2017 Baseball Roster
Matt Meeder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 3
- Hometown:
- Roswell, Ga.
- High School:
- Roswell HS
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2017 Brooks Wallace Award Watch List
2017 Preseason All-SoCon First Team
2016 SoCon All-Tournament Team
2016 All-SoCon First Team
2016 Preseason All-SoCon First Team
2015 All-SoCon Second Team
SEASON-BY-SEASON
2016 at Mercer: The Bears' everyday shortstop who started all 61 games as a junior … Continued to establish himself as one of the SoCon's top defensive players … Led the league with 163 assists and posted a .963 fielding percentage … Committed just three errors in league play … Batted .279 with 57 hits … Ranked second on the team and ninth in the SoCon with a .449 on-base percentage … Drew 47 walks for Mercer's second-best mark and third-best in the SoCon … Scored 52 runs including career-high three in back-to-back games against Xavier and Florida A&M (Feb. 28, March 1) … Totaled 12 extra-base hits and 27 RBIs … Had 14 multi-hit efforts and five multi-RBI performances … Led the team with 16 hit-by-pitches … Finished with a career day at Florida A&M (May 11), going 3-for-5 with two runs scored, one double, one home run and a career-high five RBIs … Set a career-high with four walks against Furman in SoCon Championship play … Had five hits, three runs scored and two RBIs in five SoCon Championship contests.
2015 at Mercer: Moved into a full-time starting role during sophomore campaign, starting 57 of his 58 games at shortstop … Helped Mercer to a 25-13 record after moving into the lead-off role … Finished third on the team with a .293 batting average … Topped the SoCon in walks (48) and on-base percentage (.464) … Led the Bears with 49 runs scored and two triples on the year … Also recorded two home runs, 27 RBIs and 11 doubles … Reached base in a Mercer best 20 straight games … Notched 18 multiple-hit performances and three multiple-RBI efforts … Led the team and ranked second in the SoCon with 177 assists … Ranked second in the league with 15 hit-by-pitches … Scored a season-best four runs in the Bears’ win over The Citadel in the opening round of the SoCon Championship … Drew a career-high three walks on two occasions … Recorded three hits in three games in 2015.
2014 at Mercer: Appeared in 34 games as a true freshman, starting 20 of those contests at shortstop … Hit .259 with one double and drove in nine runs in just 54 at-bats … Tallied three multi-hit performances … Scored 12 runs on the year … Ranked among team leaders with a .394 on-base percentage … Finished third on the team with 76 assists … Scored a run in first two appearances of his career, a pair of wins over Florida A&M (Feb. 18-19) … Finished 2-of-3 with one RBI and one run scored in an 8-4 victory over Kennesaw State (Mar. 15) … Crossed the plate a season-high three times in an 11-5 defeat of USC Upstate (Apr 5) … Went 2-of-4 with a career-high three RBI in a 13-8 triumph over Alabama State (Apr. 8).
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Roswell High School under head coach Mike Power … Sported a .380 career batting average and hit .449 as a sophomore which was the highest single-season batting average in school history … Was a three-time All-State second team performer, a three-time Georgia All-Region AAAAA first team selection and voted a Braves 400 Metro Atlanta All-Star as a senior.
Personal: Son of Scott and Mary Beth Meeder … Born on November 4, 1994 in Atlanta, Ga. … Plans to major in sports marketing at Mercer.
