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2018 Baseball Roster

33 Matt Albert

  • Position Catcher/Infield
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Major Kinesiology
  • Hometown Bettendorf, Iowa
  • Highschool Bettendorf

Biography

SENIOR (2018): Played in 47 games, making 43 starts as a senior...finished the season with 64 total bases, 34 hits, 31 RBIs, 22 walks, 21 runs, nine doubles, and seven home runs on the season...had a pair of two-four RBI games for the Panthers in the 2018 season against Morehead State and UT Martin..

JUNIOR (2017): Played in 55 games, making 54 starts between first base and designated hitter in his first season at EIU... finished the year with 54 hits and batted .273... collected 10 doubles, one triple, 16 home runs, drove in 52 runs, and scored 39 times... earned first career start and collected first hit at EIU on Feb. 18 at South Alabama... hit first home run and finished with his first four-RBI game on Mar. 4 at Kansas State... ended the year with 15 multi-hit games including 10 games with two hits and five games with three hits... first three-hit game came on Mar. 10 at Samford... hit two home runs in a game three different times... Mar. 10 at Samford, Mar. 19 at Jacksonville State and Apr. 2 at Tennessee Tech... drove in two runs in a game six times, three runs three times and four runs five times throughout the year... tied for a team-high of reaching base in 21-straight games from Apr. 14-May 18... tied for ninth in EIU single-season history with 16 home runs... the 16 home runs ranked 19th in NCAA... ranks seventh all-time in single-single for hit by pitches with 12... OVC Medal of Honor Winner... 

Kishwaukee CC: Earned JUCO All-Region IV honors last season playing for coach Josh Pethoud at Kishwaukee CC... hit for both power and average during the season finishing the year with a .416 average to go along with 17 doubles, 15 home runs and 63 RBI.. also excelled in the class room earning his degree with a 3.9 grade point average.  

Bettendorf HS: Earned all-conference honors during his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons... named to the all-state team his senior year... hit .444 during his senior season... belted 20 home runs during his high school career...

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