2010 Baseball
Jacob Matthews
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Norcross, Ga.
- High School:
- Norcross
2011 (Junior): Put together another solid season coming out of the bullpen for Coach Gibson … Ranked fourth on the team with a career-high 25 relief appearances in the campaign … Had a flawless 3-0 record with a solid 3.34 ERA … Allowed opponents to hit just .290 off him in 32.1 innings pitched … Started the season strong, throwing two scoreless innings of relief in a 7-2 win over Liberty (Feb. 19) … Had another impressive outing out of the bullpen against SEC power Georgia (March 8), allowing just two hits in two shutout innings of relief … Got on a roll, stringing together six-straight scoreless relief outings from March 22-April 9, allowing just seven hits while striking out eight in 8.1 innings of work … Tied his season-high by throwing three scoreless innings of relief at Winthrop (May 1).
2010 (Sophomore): Came on late in the season to become one of Coach Gibson’s most reliable middle relievers … Appeared in 13 games, two of which came in a starting role … Posted a spotless 3-0 record with a team leading 2.92 ERA … Recorded 14 strikeouts in 24.2 innings pitched … Held right-handed hitters to a pedestrian .216 average (16-for-74) … Picked up his second win of the season by throwing a career-high five innings and striking out a career-high four batters in a mid-week start against Florida A&M (April 12) … Notched his third win of the season after coming out of the bullpen to throw 3.1 scoreless innings of relief against Kennesaw State (May 1) … Put together back-to-back scoreless relief appearances against The Citadel (May 11) and Lipscomb (May 13) … Threw 2.2 innings of scoreless relief in the A-Sun Conference Tournament Championship Game against Jacksonville (May 29).
2009 (Freshman): Appeared in four games out of the bullpen for the Bears … Compiled a 0-0 record with a 7.36 ERA … Pitched 3.2 innings, allowing just five hits while striking out three … Allowed three earned runs in one inning of relief against ACC power Georgia Tech (March 10) … Rebounded by recording back-to-back scoreless innings of relief against Florida A&M (April 14, April 28) … Pitched 0.2 innings of scoreless relief in only A-Sun appearance against Jacksonville (May 11).
High School: Three-year letterwinner in baseball at Norcross … Earned all-county accolades in 2007 and 2008 for coach Andy Collins and the Blue Devils … Also honored as an all-region selection in 2007 … Recognized as a Georgia Dugout Club Top 100 selection … Played AAU baseball for the East Cobb Cardinals and coach Chris Caldwell.
Personal: Son of Chris and Mary Matthews … Has three brothers, Michael, 17, Andrew, 14, and Luke, 9 … Majoring in biology … Born on Jan. 12, 1990 in Atlanta, Ga. … Last book read outside of class was How to Survive College … Lists favorite musical groups such as the Zac Brown Band and State Radio.
