Brent Weiss Class: Junior Hometown: Suffern, N.Y. High School: St. Joseph Regional Weight: 180 Position: SS B/T: R/R

Brent Weiss enters his third season at Mason and he is expected to start at shortstop for the Patriots... A skilled fielder who can contribute at the plate.

2007: Started all 54 games for the Patriots batting at both the top and the bottom of the order... Hit .263 in 198 at-bats with 23 RBI, 36 runs scored and one home run... Was 3 for 6 on the base paths... Was sixth on the team with 15 multi-hit games... Opened the season going 2 for 4 in back-to-back games against Clemson... Had first RBI of the season against College of Charleston (Feb. 25) and followed that up with two RBI against William & Mary (March 2)... Tied a career high with three hits against Hofstra (March 9) and mateched that against Richmond (March 21)... Hit first career home run against Towson (April 27) going 2 for 4 with two runs and two RBI.

2006: Played in 41 games, all starts for the Patriots... Had 34 starts at shortstop and seven at second... Batted .261 with 36 hits including nine doubles, one triple, 19 RBI and 12 runs... Had a .321 on-base percentage and .341 slugging percentage... Had nine multi-hit games... Was 2 for 3 with an RBI at South Alabama... Was 3 for 4 with two runs against Pittsburgh... Was 3 for 4 with three RBI against George Washington... Had two distinct seasons, batting .333 in first 20 games and .200 over the final 21 games.

PREP: Earned four letters in baseball and three in football for the Green Knights... As a senior, batted .420 with four HR, 28 RBI and 24 SB while committing just three errors... Named All-NNJIL, All-Suburban, All-County, All-Parochial and All-State as a senior... As a sophomore and junior, received the same honors with the exception of All-State... First freshman to start on the varsity in school history... Captain of the baseball and football teams as a senior... Named All-State as a quarterback in football as a senior.

PERSONAL: Full name is Brent William Weiss... Born October 18, 1986... Parents are Vicki and Robert Weiss... Has three brothers, Bobby, 28, Bryan, 26 and Brad, 24... Brother Bobby played baseball at Wagner, brother Bryan played football at Kent State and brother Brad played basketball at Marywood... Uncle, Walt, was a Major League All-Star and AL Rookie of the Year... A 2005 graduate of Saint Joseph Regional High School where he received the Most Outstanding Award in both Spanish and Geometry... Selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 47th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft... Also recruited by St. Joseph, St. John's, Seton Hall and North Carolina... Majoring in exercise science.

	CAREER GMU BATTING STATISTICS

YEAR	GP/GS	 AVG	 AB	 R	 H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB/SBA
2006	41/41	.261	138	12	36	9	1	0	19	13	33	2/3
2007	54/54	.263	198	36	52	5	0	1	23	15	32	3/6
TOTALS	95/95	.262	336	48	88	14	1	1	42	28	65	5/9