Fournier will enter his third season on the field for the Patriots and should see time at second or in the outfield... Can hit for both power and average and is a solid hitter in the clutch.

2007: Led the Patriots in batting, doubles, runs, on-base percentage and steals and was among the national leaders in home runs per game, doubles per game and runs per game... Was named first-team All-CAA at second base... Led the Patriots with 27 multi-hit games and opened the year with a 12-game hitting streak.. Finished the season batting .369 with 14 homers, 53 RBI, 20 doubles, 79 hits, 60 runs, a .668 slugging average, a .461 on-base percentage and 13 steals in 18 attempts... Enters his senior year second at Mason in career on-base percentage, fifth in career slugging percentage and 10th in career batting average... Is among the top 25 all-time at Mason in homers, doubles and runs... Was the only Patriot with more walks than strikeouts... Tied a school record with three home runs in a game (March 10 vs. Hofstra)... Had first career grand slam in CAA Tournament win over Georgia State and came a few feet shy of a second grand slam later in the contest... Over a 23-game span from Feb. 24-April 1, hit .447 with nine homers, 29 RBI, 11 doubles, 33 runs and an .872 slugging percentage... Played right field, center field, second base and designated hitter.

2006: Missed the season with a medical redshirt after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.

2005: Played in 51 games for the Patriots, starting all of those contests, 47 of them at third base... Started the season with the game-winning RBI in Mason's first four wins... Finished the season third on the team in home runs, with eight, and RBI, with 46... Was fourth on the team with 47 runs scored and second on the squad with 38 walks... Batted .304 with a .442 on-base percentage and a .544 slugging percentage... Was third on the team with 15 doubles and first on the team in sacrific flies, with six, and hit by pitch, with nine... After starting career 0 for 3, went 13 for 22 with two home runs, three doubles and 11 RBI... Named CAA Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 27... Homered in his second and third games... Reached safely in first seven games as a Patriot and walked in 15 of first 16 games... Had first multi-homer games on April 20 against Navy, going 3 for 4 with five RBI and four runs behind a pair of homers... Tied his career high of five RBI which was originially set on Feb. 19 against Appalachian State... Six times had three or more hits in a game... Favorite opponent was Delaware, hitting .583 with two home runs and a 1.250 slugging percentage in four games against the Blue Hens.

2004: Played varsity baseball at Notre Dame.

Prep: Played four years of baseball and two years of basketball at Fairfield High School... Named Connecticut Post All-State as a junior and senior... Connecticut Post and New Haven Register Player of the Year... Two-time All-Conference and two-time All-State... Hit .671 with 6 HR, 32 WB as a senior... Had a career batting average of .550... Ranked ninth-best line-drive hitting prospect in the nation by Team One Baseball... Ranked as tenth-best pure hitting prospect in the nation by Team One Baseball... Ranked as the top player in Connecticut by Baseball America.

Personal: Full name is Christopher Paul Fournier... Born on August 24, 1984... Parents are Paul and Cindy Fournier... Has three siblings, Janine, 26, Greg, 25 and Mike, 17... Graduated from Fairfield High School in 2003... Played in the East Coast Pro Showcase, Team One Showcase and Perfect Game Showcase... Major is undecided.

	CAREER MASON BATTING STATISTICS

YEAR	GP/GS	 AVG	 AB	 R	 H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB/SBA
2005	51/51	.304	171	47	52	15	1	8	46	38	43	4/5
2006	Did not play - medical redshirt
2007	54/54	.369	214	60	79	20	1	14	53	34	29	13/18
TOTALS	105/105	.304	385	107	131	35	2	22	99	72	72	17/23