AS A JUNIOR IN 2006: Played in 19 games, starting in eight ... Batted .040 (1-25) with a double, two RBI, three walks, two total bases, a .143 on-base percentage, and a .080 slugging percentage ... Batted 1-2 with a double and an RBI at Rollins College (3/22) ... Drove in a run vs. Illinois (3/20).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2005: Appeared in five games for the Minutemen ... Missed most of the season due to injury.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2004: Appeared in one game for the Minutemen.

BEFORE UMASS: Played for four years under head coach Ken Olson at Somerville High School ... Compiled a .328 average with 22 hits, including 11 extra base knocks, and 10 steals ... A two-time Greater Boston League / Middlesex County All-Star selection his junior and senior seasons ... A captain his junior and senior years for baseball and his senior season on the football team ... Also a three-year member of the football team as a tight end and middle linebacker ... Had short stints on the basketball and indoor track teams.

PERSONAL: Born March 30, 1984, in Boston, Mass. ... Son of Ellen and Frank McPherson ... Has one brother, Joe...His aunt, Carol Nocella, graduated from UMass ... A finance major.

Frank McPherson's 2007 Statistics at UMass