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2018 Baseball

40 Chris Fowler

40 Chris Fowler

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    210
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Bats/Throws:
    L/L
  • Hometown:
    Barnstable, Mass.
  • Highschool:
    Wheaton College (Mass.)

Summary

Biography

2018 AWARDS

ABCA All-America: Second Team 

NEIBA All-Region: First Team 

D3Baseball All-Region: First Team 

All-Conference: First Team (First Base)

2018 Little East Conference Tournament MVP

SEASON HIGHS

Games Played/Games Started: 47/47

Average/On-base Percentage/Slugging Percentage: .384/.482/.650

Hits: 5 vs. Worcester State University, April 5 (68 total)

Runs: 3 four times (45 total)

Runs Batted In: 5 at Eastern Conn. State University, March 31 (50 total)

Doubles/Triples /Home Runs: 22/2/7

Stolen Bases: 4

Total Bases: 115

NOTABLES

  • Named an All American for the second year in a row 
  • Took home the 2018 LEC Tournament MVP Award after going 6 for 15 with 2 doubles and a homerun 
  • Ranked second in the LEC in batting average (.384) and tied for first in RBI (50)
  • Sits fifth in program history in career batting average at .360, RBI in a season at 50 and eighth in hits per season with 68 
  • Set the program record for doubles in a season with 22
  • Ranks third in career and season slugging percentage with .593 and .650 respectively 
  • Led the Beacons in batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, hits, doubles, total bases
  • Went a perfect 5-5 with 3 home runs, a double and 15 total bases on April 5 against Worcester State University 
  • Had another perfect game on May 4 against Rhode Island College, going 4-4 with 2 doubles and a home run 
  • Posted 22 multi-hit games in his senior year 
  • Recorded a 10-game hitting streak from March 29–April 11 
  • Finished the NCAA Regional Tournament hitting 9-23 (.391) with three doubles, six RBI and two runs scored
  • Reached safely in 42 of 47 games and hit safely in 34 games 

2017 AWARDS

D3Baseball.com Honorable Mention All-America

D3Baseball.com First Team All-Region

NEIBA & ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region

Little East Conference First Team

2017 SEASON HIGHS

Games Played / Game Started: 50 / 49
Average / On-base Percentage / Slugging Percentage: .367 / .482 / .600
Hits: 3 vs. four different opponents (66 total)
Runs: 3 vs. Salve Regina University, 5/2/17 & vs. UMass Dartmouth, 5/12/17 (39 total)
Runs Batted In: 4 vs. Plymouth State University, 4/29/17 & vs. Salve Regina University, 5/2/17 (48 total)
Doubles / Triples / Home Runs: 1 vs. 13 different opponents (13 total) / 1 vs. four different opponents (4 total) / 1 vs. seven different opponents (7 total)
Stolen Bases: 0
Total Bases: 6 vs. Eastern Connecticut State University, 4/15/17 & vs. Salve Regina University, 5/2/17 (108 total)

NOTABLES

  • Set the program record for hits in a consecutive game with 37 straight from 3/16-5/18
  • Reached base safely in 38 consecutive games
  • First player since the 2011 season to be named an All-American, and second player in program history to be named a D3Baseball.com All-American
  • Second player in program history to be named a First Team NEIBA & ABCA/Rawlings and D3Baseball.com All-Region honoree
  • Finished the year ranked in the top-50 in the country and second in the Little East Conference in total bases with 108
  • Led the Little East Conference in RBI with 48, in walks with 35, and games played with 50
  • Was first in the Little East in total chances (427), putouts (405), and double plays (39)

2016 Served as one of the Beacons starting first baseman in his first season at UMass Boston … Appeared 23 games and registered 10 hits, four doubles, three RBI, and six runs scored … Had a .233 average and a .327 on-base percentage … Reached base a total of 14 times and had three walks, and four sac-hits … Combined for 85 putouts and seven assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage … Made his Beacons debut on March 8 against Lasell College … Earned his first start on the harbor campus on March 24 against Worcester State University, where he recorded a career-high 15 putouts and one assist … Recorded a career-high three hits and had one RBI and one run scored and nine putouts against Western New England University on March 30 … Finished with two hits, both doubles, and had one RBI and a run scored against Brandeis University on March 25.

2015 (at Wheaton College (MA)) Appeared in five games for the Lyons … Recorded 3.1 innings of work and had one strikeout … Made his collegiate debut on March 7 against St. Joseph’s College (Maine) … Recorded his first collegiate hit, RBI and run scored in the 18-1 win over Emerson College on April 11.

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Transferred to UMass Boston after playing one season for Wheaton College (Mass.) … Graduated from Barnstable High School in Hyannis, MA in 2014 … Was a three-sport athlete in high school (hockey, baseball, golf) … Was a two-time Old Colony League All-Star and senior captain with the baseball team … Named the OCL MVP as a junior … Selected to the Mass. Senior All-Star game … Helped the hockey team to an OCL league title as a junior and senior … Received the Outstanding Defenseman Award as a senior, and was a two-time OCL All-Star in hockey and golf … Son of Sheila and Paul Fowler … Has two brothers Kevin and Tim … Currently majoring in Business Management.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Sophomore

    INF/LHP
    6'1" 195 lbs
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    2017Junior

    INF
    6'1" 195 lbs
    40
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    2018Senior

    INF
    6'1" 210 lbs
    40
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