University of Wisconsin-Superior Athletics

YELLOWJACKET CAREER
2024: Started in all 38 games behind the plate ... Batted .313 on the year (46-for-147) ... Finished the season with 12 doubles, three home runs, 28 runs scored and 34 runs-batted-in ... Had a slugging percentage of .456 and an on-base percentage on .346 ... Stole five bases ... Had a season high of three hits against Northwestern (May 9) ... Hit two home runs and had four runs batted in against Augsburg Mar. 3 ... Had a season high of 12 putouts against Saint Johns Feb. 26 ... Ended the year with 211 putouts, 18 assists, and committing one error for a fielding percentage of .996 ... Named UMAC Player of the Week once ... Named to the All-UMAC First Team. 

2023: Started in 34-of-36 games behind the plate ... Named to the All-UMAC First Team ... Batted .325 (41-for-126) batting in the heart of the lineup ... Hit 12 doubles and a team-leading five home runs ... Also contributed 27 runs-batted-in while slugging at a .540 clip ... Walked 10 times on the season ... Made just five errors in 214 attempts for a .979 fielding percentage ... Threw out nine of 30 would-be base stealers ... Went five-for-five against North Central (Apr. 30) in a 13-3 victory over the Rams in seven innings. 

2022: Named ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-Region for Region 9 and to the All-UMAC First Team ... Batted a team-leading .359 (51-for-142), starting 38-of-39 games, primarily behind the plate ... Finished seventh in the UMAC with six home runs and was 10th in the league in batting average ... Posted team bests of 11 doubles, 34 RBIs, a .563 slugging percentage and a .960 on-base percentage ... Named UMAC Player of the Week on March 28 ... Led the team with 15 multiple-hit games and finished the season with a 10-game hitting streak, batting .400 (16-for-40) in that span ... Belted a ninth-inning grand slam to left-center field to lift the Yellowjackets to a 4-3 victory over Stockton on March 18 ... Smashed a pair of homers, going 3-for-4 with three RBIs, in game two at Crown on May 7 ... Hit a fifth-inning three-run shot to to left field, helping Superior sew up the final UMAC tournament spot with an 8-2 win over Minnesota Morris ... Finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored ... Made just three errors in 265 chances for a .989 fielding percentage ... Gunned down eight runners trying to steal.

2021: Batted .310 (22-for-71) in 22 games, including 19 starts, behind the plate ... Hit three doubles and two home runs with 14 runs scored and 11 driven in ... Notched seven multiple-hit games, including going 3-for-4 with two homers, five RBIs, three runs scored and a stolen base, in a 20-10 victory over Northland on March 21 ... Strung together a five-game hitting streak, going 7-for-19 (.368) from April 17 at Bethany Lutheran-May 1 against Crown ... Committed just two errors in 156 chances behind the plate for a .987 fielding percentage while throwing out four baserunners ... Also appeared in two games on the mound, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings against Crown on May 1 and at Martin Luther on May 8 ... Struck out both Crown batters her faced.

2020: Played three games, starting one, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown ... Batted .333 (2-for-6) ... Started the second game against Grinnell on March 7, going 2-for-3 ... Took his first collegiate at-bat in the second game versus Carroll at US Bank Stadium on Feb. 25.

Before UWS: Son of Kelly and Kent Fugere ... Graduate of Duluth East High School in 2019 ... Two-year captain of the Greyhounds, helping them to a runner-up finish in the section as a senior ... Transportation and Logistics Management major at UW-Superior.