Mitch Matecki

8 - Mitch Matecki

Height: 5-11
Weight: 176
Year: Senior
Hometown: Millstadt, Ill.
High School: Belleville West
Position: OF
Bats/Throws: R/R

2011: Hit .302 for the season...Made 43 appearances (all starts) in the outfield...Missed nine games due to injury...Hit one home run...Was third on the team with 30 RBIs...Finished second on the team with 11 steals in 13 attempts...Finished 4 for 6 Feb. 20 at Central Arkansas...Drove in five runs at UT Martin April 9...Tied with Devin Caldwell to lead the team with six sacrifice flies...Was second on the team with 91 total bases...Struck out just 14 times during the year which was fewest among starters (tied with James Vazquez)...Led the team with a .991 fielding percentage...Made just one error in 106 total chances...Tied with Caldwell to lead the team with five outfield assists. 2010: Hit .298 while starting 51 of the Cougars 52 games...Led the team with 36 runs scored...Also led the team with 198 at-bats...Was second on the team with 33 RBIs...Was also second on the team with 59 hits, a career-high...Hit one home run...Picked up his 100th hit in a Cougar uniform April 17 in game two of a double-header vs. Murray State...Led the team with 11 steals and 16 attempts. 2009: Tied for third all-time for most hits by a freshman (58) ... Stole a team leading eight bases ... Connected with three hits four times (Long Island, Austin Peay, Southeast Missouri State and Evansville) ... Settled into his role as a leadoff hitter with 35 starts in the No. 1 slot. High School: Three-time letter winner at Belleville West High School ... Named first team All-Conference and All-Metro as a senior... Two-time second team All-Conference selection ... Named All-Metro selection ... Three-year letter winner in football and two year letter winner in basketball ... Played baseball for the Belleville Legion ... Won a gold medal in the Prairie State games. Major: Business.

CAREER STATISTICS
Year       Avg   GP-GS     AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB   SO   SB-ATT
2009....  .266   54-53    218   38   58   15    1    4   20   15   40    8-8
2010....  .298   51-51    198   36   59   10    3    1   33   20   35   11-16
2011....  .302   43-43    169   33   51    7    5    1   30   13   14   11-13
TOTAL...  .287  148-147   585  107  168   32    9    6   83   48   89   30-37