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28 Matt Pierpont

  • Position P
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Canonsburg, PA
  • High School Canon-McMillan H.S.
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Junior Year (2012):
• Compiled a 4-8 record with a 5.00 ERA in 14 appearances and 13 starts.
• Tied with Tyler Klitsch with a team-best two complete games
• Pitched a team-high 93.2 innings and gave up 58 runs (52 earned) on 106 hits, 22 walks and 74
strikeouts
• Tossed a complete game shutout in a 4-0 win over Rider on March 16 as he gave up four hits,
struck out six and walked one batter
• Pitched his second complete game in a 4-1 win at Gardner-Webb on March 30 as he allowed seven
hits, one earned run with three Ks and two walks

Sophomore Year (2011):
• Went 4-4 on the mound as a sophomore with a 6.57 ERA in 16 appearances and six starts. Was
involved in two shutouts.
• Pitched 49.1 innings and gave up 39 runs (36 earned) on 54 hits, 16 walks and 33 strikeouts
• Tossed a career-high 6.0 innings at Wake Forest on Apr. 19 where he struck out a season-best six
batters.
• Earned first collegiate victory on Mar. 29 in a 10-0 win over Furman in which he threw 5.0 scoreless
innings and allowed two hits, no walks and one strikeout.
• At the plate he hit .200 (11-for-55) with four RBI in 23 games and 13 starts.
• Tied his career-high of three hits on Mar. 12 against Stony Brook, where he drove in one run.

Freshman Year (2010):
• Was a two-way player as a freshman playing numerous positions including third base, shortstop
and pitcher
• Hit .262 (38-for-145) with three home runs and 22 RBI in 45 games played with 38 starts
• Recorded six doubles, 21 runs scored, 53 total bases, 14 walks, four stolen bases
• Posted a .366 slugging percentage and .327 on-base percentage
• Had 43 putouts and 77 assists in the field
• Earned his first career save in an 8-5 win over Liberty on May 22
• Recorded an RBI in his first collegiate game, also his first collegiate start, against Northwestern on
Feb. 19
• Hit first career home run in win over Marist on Feb. 22, a game in which he also tied his career-high
in hits with three
• His career-high four RBI against Wagner on Feb. 28 came off his first collegiate grand slam
• Had 10 multi-hit and four multi-RBI games and had a season-long hitting streak of seven games
from Apr. 17 at UNC Asheville until May 1 against Presbyterian
• Struck out a career-best seven batters against the Nittany Lions
• Made first collegiate start at North Carolina on Mar. 30 in which he pitched 4.0 innings

High School:
Helped lead Canon-McMillan to the 2008 Quad A Pennsylvania State Championship
• Was the Observer Reporter Player of the Year in 2009 to go along with All-WPIAL and All-Section
honors as well
• Named Quad A All-State and All-Section during the 2008 season
• His two-year career statistics include a .445 batting average, 15 doubles, seven home runs and 43
RBI
• Also owns a 6-1 record on the mound with a 3.25 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 51 innings.

Personal:
• Is the son of Gary and Rena Pierpont
• Is majoring in Exercise Science
• Was born on January 25, 1991 in Winter Park, FL

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2012Junior

    P
    6'2" 215 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2013Senior

    P
    6'2" 215 lbs
    28