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2017 Baseball Roster

16 Matt Thomas

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Plainville, Conn.
  • Highschool Plainville

Biography

2016 (Junior Year): Appeared in 12 games, with a 1-0 record and one save...finished with a 0.00 ERA in 15.0 innings pitched. 

2015 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in 11 games out of the bullpen, posting a 3.00 ERA with nine strikeouts, seven walks and five earned runs in 15.0 innings of work...tossed three scoreless innings against UMass Dartmouth (3/20)...did not allow an earned run over his final six appearances of the season, a stretch in which he gave up five hits in 7.1 innings...turned in a perfect frame of relief in a 4-1 win over Springfield (4/26)...made his final appearance of the season in an 11-2 win over Babson, logging two shutout innings with one strikeout (4/27).

2014 (Freshman Year): Appeared in eight games with one start during her freshman campaign, going 0-1 with one save and a 2.77 ERA in 13.0 innings on the mound...struck out eight batters and allowed four earned runs...made his collegiate debut against Southern Maine, tossing a scoreless frame with one strikeout in Western New England's season opener (3/9)...retired two batters to earn his first collegiate save in a 5-3 win over Bridgewater State (4/25)...came on in relief in the CCC title game, striking out a season-high three batters in a season-high 3.1 innings of work as the Golden Bears fell to Endicott, 5-3 (5/5).

High School: Four-year baseball letterwinner at Plainville...made the All-Central Connecticut Conference South Division team as a junior and a senior threw a no-hitter in the state tournament as a sophomore served as a team captain his senior season...named a 2013 all-star by The New Britain Herald...helped PHS capture the state championship as a junior...played American Legion baseball...also lettered four times in basketball and three in football...football squad won a conference crown when he was a sophomore...graduated in 2013.

Personal: Born Matthew Kingsley Thomas on Nov. 4, 1994 in New Britain, Conn brother's name is Mike, who plays baseball at Roger Williams University...enjoys snow- and wakeboarding...parents are William and Pamela Favorites: movie--Olympus Has Fallen; actor--Will Ferrell; pro team--MLB's New York Yankees; athlete--Derek Jeter; food--pasta; music group--Zac Brown Band; place--New York City...wants to be a Certified Public Accountant after graduation accounting major.

What I Like Best About WNE: "The competitive athletic atmosphere with good facilities and quality programs."



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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2014Redshirt

    Pitcher
    6'1" 190 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2015Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'1" 215 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2016Junior

    Pitcher
    6'1" 215 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2017Senior

    RHP
    6'1" 190 lbs
    16