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  Chris Umstead

Chris Umstead

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Perkasie, PA

High School:
Pennridge

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 170

Position:
OF

Bats/Throws:
R/R

2009: Started 31 times, all in right field, and saw action in 37 total games...Led the team with three triples and tied for the team-long with a 14-game hitting streak...Had eight multi-hit games, including a season-high three-hit game with two RBI versus Richmond (5/14)...Had five games with multi-RBI, including a career-high three versus Massachusetts (4/24)...Hit his first career home run versus Saint Joseph's (3/22)...Scored a career-high three runs and drove in two others at Delaware State (3/18)...Hit his three triples versus Xavier (4/4-G2), versus Massachusetts (4/24) and at Penn State (4/29)...During his 14-game hitting streak (3/25-4/19), batted .340 and had a .440 slugging percentage...Was second on the team in Atlantic 10 Conference-only batting average at .309...Led the team with four outfield assists, two of which resulted in double plays.

2008: Played in 14 games overall, with six starts (4-LF, 2-DH)...His first start was at Cal State Northridge (3/2), where he drew a walk and scored his first college run...Two days later, recorded his first collegiate hit against Cal State Northridge (3/4)...In a start against Hartford (3/9), had a three-hit day with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI...Also had a hit and an RBI at Villanova (4/1).

High School: All-Suburban Conference selection at both second base and outfield...Was an American Legion All-Star...Also played football.

Major: psychology.