PLNU Athletics

AS A JUNIOR (2016)
PacWest All-Academic team selection…Finished 10th in NCAA Division II with 0.28 sacrifice bunts per game…Hit .308 with five doubles, eight RBI and 18 runs scored…Had a .368 on-base percentage with a .356 slugging mark…Had nine walks and struck out just eight times…Posted 32 hits and 11 sacrifice bunts…Had three hits and three RBI against Eastern New Mexico…Had a four-hit game at Hawaii Pacific…Had eight multi-hit games, including three straight…Played in 39 games, starting 29 of them, primarily at second base…Scored a run in the first six games of the season…Had a seven-game hitting streak…Reached base safely in nine straight games to start the year.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015)
PacWest All-Academic team selection…Ranked 29th in NCAA Division II with 10 sac bunts…Started 44 games…Posted five doubles and five RBI…Walked 16 times and struck out just 19 times…Scored 10 runs and stole three bases…Had a three hit game against Fresno Pacific.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2014)
Third team All-PacWest selection…PacWest All-Academic Team member…Started 40 games at second base…Finished third on PLNU with a .306 batting average…Posted a .420 on-base percentage…Drove in 15 runs…Scored 10 times…Had 38 hits in 124 at-bats…Walked 22 times and struck out just 15…Also had eight sacrifices and a stolen base…Had three 3-hit games, and 10 multi-hit games…Reached base safely in 37 of 42 games, including the final 11 games of the season...Drove in a career-high three runs against Hawaii Hilo.
 
PRIOR TO PLNU
2013 graduate of Rancho Bernardo High School…Lettered four years in baseball for the Broncos and coach Sam Blalock…Played shortstop on the high school team…Named first team All-CIF San Diego…Two-time first team All-Palomar League selection…Best game included going 4-for-5 with two doubles and seven RBI against Canyon Crest Academy.
 
PERSONAL
Born in Poway, Calif…Majoring Education…Wants to be a teacher…Parents names are Chris and Michelle…Has a sibling named Taylor.
 
OTHER STUFF
Nickname: Jerv or Matty
Hobbies: Golf, fishing, and hiking
Favorite book: Beyond Belief
Favorite sports team: New York Yankees
Favorite movie: Friday or Wolf of Wall Street
Favorite food: Chicken
Ideal dinner party: Derek Jeter, Tiger Woods, and Jordan Spieth
'Walkup' song: "Do it like this" - Chase Rice
Person I admire most: My dad