Chris Fritts 7                 Class: Junior Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Cypress Ridge Height / Weight: 5-9 / 180 Position: OF Experience: 1L B/T: R/R

2010 - FRESHMAN
Was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team after hitting .270 with three home runs in his rookie season...Played the most of any true freshman on the UT squad in 2010, seeing action in 46 games, including 26 starts...Hit .317 (13-for-41) against lefties...Earned a pair of starts during UT's opening weekend series sweep over Xavier...Picked up his first career hit, a single, on Feb. 20...Also laid down the first sacrifice bunt of his career on Feb. 21...Came on as a pinch-hitter at No. 10 Oregon State on Feb. 26...Earned his third start of the year against the Beavers the following day, going 2-for-5 with his first double and run of his career...Started again the next day, going 1-for-3 with a double...Also made an unbelievable catch in the seventh inning, diving to snag a deep shot to left, somersaulting on the warning track and relaying it back into the infield to double up the runner at first...The play was rated ninth on ESPN's Top 10 "Plays of the Day" and voted "More Athletic" than an Amar'e Stoudemire dunk by voters on "SportsNation" on March 1...Recorded his second two-hit game with a pair of singles versus Eastern Kentucky on March 3...Also tallied his first career RBI in that game...Notched the first home run of his career with a towering, three-run shot to left against Binghamton on March 6...Scored a pair of runs and was 2-for-4 in UT's 13-2 victory over Morehead State on March 17...Picked up a pinch-hit single against LSU on March 26...Scored two runs and had two RBIs as he went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk against Presbyterian College on March 31...Hit his second home run of the season off of Ole Miss ace Drew Pomeranz on April 2...Had a single and scored a run in a 5-2 win over the Rebels the following day....Was 2-for-2 as the starting rightfielder at Western Carolina on April 21....Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored off the bench in UT's series-clinching, 25-5 triumph at Georgia....Had a career-high three hits to lead the Vols to a sweep of the Bulldogs the next day...Followed that up with two hits, including his third home run of the season, as UT defeated MTSU, 12-7...Was 1-for-2 with a run scored to extend his hitting streak to four games in UT's series opener at Auburn.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named the Player of the Week by the Houston Chronicle twice in 2009..Named a Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association All-Star in 2009...Rated by PGCrosschecker as the No. 63 overall prospect in Texas...Named All-Area Greater Houston by ESPN RISE Magazine in 2009...Earned four varsity letters and three all-district selections at Cypress Ridge High School in Houston, Texas...Hit .547 with four home runs, 25 RBIs and 12 stolen bases as a senior...Batted .412 with nine home runs and 35 RBIs as a junior...Holds Cypress Ridge career records for average, home runs and RBIs...Played for the Georgia Roadrunners during 2008, winning summer nationals.

PERSONAL
Full name is Christopher James Fritts...Born Feb. 27, 1991, in Houston, Texas...Son of Tom and Janet Fritts...Has two siblings, Teresa and Thomas...Credits his grandfather, Carmine Saviello, for putting a bat in his hands...Recipient of the Michael Chadwell Welch Memorial Scholarship...Interested in majoring in public relations.

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