2025 Baseball Roster
Heavner, Matt
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Jersey Number 6
Matt Heavner
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 169
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lincolnton, N.C.
- B/T:
- R/R
- Major:
- Sport Management
- High School (Last School):
- North Lincoln
Bio
2025- Junior Season
2024 - Sophomore Season
2023 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
- Hit .225 in 49 games played, starting in 42 of them
- In 120 at-bats, recorded 27 hits, one double, three home runs and 29 RBIs
- Hit a grand slam against USC Upstate (3/25)
- Had 16 sacrifice bunts to lead the ACC and ranked third in the nation
2024 - Sophomore Season
- Logged 36 total appearances with 29 starts as a sophomore, making 26 of his 29 starts at second base
- Batted .253 with 14 runs scored, 24 hits, four doubles, two homers and 10 RBI
- Recorded six multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game
- Homered in back-to-back games to open the 2024 season against VCU on Feb. 16-17
- Tied a career-high with two hits and one double in a win over No. 10 Georgia on June 10, helping NC State advance to its fourth College World Series
- Started all eight postseason games at second base, batting .276 with eight hits and four runs scored with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage
- Finished his sophomore campaign with a .981 fielding percentage, making just two errors on 104 total defensive chances
2023 - Freshman Season
- Made 17 appearances with four starts as a freshman – three starts at second base and one at third base
- Tallied three hits, a home run, six RBI and five runs scored
- Slugged his first-career home run in a win over Pitt (May 20) in the Pack’s regular season finale, setting a new career high with two RBI
- Made his first-career start at third base against NJIT (March 4)
- Made his first-career start at second base against UNCW (April 11), finishing the game with an RBI, a walk and a sacrifice bunt
- Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored against Longwood (Feb. 28)
- Tied a career-high with two runs scored against Davidson (April 18)
High School / Prep Career
- Slashed a .495 career average over four years
- His 110 hits over 68 games is a North Lincoln High School record
- Recognized as a Maxpreps Freshman All-American after his 2019 campaign
- Four-time all-conference recipient as a member of the Southern Foothills Athletic Conference and Western Foothills Athletic Conference
- Member of North Lincoln’s 2019 Class-2A State Championship team