009
Took over as the starter at shortstop, starting 56 games...Tied for the team lead with a .329 average...Led with 70 base hits...Tops with 10 sacrifice hits...Tallied 150 assists and was involved in 43 of the program record 66 double plays turned...Had at least five assists eight times...Posted 20 multi-hit games including a stretch of nine over 11 games from March 27-April 11...Named Sun Belt Hitter of the Week following the Middle Tennessee series...Was responsible for what became the game-winning RBI in come-from-behind victories over MT...Went 9-for-15 (.600) with seven runs scored and six RBI in the UNO series...Hit a three-run homer in the third as part of a five-run outburst in the finale which led to an 18-2 win, which was Tony Robichaux's 800th career victory.

2008
Played as a utility middle infielder in 21 games, starting eight, five at short and three at second...Hit .176 in 34 at bats, driving in five runs on six hits, scoring four runs...Stole one of two bases attempted...Walked three times and took part in seven double plays.

High School
Was a four-year letterwinner at Acadiana High School in basketball and baseball...Was a three-time All-District selection in baseball, while earning All-Acadiana honors...Played in LHSAA All-Star game.

Personal
Full name is Gregory Charles Fontenot, Jr....Born on July 26, 1989...Son of Greg and Amy Fontenot...Has one older sister, Chasity, and two younger sisters, Chelsy and Heather.