Anthony Forte

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2019 First Team All-Atlantic 10

2021

Appeared in 31 games making 29 starts
Hit for a .218 average in 110 at bats
Led the team with five home runs and drove in 21 runs
Scored 17 times and stole two bases
Season-high five-game hitting streak and reached base in five-straight
Season-high three RBI against VMI (3/23) hitting a home run and at George Mason (5/20) incluidng a game-tying homer in the eighth
Hit two home runs in a 2-for-4 victory over William & Mary (4/4)
Drove in two runs in back-to-back games against the Tribe
Season-high two hits in seven games

2020

Started the first six games of the season before an injury forced him to miss the rest of the shortened season
Three-game hit streak was his longest of the season
Drove in two runs with two extra-base hits
Drove in a run with a hit in the season-opener at No. 4 Georgia
In the finale against No. 4 Georgia, went 2-for-5 and scored a run
Hit his lone home run of the season late against James Madison (2/18)
Added a 1-for-4 game with a double and scored twice against Lehigh (2/22)

2019

Started all 54 games in center field
Led the Spiders with three triples, 12 home runs, 53 RBI and 115 total bases
Hit for a .280 average with a .912 OPS
Scored 45 runs and earned a .537 slugging percentage
Stole four bases and hit four sacrifice flies
Hit 13 doubles, second most on the team
15 multi-RBI games and 14 multi-hit efforts
Season-high 14-game reached base streak
Season-high seven-game hitting streak
Drove in a season-high five runs in the nightcap of the doubleheader with Rider (3/2)
Opened the season by driving in four runs in the win over Georgia State (2/15)
Drove in three runs on three hits against Virginia Tech (3/12)
Hit home runs in back-to-back games against George Mason (3/29-30)
Drove in four runs in the second game of the George Washington series (5/4)
Drove in four more runs against Delaware State (5/7)
Career-high five hits in the series opening win over Saint Louis, driving in three runs, scoring three times, hitting a triple and a home run (3/16)

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)

Started 51 games in the outfield in his first season at Richmond
Registered a .233 average with 41 hits including eight doubles, five triples, three home runs and 22 RBI
Five triples tied him for third in the single season category
Made his debut for the Spiders with a start in center field vs. No. 13 Louisville (2/16)
Hit his first homer as a Spider vs. Dayton (4/28)
Was 2-for-3 in stolen bases

2017 (Redshirt Freshman at LSU Eunice)

2016 (Freshman at Tulane)

Prep

A four-year letterman at James B. Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Played in the outfield for the Cougars
Helped lead his team to a 20-15 overall record and a second-round appearance in the state playoffs by hitting .369 with 10 doubles, five triples, eight home runs, 36 RBI, 38 runs and 27 stolen bases
Earned Second Team All-State honors, All-Northwest Suburban First Team honors and All-Mid-Suburban Baseball League Conference First Team honors as a senior
Earned MaxPreps USA Baseball Player of the Week for the Great Lakes Region on May 11 of his senior season
Picked up All-Northwest Suburban First Team honors as a junior after hitting .389 with nine doubles, six triples, 17 RBI and 19 runs
Owns the single-season school record in home runs, triples and stolen bases, while owning the second-most hits, RBI and runs in a single season
Also lettered one year as a shooting guard/small forward for the basketball team
Off the field, was a member of the National Honor Society while picking up Illinois State Scholar honors as well as the Prairie State Achievement Award
Played summer ball for Team DeMarini and the Toronto Blue Jays Scout Team
Named a 2015 Perfect Game Central Region Honorable Mention honoree
Picked up 2014 Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention honors
Was a Perfect Game BCS All-Tournament Team member in 2015 in addition to earning Perfect Game WWBA 17U National Championship All-Tournament Team honors in 2015.