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FALL 2007
Finished fourth on team with a .355 average (22-for-62) in 20 games, 18 starts ... Collected three doubles, one triple, six RBI and 16 runs scored ... Walked 12 times and was hit by a pitch for a .481 on base percentage, tied for fourth on team ... Stole six bases in seven attempts.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters as an outfielder for head coach Travis Collins at Plano [Texas] East High School ... Led Panthers to district title as a senior ... Three-time all-district selection ... Named co-district freshman of the year in 2004 ... Earned team MVP honors as a junior and second-team all-area honors during senior season ... Hit .418 during junior campaign and .390 with 43 RBI as a senior ... Also earned three letters in football, playing wide receiver and running back ... Two-time all-district and all-county selection and 2006 District 9-5A Offensive MVP ... Two-time academic all-district honoree ... Lettered in track as a junior ... National Honor Society member ... AP Scholar ... Graduated top three percent of class.
PERSONAL
Full name is Christopher George Slater ... Born Sept. 12, 1989, in Durham, N.C. ... Son of Mark and Toni Slater ... Business major.