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Jersey Number 24
Matt Richardson
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 198
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lawrenceburg, KY
- High School/Previous School:
- Anderson County HS
Bio
CAREER:
Power-hitting former junior college All-American outfielder positioned to challenge for starting status in 2007 ... Hit .308 with 37 games played (14 starts) as a junior ... One of seven seniors and the lone Kentuckian on this year's club ... Two-time SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll selection.
Played in 37 games as a junior, drawing 14 starts - 13 in right field and one as the designated hitter ... Hit .308 with 20 hits in 65 at-bats ... Parlayed five doubles, two triples and a home run into the team's fourth-highest slugging percentage (.492) ... Delivered a pinch-hit single to left for his first career hit in MSU's 3-1 win over Marist College (Feb. 26) ... Drew his first career start (DH) and went 1-for-3 in MSU's series-opening 9-5 win over Arkansas State (Mar. 3) ... Tripled and singled in a 2-for-2 effort against Louisiana Tech (Mar. 7) for the first of four multi-hit plate performances ... Also went 2-for-3 at South Carolina (Apr. 30), a season-best 4-for-5 against Mississippi Valley State (May 2) and 2-for-2 against Mississippi (May 20) ... Delivered a two-run blast, his lone home run and game-winning RBI of the year, in his first career SEC plate appearance and his second start of the season at Louisiana State (Mar. 24) ... Doubled twice and drew a walk in his four-hit showing against MVSU (May 2) ... Committed one fielding error in 28 chances in right field ... Hit seventh or eighth in the MSU batting order ... Among a school-record 21 Diamond Dogs named to the 2006 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
Sat out the 2005 season as a redshirt ... 2005 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll ... First-team All-Jayhawk League summer league selection in 2005.
Two-year standout as the rightfielder at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill. ... Hit 33 home runs with 140 RBI in two seasons on the junior college level ... Hit .382 as a 51-game starter in 2004, driving in 66 runs and hitting an NJCAA-leading and school record-tying 18 home runs ... Coached by Jerry Halstead ... Earned first-team NJCAA All-America Team honors as a sophomore ... Honored as the Great Rivers Athletic Conference and Region 24 Player of the Year ... Fashioned a team-best .780 slugging percentage and drew a team-high 31 walks ... Sustained a torn labrum and underwent successful shoulder surgery at the end of his sophomore season ... Hit a team-leading .378 with 74 RBI, 18 doubles and 15 home runs en route to 2003 GRAC Freshman of the Year honors ... Two-time all-conference and all-district honoree.
Three-year letterman and two-time all-district and all-region standout at Anderson County High School in Lawrenceburg, Ky. ... Coached by Tommy Barnes ... Batted .410 with 12 home runs as a senior in 2002 ... Paced the ?01 Bearcats with a .480 batting average and 14 home runs ... Also drove in a career-high 50 runs and was named to the Kentucky East-West High School All-Star Team following his junior season ... Three-time academic all-state honoree at ACHS.
Born Matthew Lee Richardson on October 8, 1983 in Frankfort, Ky. ... Son of Ricky and Marianne Richardson of Lawrenceburg, Ky. ... Majoring in general business administration.
Power-hitting former junior college All-American outfielder positioned to challenge for starting status in 2007 ... Hit .308 with 37 games played (14 starts) as a junior ... One of seven seniors and the lone Kentuckian on this year's club ... Two-time SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll selection.
2006:
Played in 37 games as a junior, drawing 14 starts - 13 in right field and one as the designated hitter ... Hit .308 with 20 hits in 65 at-bats ... Parlayed five doubles, two triples and a home run into the team's fourth-highest slugging percentage (.492) ... Delivered a pinch-hit single to left for his first career hit in MSU's 3-1 win over Marist College (Feb. 26) ... Drew his first career start (DH) and went 1-for-3 in MSU's series-opening 9-5 win over Arkansas State (Mar. 3) ... Tripled and singled in a 2-for-2 effort against Louisiana Tech (Mar. 7) for the first of four multi-hit plate performances ... Also went 2-for-3 at South Carolina (Apr. 30), a season-best 4-for-5 against Mississippi Valley State (May 2) and 2-for-2 against Mississippi (May 20) ... Delivered a two-run blast, his lone home run and game-winning RBI of the year, in his first career SEC plate appearance and his second start of the season at Louisiana State (Mar. 24) ... Doubled twice and drew a walk in his four-hit showing against MVSU (May 2) ... Committed one fielding error in 28 chances in right field ... Hit seventh or eighth in the MSU batting order ... Among a school-record 21 Diamond Dogs named to the 2006 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2005:
Sat out the 2005 season as a redshirt ... 2005 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll ... First-team All-Jayhawk League summer league selection in 2005.
JUNIOR COLLEGE:
Two-year standout as the rightfielder at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill. ... Hit 33 home runs with 140 RBI in two seasons on the junior college level ... Hit .382 as a 51-game starter in 2004, driving in 66 runs and hitting an NJCAA-leading and school record-tying 18 home runs ... Coached by Jerry Halstead ... Earned first-team NJCAA All-America Team honors as a sophomore ... Honored as the Great Rivers Athletic Conference and Region 24 Player of the Year ... Fashioned a team-best .780 slugging percentage and drew a team-high 31 walks ... Sustained a torn labrum and underwent successful shoulder surgery at the end of his sophomore season ... Hit a team-leading .378 with 74 RBI, 18 doubles and 15 home runs en route to 2003 GRAC Freshman of the Year honors ... Two-time all-conference and all-district honoree.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Three-year letterman and two-time all-district and all-region standout at Anderson County High School in Lawrenceburg, Ky. ... Coached by Tommy Barnes ... Batted .410 with 12 home runs as a senior in 2002 ... Paced the ?01 Bearcats with a .480 batting average and 14 home runs ... Also drove in a career-high 50 runs and was named to the Kentucky East-West High School All-Star Team following his junior season ... Three-time academic all-state honoree at ACHS.
PERSONAL:
Born Matthew Lee Richardson on October 8, 1983 in Frankfort, Ky. ... Son of Ricky and Marianne Richardson of Lawrenceburg, Ky. ... Majoring in general business administration.
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