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William & Mary Athletics

2022 Baseball Roster

12 Matt Thomas

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lovettsville, Va.
  • High School Lake Braddock

Biography

2022
First-team All-CAA selection… Led the CAA in conference only games with a .400 batting average and 42 hits, nine more than the next player… Was the Tribe’s leader with a .318 batting average, 64 hits, 41 runs scored, and 101 total bases… Led the team with 20 multi-hit games and had 10 games with at least two RBI… Accumulated a team-high 10 game hitting streak… Finished top-10 in the CAA in batting average, on base percentage, OPS, runs scored, and hits… Knocked in 34 men and stole 10 bases… Homered and had a pair of RBI at Duke (Mar. 22)... Tripled and knocked in a season-high three runners in a win over UNCW (Mar. 25)... Had two hits in all three games in the series at Northeastern… Had a career-high five hits including a pair of doubles, and scored a season-high four times in a win over Delaware (May 13)... Singled and doubled, scoring three times in a win over Delaware (May15)... Had three hits and knocked in three men, while scoring twice in a win at Elon (May 19)... Added three hits including a triple at Elon (May 21)... Finished the season with 12 doubles, two triples, and seven home runs.

2021
Saw action in all 43 games and made 42 starts for the Tribe in 2021 primarily in right field… Finished second on the team with 26 runs scored and 20 runs batted in… Was also second on the team with five homers and 13 doubles… Racked up 43 hits and 73 total bases to go with seven steals… Had 13 multi-hit games and four games with at least two runs batted in… Hit a solo homer in the Tribe win over George Mason on March 6… Had a pair of hits, a run, and an RBI in the win over UNCW on March 20… Homered, tripled, and scored three runs in the Tribe’s win over Richmond on April 4… Homered and scored twice at Elon on April 10 and repeated the stat line against Elon on April 17 in a win… Scored three times on three hits against James Madison on April 25… Had seven hits including three doubles and scored four times in three CAA Tournament games… Finished with an outstanding .991 fielding percentage. 


2020
Started all 17 games of abbreviated season… Finished the season with 16 hits, 11 runs scored, and 10 RBI… Led the CAA with 15 walks… Reached base in 12 straight ballgames… Went 2-3 with a stolen base and two RBI against ECU (2/16)... was 2-3 with a run scored and a pair of walks at Virginia (2/25)... Set new career-highs with three hits and three RBI in a win over Merrimack (3/7)... Tied a career-high with three runs scored in a win over Georgetown (3/1)... Finished the season with a .429 on-base percentage… Played perfect defense committing no errors in 41 chances with five assists… Had a pair of outfield assists against West Virginia (2/29) and assists in back to back games vs. George Mason (3/4) and Merrimack (3/6). 

2019
Saw action in 36 games with 32 starts for the Green and Gold during his freshman season … Finished the season with 22 hits, three doubles, eight RBI, and 23 runs scored … Made his collegiate debut as he earned the start and collected a hit and RBI in the season opener against Marist (2/15) … Drove in a run and scored a run in the series finale against the Red Foxes (2/17) … Collected two hits and scored two runs in a win against Sacred Heart (2/24) … Scored a run in the victory over Virginia (2/26) … Picked up a pair of hits, including a double, and scored at High Point (3/2) …  Drove in a run against Campbell (3/9) … Scored a run in six straight games played from March 19-March 27 … Had a pair of RBI in the win at VCU (3/19) … Collected a pair of hits against Old Dominion (3/26) … Scored twice in the win against (Norfolk State (3/27) … Crossed the plate three times in the win at UNCW (3/30) … Drove in runs in back-to-back games at Delaware (4/7) and at Maryland (4/9) … Doubled in the middle game of the series against James Madison (4/13).

High School
Played four seasons of baseball at Lake Braddock High School...As a senior, picked All-Conference and All-Region Player of the Year...In his third season, named First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Region...Registered impressive stats a .532 batting average, .619 on base percentage and 42 hits...Competed for a pair of club teams in the Evoshield Canes and Marucci Stars.

Personal
Son of David and Stacey Thomas...Grandparents, Carol and David Thomas attended William & Mary...Father, David, played baseball at George Mason...Majoring in Finance.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2019Freshman

    C/OF
    6'1" 185 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020Sophomore

    UTIL
    6'1" 185 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021Junior

    UTIL
    6'1" 185 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2022Senior

    UTIL
    6'1" 185 lbs
    12