Kennon Fontenot

Position:
Shortstop
Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 195
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lake Charles, La.
High School:
Barbe HS

2017 Season
Saw action in all but one game during the season making 53 starts with 51 coming in left field…Other two starts came at second base…Posted a .270 average with a team-best 13 doubles, two triples and six home runs…Drove in 29 runs while also scoring 29 times…Recorded a .449 slugging percentage and a .378 on-base percentage…Stole seven bases in ten attempts…Was third on the team with 26 walks…Notched a seven-game hit streak during the season…Had a season-best nine-game on-base streak…Recorded 14 multi-hit and six multi-RBI contests…Registered a career-high four RBI on two home runs against Little Rock (4/22)…Matched a career-best with three hits against Southeastern La. (4/19) and Little Rock (4/22)…Equaled a career-high for putouts against Georgia Southern (5/6) with five.

2016 Season
Made an appearance in 42 contests including 27 starts…Hit .240 (23-for-96) with four doubles, a triple, three home runs and 12 RBI…Also scored 16 times with a .354 on base percentage…Slugged .396 with six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests…Reached base in 14 consecutive contests during the year including a season-best four-game hit streak…Was successful on two of three stolen base attempts…Hit .293 (9-for-41) in Sun Belt Confernce play…Drove in two runs four times…Recorded a career-best three hits against ULM (5/20)…Also had a career-high five putouts against ULM (5/19)…Scored a season-best three runs at New Orleans (5/17).

2015 Season
Saw limited action making 19 appearances including nine starts…Hit .179 (5-for-28) with a triple and drove in two runs…Scored twice…Was 1-for-1 in steal attempts…Delivered an RBI pinch-hit triple in game two of the Baton Rouge Super Regional…Notched a season-best four assists at McNeese State (3/24).

High School
Three-time Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American…Was a four-year letterwinner at Barbe High School…Helped guide the Bucs to 2012 and 2014 Class 5A State Championships…Hit .434 with 15 doubles, a triple and six home runs as a senior…Drove in 52 runs and scored 44 times as a senior while swiping 31 of 35 stolen base attempts…Also played football at Barbe as a quarterback guiding his team to the state championship game in 2012.

Personal
Full name is Kennon Rayne Fontenot…Born on September 11, 1995 in Lake Charles, La….Son of Nick and Shelley Fontenot…Has a younger brother, Eli….Also has two younger sisters, Kristine and Emma…Majoring in management.