2010 Baseball Roster
Ryan Mathews
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Orlando, Fla.
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 199
- Prev School:
- Santa Fe (Fla.) CC
As a redshirt- junior (2011)
• Made just three starts in his 18 games
• Appeared as a pinch-hitter in the first two games of the Elon series
• Singled and scored a run March 5 in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Penn State
• Made starts March 15 vs. Buffalo and March 19 at Georgia Tech
As a junior (2010)
• Did not play after Feb. 28 at Coastal Carolina due to an appendectomy and a rib-cage injury, and was granted an additional year eligibility
• Played the first two games of the La Salle series, Feb. 19-20 and went 4-for-7 with a double, a home run and three RBIs in the series
• Started the second game of the La Salle series and went 3-for-5 and scored three runs
At Santa Fe CC (2009)
• Played for head coach Johnny Wiggs
• Batted .356 (74-for-208) with 16 doubles, 15 home runs and 70 RBIs in 56 games as a sophomore in 2009
• Helped lead Santa Fe to the Florida state championship and a second-place finish at the NJCAA World Series
• Earned a spot on the All-Gulf District Tournament team, and was a first-team All-Mid-Florida Conference selection
At Western Carolina (2008)
• Appeared in 54 of Western Carolina's 57 games, making 47 starts including 21 in right field, 17 in left field and nine as the designated hitter
• Finished the year batting .297 and ranked third on the team with 17 doubles, adding a triple and five home runs for a .474 slugging percentage
• Posted a career-best 15-game hitting streak from mid-March through early April
• Opened his streak with a four-hit outing against Hartford, belting his first two collegiate home runs and driving in a career-high four runs
• Legged out his first career triple against Wofford, driving in the game-winning run as WCU downed the Terriers, 5-3
• Finished with 12 multiple-hit games and nine multiple-RBI games as a rookie
Prior to WCU
• Signed to play at Florida before the Gators went through a coaching change at the end of the 2007 season
• Transferred into WCU prior to the spring 2008 semester
Summer league
• Had a huge summer for the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League in 2011, batting .283 with 15 home runs, 41 RBIs and 11 stolen bases
• Led the league in home runs, was third in total bases (111) and fourth in RBIs
• Set Wilson franchise records for home runs and RBIs
• Played for Athletes in Action in the Alaska Baseball League in 2010, batting .270 with 11 doubles, two home runs and 26 RBIs in 40 games
• Played for Waynesboro of the Valley League in 2009
High school
• Played at Boone High School for head coach Pete Post
• Earned honorable-mention all-state recognition in Class 3A at Boone High School as a senior in 2007
• Batted .406 while playing first base and went 4-1 as a pitcher
• Earned All-Central Florida, All-Orange County and All-Metro Conference honors
• Was a second-team all-state selection as a sophomore after leading the 6A state runner-up squad in hitting (.429), RBIs (36) and doubles (11)
• Sported a 5-1 mark with a 1.05 ERA on his way to first-team All-Central Florida, All-Orange County and All-Metro Conference honors
• Was also a member of Chet Lemon's Orlando Juice squad, which captured the World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) championship, and was part of AAU national championship teams in 1999 and 2002
• Ranked the No.123 prospect in the nation in 2007 by Perfect Game USA and the No. 36-ranked positional player
Personal
• Majoring in communication