Veteran Profile - Garrett Fort
Maryville, Mo. - Garrett Fort earned the starting nod as your Bearcat center fielder in the 2015 season. With tremendous speed and quickness, Garrett tracked down most fly balls in his vicinity. Garrett enters the 2016 NCAA baseball regular season as a Junior. This 6'1" 170-pound Bearcat comes from Ankeny, Iowa, where he graduated from Ankeny High School. This information is from the official website for Bearcat Athletics (www.bearcatsports.com).
Appeared in 46 games, making 44 starts in center field ... hit .248 on the year with 33 hits, 38 runs scored and 13 RBI ... hit one double, two triples and two homeruns ... tallied 45 total bases ... drew 30 walks and was hit by nine pitches ... had seven stolen bases ... had five outfield assists and maintained a .980 fielding percentage ... had a pair of sacrifice flies and sacrifice bunts ... had five multi-hit games ... went 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI at Emporia State (Apr. 12) ... stole two bases with a pair of walks and two runs scored at Northeastern State (Feb. 19).
2014
Earned MIAA academic honors … appeared in 22 games … started in 10 of those games … recorded eight hits, 11 RBI and two doubles on the season … had one stolen base … went 2-for-5 with three RBI and two doubles in a win against Pittsburg State (4/26).
2013
Redshirt season
Garrett started 44 of 48 games in center field in 2015. He was a hawk out there for the Bearcats' defense with an all-out hustle that compares to all-go/no-quit of Pete Rose during the Big Red Machine days. Garrett usually batted in front of or directly behind Nick Gotta last season. While Gotta batted lead-off in the line-up, Garrett would either bat second or ninth. Probably the most exciting for the B2R was when Garrett would bat 9th and right in front of Gotta where Garrett could cause havoc on the base paths, Gotta slap a gapper, and watch Garrett race from 1st to 3rd or 1st to home. Regardless, Garrett's bat, speed, base running skills, getting on base, and knack for getting in the pitchers' heads, proved a valuable weapon for the Bearcats last season. In total, Garrett was first on the team for runs scored, fifth on the team for on-base percentage, third in triples, third in walks, second in hit by pitch, third in stolen bases, third in sacrifice flies, second in steal attempts, fifth in stolen base percentage, and fifth in total plate appearances.
The B2R cannot wait to see Garrett in 2016 after another year of weight training through Coach Quinlin's program. He has the maturity and make-up to be a team leader and lead by example. Expect great things from Garrett Fort in 2016.
Go Cats!!
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