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8 - Matt Rogers
| Height: | 5-11 |
| Weight: | 180 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Paoli, Pa. |
| High School: | Conestoga |
| Position: | Outfielder |
| Bats/Throws: | R/R |
| House Affiliation: | Dunster |
Senior (2009):
Batted .324 in 37 starts ... led team with 21 extra base
hits including nine homers and tied for the team lead with 33 RBI
... Batted .353 against righties and .378 with runners on base ...
Had two hits and four RBI at Jacksonville State (3/08) ... Named
Ivy League Player of the Week on 3/24 ... Had at least two hits in
all four games at Centenary with a 9-for-15 mark (.600) in
the series and three doubles ... Named to Ivy League Honor Roll on
4/1 ... Was 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and a stolen base at
Louisiana-Monroe (3/23) ... Had a single and a stolen base against
No. 2 LSU (2/24) ... Had three hits including a homer in the second
game of a doubleheader at Columbia on 3/28 ... Had two hits and two
RBI in game one of a doubleheader at Penn on 3/30 ... Had three
hits including two home runs in the nightcap ... Hit a grand slam
home run against Holy Cross on 4/1 ... Hit a home run in each game
of a doubleheader sweep of Cornell on 4/4 for his seventh home run
in eight games ... Had four hits, including a game-tying single in
the 17th inning against Princeton on 4/5 ... Had two hits including
a two-run triple in a Beanpot game against Boston College at Fenway
Park on 4/13 ... Hit a two-run homer against Dartmouth on 4/25 ...
Had two doubles in the seventh inning of a win against Northeastern
on 4/28.
Junior (2008):
Was a perfect 12-for-12 in stolen base chances ... Had
nine extra base hits including three homers over the last two weeks
of play ... Was 3-for-4 with two RBI in the second game of a double
header at then-16th-ranked Wichita State on 3/08 ... Had two stolen
bases at UC Riverside on 3/21 ... Had a pair of hits in the second
game of a doubleheader at 19th-ranked San Diego on 3/22 ... Was
2-for-4 with an RBI double in the first game of a doubleheader at
Princeton on 3/30 ... Threw out two baserunners at home plate
against Massachusetts on 4/09 in the first round of the Beanpot ...
Had a double and was hit by two pitches in the first game of a
doubleheader at Yale on 4/13 ... Homered in consecutive plate
appearances in the first game of a doubleheader against Brown on
4/20, stole a base and scored three runs in the 9-3 win ... Had a
pair of hits and scored two runs against Dartmouth on 4/26 ... Had
two hits and stole a base at Dartmouth on 4/27 ... Had two
hits, including an eventual game-winning solo home run in a 7-6
victory at Northeastern on 4/30.
Sophomore (2007):
Batted .286 overall with a .323 mark in league games ...
Ranked second on the team with 11 stolen bases ... Had two stolen
bases and scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning of a 4-3
season-opening victory over Quinnipiac on 3/10 ... Had a triple and
a walk at Tampa on 3/25 ... Was 2-for-5 with two stolen bases in a
4-0 win over Notre Dame on 3/11 ... Was 2-for-3 at Central Florida
on 3/26 ... Was 2-for-4 with a walk, two stolen bases and three RBI
including two on a triple in a win at Barry on 3/29 ... Was
2-for-4 in the first game of a doubleheader at Columbia on 4/1
... Was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI in the second game
of a sweep versus Cornell on 4/8 ... Was 2-for-3 with an RBI
in the first game of a doubleheader at Brown on 4/21 and was
2-for-5 with a two-run homer in the nightcap ... Was 2-for-4
with a steal in game two of a doubleheader at Brown on 4/22 ... Had
an RBI single in a 2-0 win over Yale on 4/25.
Freshman (2006)
Appeared in 34 games with 15 starts in his freshman season ...
Became invaluable on the base paths in close games off the bench as
well with six steals in seven tries ... Collected his first hit in
the form of an RBI triple at then 13th-ranked Florida on 3/12,
finishing with two hits in the game ... Scored two runs at NYIT on
3/18 ... Was 2-for-5 with a double and a triple at St. Thomas on
3/30.
Background:
Hails from Paoli, Pa. and attended Conegtoga HS where he was a
four-year starter on the baseball team ... Was a two-time First
Team All-Central League pick ... Batted .468 and was a perfect
17-for-17 in stolen base opportunities as a sophomore in leading
his school to its second straight league title ... Four-year member
of the Honor Roll.









