Ruben Fontes

Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Position:
OF
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Bonita, Calif.
High School:
St. Augustine
Prev School:
Davidson

2022: Appeared in 37 games for the Wildcats with 29 starts...Hit .318 with five home runs as a graduate transfer and finished with a .974 OPS...Singled, walked and scored in his Northwestern debut against UAB (2/18) ... Reached base six times, including two doubles, and scored six runs in a weekend series at Santa Clara (2/25-27) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run against UIC (4/5) ... Launched a three-run homer against Milwaukee (4/26) ... Hit .428 (18-for-42) over the final 10 games of the season (5/7-5/21) ... Went 2-for-3 and scored two runs against Ohio State (5/7) ... Doubled and tripled as part of a four hit day against Milwaukee (5/10) ... Went 7-for-12 with 10 RBI in the final series of the season against Minnesota...Named Big Ten Player of the Week following the series against the Golden Gophers (5/19-5/21).

2021 (Davidson): Started all 51 games for Davidson as a senior, hitting .250 (46-for-184) to go along with an .854 OPS ... Hit a team-high 12 home runs (tied for fourth among all Atlantic 10 players), and finished tied for second with 32 RBI.

2020 (Davidson): Appeared in 16 games (13 starts) and posted a .250 batting average (13-for-52) along with an .893 OPS, the third-highest mark among the Wildcats ... Finished second on the team with 15 runs scored and tied for third on the team with 10 RBI and three home runs before the season was shortened amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Davidson): Played in 50 games, including 48 starts at designated hitter ... Led the Atlantic 10 with 14 home runs, tying for fifth in a single-season at Davidson ... Hit .211 with five doubles and tied for the team lead with three triples ... Ranked second on the team with 41 RBIs, 28 walks and a .506 slugging percentage ... Had 10 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games ... Hit two home runs and drove in and scored a season-high four runs against La Salle (March 24), including a two-run shot in the fourth inning and a solo shot in the seventh ... Finished the opening weekend against Towson 5-for-12 with two triples, a home run and eight RBIs ... Homered in three of four games from Feb. 27 to March 3 and four in four games from March 23 to March 29 ... Hit a three-run home run to highlight the five-run seventh inning of a 6-3 win over Richmond at the A-10 Tournament (May 24).

2018 (Davidson): Appeared in five games ... Singled through the right side in first collegiate at-bat (3/14, NC Central).

High School: Attended St. Augustine High School, where he excelled in both baseball and basketball… Named captain and All-Western League in baseball where he was a three-year starter as a catcher and in the outfield… named Honorable Mention for Perfect Game California in 2017 and was also a two-time San Diego Tribune All-Academic selection… played for a scout league for the SoCal Mariners in both 2015 and 2016… led team to a San Diego county semi-final in 2015 ... Son of Ruben and Anne Fontes ... Father, Ruben, played football at Columbia.