Matt Sullivan Biography
2015 (Senior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 39 games and made 30 starts – 27 at third base and three as the designated hitter... Batted .234 with 14 runs scored, three home runs and 13 RBIs... Improved in Horizon League play to bat .290 and hit two home runs in 62 at bats... Had six multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs three times... Homered twice in March – on the 8th against Indiana State and the 14th against Milwaukee – and his third came in the regular-season finale at UIC (5/16)... Tied his career high with six total bases and three runs scored in the game against the Flames when he added three hits and three RBIs... Also had three hits, including a double, against Oakland (4/2).
2014 (Junior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team... Played in 49 games and started 46 – 39 at third base, five at first base and two at designated hitter... Hit cleanup in 21 games and third in 13 contests... Batted .230 overall with 17 runs scored, four home runs and a team-high 33 RBIs... Improved his average to .289 and his slugging percentage to .447 against Horizon League opponents... After starting the season with three hits in his first 38 at bats, he hit .276 over his final 36 games... Registered multiple hits 11 times and drove in multiple runs in a team-best games... His six sacrifice flies ranked second in the Horizon League, and he tied for seventh in home runs and eighth in RBIs... Hit a grand slam at Kent State (April 30)... Also homered at Canisius (April 23), at Wright State (May 2) and against UIC (May 10)... Drove in a season-high five runs as part of a 3-for-5 performance at Cincinnati (March 7)... Doubled twice at Wright State (May 4)... Scored a season-high three runs the day before against the Raiders... Batted .333 with a double and tied for the team lead with five RBIs in the Horizon League Tournament... Went 2-for-4 with a double in the 7-3 win over Valparaiso (May 21)... Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs against Milwaukee in the winner's bracket final (May 23).
Sinclair Community College: As a sophomore, batted .298 with four home runs and a team-high 37 RBIs in 49 games… Added seven stolen bases, a .392 on-base percentage and a .464 slugging percentage… As a freshman, he batted .317 with 16 extra-base hits in 52 games… Scored 30 runs and drove in 27 while stealing eight bases... His freshman year, the Tartan Pride finished with a 44-14 record and was ranked as high as third in the NJCAA poll.
High School: Earned three letters for coach Terry Dickten… Was the Greater Western Ohio Conference Player of the Year and a first-team all-area selection at pitcher by the Miami Valley Baseball Coaches Association… Earned all-division honors in basketball his junior year.
Personal: Son of Brian and Lori… Has a sister (Jenna)… Major is general studies.
Career Single-Game Highs:
Hits: 3, 5 times
Home runs: 1, 7 times
Total bases: 6, at Wright State, May 02, 2014 ; at UIC, May 16, 2015
RBI: 5, at Cincinnati, Mar 07, 2014
Runs scored: 3, at Wright State, May 03, 2014 ; at UIC, May 16, 2015
Walks: 3, vs Indiana State, May 31, 2014
Stolen bases: 1, vs Milwaukee, May 23, 2014
Putouts: 8, vs Appalachian State, Feb 28, 2014 ; vs Eastern Michigan, Mar 08, 2014
Assists: 4, 9 times
