1  Ben Fultz
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Greensboro High School: Ragsdale Height / Weight: 5-9 / 191 Position: OF Birthdate: 10/01/1991 Experience: 1VL B/T: L/R

Returning left fielder that started 46 games during freshman campaign ... Table setter at the top of the order that has some power and a knack for getting on base ... Could hit anywhere from first to sixth in the batting order ... Hard-nosed defender that could move over to centerfield as the season starts ... Named preseason All C-USA by College Sports Madness ... 2011: Earned Conference USA and College Baseball Daily All-Freshman Team honors after batting .303 (54-for-178) with four home runs, 26 RBI, nine doubles and four triples ... Started 46 of 54 games (30/LF, 16/RF) ... Named to Charlottesville All-Regional Team after batting .333 (5-for-15) with a double and run scored ... Collected 16 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games ... Career-best six-game hitting streak started on Apr. 17 (UCF) and ended on May 6 (Marshall) ... Closed out the season with a five-game hitting streak where he batted .389 (7-for-18) three doubles and a pair of runs scored ... First collegiate game was against Youngstown State (Feb. 18) in a reserve role ... Recorded first collegiate start at No. 10 Virginia (Feb. 27) going 1-for-3 with a run scored ... Collected first collegiate hit at home against Youngstown State (Feb. 20) as a pinch hitter in his first official at-bat ... Blasted first career homer against Rutgers (Mar. 18) in the bottom of the ninth with two outs to right field tying the game at two sparking a come-from behind 3-2 win in 10 innings ... Other home runs were against Elon (Apr. 6), UCF (Apr. 15) and Houston (Apr. 23), which was tied for third-most on the club ... All four round trippers were solo shots and three led off an inning ... Two of four home runs were in the first inning (UCF and Houston) ... Stole a pair of bases on the season (Pepperdine, Tulane) ... Drove in the game-winning run at UNCW (Mar. 30) with a single in the second inning ... Second game-winning RBI was at Tulane (May 20) on a RBI double in the sixth that gave ECU its first-ever series win over the Green Wave ... Laced a game-tying two-RBI triple at Houston (Apr. 21) in the top of the ninth with a shot to right-center off the top of the wall, where the Pirates would win in extra innings, 5-4 ... Other triples were against Rutgers (Mar. 20), UCF (Apr. 15) and Tulane (May 21) ... Recorded four three-hit games ... Ranked among the team leaders in sacrifices (3rd/9), total bases (5th/83) and on-base percentage (5th/.379) ... When starting in left field the Pirates posted a 21-9 record and in right field 11-5 ... Recorded one error in 74 chances for a .986 fielding percentage ... Batted .385 (20-for-52) with 20 RBI with runners on base ... Collected a team-best 12 hits with runners on base and two outs batting .429 ... Batted .368 (28-for-76) with two home runs and 14 RBI in the sixth inning or later ... Started all seven post-season games batting .320 (8-for-25) with three doubles and three runs scored ... Ranked third on the team with a .317 (26-for-82) average in C-USA action with two homers, three triples, four doubles, 16 RBI and 10 runs scored.

Ragsdale High School: Four-year letterwinner for head coach Donnie Maness ... Earned Piedmont All Conference honors four-straight years ... Named team hitter-of-the-year as a sophomore and junior ... All-State selection as a senior ... As a senior batted .420 ... All-Area honorable mention selection as a junior after hitting .426 (29-for-68) with three home runs, 27 RBI, seven doubles, two triples, 28 runs and 17 stolen bases ... Selected as the team MVP and named all-area as a sophomore where he batted .456 (37-for-81) with five home runs, 30 RBI, six doubles, six triples, 38 runs and 15 stolen bases ... During freshman season batted .400 (32-for-80) with two homers, 21 RBI, nine doubles, 22 runs and four stolen bases ... Ranked No. 25 in Impact Baseball's Top-50 North Carolina 2010 prospects ... Three-time N.C. State Games participant ... Participated in the 2009 Atlantic Coast Showcase ... Played in the 2007 and 2009 World Wood Bat Association National Championships ... Four-year honor roll student ... Personal: Full name is Benjamin Michael Fultz ... Born October 1, 1991 in Greensboro, N.C. ... Son of Mike and Kim Fultz ... Has two siblings (Allison and Aubrey) ... Intended major is exercise physiology.

CAREER HIGHS - at-bats: 6 at Houston (3/21/11); hits: 3 (four times, last at Tulane 5/21/11); RBI: 2 (eight times, last at Tulane 5/20/11); home runs: 1 (four times, last at Houston 4/23/11); stolen bases: 1 (twice, last at Tulane 5/21/11).