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2022 Baseball Roster

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15 Matt Suggs

  • Position C
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 195
  • Hometown Wilmington, N.C.
  • High School Hoggard

Biography

Honors & Awards
  • 2022 Honorable Mention All-CAA
  • 2021 First-Team All-CAA at catcher
  • 2021 CAA All-Tournament selection
2022 (Red-shirt junior): Signed as a non-drafted free agent with Washington ... Honorable mention All-CAA at catcher ... Started 50-of-51 games played between catcher and the outfield ... Second in the CAA in home runs (13) and RBI's (48), both totals led the Seahawks ... Was second with 12 hit by pitches ... Drove in multiple runs over a six-game stretch (3/20-4/1) where he totaled 14 RBI's ... Had 10 multi-hit games, including five 3-hit games.

2021 (Red-shirt Sophomore): Started 51 games, including 41 at catcher ... Also started games in right field and designated hitter ... Second on team with 11 home runs and led team with 13 hit by pitches ... Closed out season with six-game hitting streak and hit safely in 11-of-12 games ... Fashioned a career-long hitting streak of seven games (3/17-27), hitting .571 (12-21) over that stretch ... Tied for third in the league with 11 home runs ... Knocked in career-high four runs and collected three hits against Western Carolina (2/28) ... Posted 10 games with multiple RBI's ... Homered and stole a base at NC State (5/11).

2020 (Sophomore): Played in 14 games, starting 13 between the outfield and catcher ... Homered twice, including a game-ending three-run home run against #19 East Carolina (3/11) in the last game of the season ... Also homered at Kentucky (2/23) and finished with two hits and scored three runs.

2019 (Freshman): Made 26 starts behind the plate while seeing action in 34 games ... Had five doubles and drove in nine runs ... Doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs against North Carolina (5/31) at Chapel Hill Regional ... Collected three hits and drove in two against Delaware (5/4) ... Posted first career hit against Marshall (2/24).

Hoggard: Named All-Area by the Wilmington Star News … Also tabbed as All-Mideastern Conference for three seasons … Represented Region 2 in the North Carolina State Game in 2016 and 2017 … Named Rawlings/Perfect Game Atlantic Regional honorable mention … Hit .427 and led the conference with a .627 slugging percentage …  Scored 30 runs and hit three home runs his senior season … Finished prep career with Vikings with .369 batting average, .417 on base average and 533 slugging percentage.

Summer Baseball: Played for the Dirtbags and Rock Solid programs … Competed at WWBA Tournaments in Florida and Georgia with the Dirtbags.

Personal: Full name: Matthew King Suggs … Born in Wilmington, N.C. … Son of Melody and Stan Suggs … Both parents attended UNCW.

Statistics

Season:
2022

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2019Freshman

    Catcher
    5'10" 180 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'10" 192 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'10" 200 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Catcher
    5'10" 195 lbs
    15