Michael Fabiaschi

Classroom

Fabiaschi has a 3.512 GPA - 3.85 in his major - and is a fall 2007 President’s List and Dean’s List member. He received the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award (4 times) and is a JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete. His career goal is to work in the finance field, possibly within baseball or possibly as a financial analyst or financial consultant.

Character

Fabiaschi is a two-year member of JMU’s SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) and a two-year team captain. He completed the Dukes BALL Program (Building a Lifelong Leader) and was voted by teammates as the top “team-first guy” in 2009. After missing the first half of summer ball in the NECBL in 2007 because of an emergency appendectomy, Fabiaschi struggled throughout the second half of the summer but returned to the same league last summer (2009) and was named an all-star. Fabiaschi lost his starting position and had minor shoulder problems about halfway through his sophomore year at JMU but maintained a positive attitude and supported teammates throughout the remainder of the season and into the CAA tournament (which JMU won) and the NCAA Regionals. In a letter to the team, head coach Spanky McFarland said: “The team chose Mike Fabiaschi, Brett Garner, and Justin Wood as captains.  I think it is worthy to mention that Fabs had twice as many votes as any other player.  Here is a guy who lost his starting job the last third of the season, understood the decision, continued to be positive and continued to put the team first.  The players recognized his outstanding leadership during personal adversity and put their trust in him to captain the team.:

Community

Fabiaschi has completed more than 50 hours of community service at the Pleasant Valley Boys & Girls Club, helping children with homework, exercise, and playing games after school. He is a member of the Aletheia church in Harrisonburg, attending weekly Bible studies. He is a participant in the Challenger game every spring at JMU helping a little league for handicapped kids. He is an active member of adopting Justin Brown to the JMU baseball team through the “Friends of Jaclyn” Foundation.

Competition

Fabiaschi was a first team All-CAA at second base as a junior after losing the starting shortstop job as a sophomore. He started all 54 games in 2009 with 32 RBIs, 13 steals, and nine doubles. He is an honorable mention preseason All-CAA for his senior year. He has an 18-game hitting streak in 2009 and emerged in the first week of his freshman season to earn CAA Rookie of the Week and Buckeye Baseball Classic All-Tournament honors after hitting .500 (7-14) with six runs, six RBIs, a homer and two steals in four games. He has a .287 career average heading into his senior season with 119 starts in 141 total games.