2023 Baseball Roster
Roster
Matthew Adams
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 189
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Pearland, Texas
- High School:
- Pearland HS
2025 (R-Sr.): Was one of two six-year players on the roster (Chandler Best being the other)…Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District…Earned the Sun Belt Conference’s ELITE Award for having the highest grade point average of the competing athletes on the final day of the league’s championship…Appeared in 18 games and started in 17…His start total ranked tied for No. 5 on the school’s single-season chart with seven others, while his 36 career starts is tied for No. 10…Finished the year with a 6-4 record and a 4.31 ERA…Fanned 89 and walked just 22 in 79 1/3 innings…Earned Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week (2/18), throwing six shutout innings of three-hit baseball with nine strikeouts and one walk against Lafayette (2/15) in his first start of the year…That marked his second career Pitcher of the Week honor…Started mostly during the midweek during early portion of the year, including a 6 2/3 inning performance against UTRGV (3/11) that saw him allow a run on four hits with no walks and a season-high 10 strikeouts for a win…Inserted into weekend rotation in mid-April and won his final three decisions versus Sun Belt foes…Threw a seven-inning complete game shutout versus Old Dominion (5/22) in Sun Belt Tournament, limiting the Monarchs to four hits and four walks with seven strikeouts…Had five starts that lasted six or more innings…Fell in both starts in the NCAA Hattiesburg, losing to Columbia (5/30) and Miami (6/2)…Posted nine strikeouts in the start versus the Hurricanes…Made the Spring 2025 and Fall 2024 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2024 (C-Sr.): Got medical redshirt for an injury…Made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the Spring 2024 and Fall 2023 semesters…Named a team captain for the spring.
2023 (C-Jr): Made 15 appearances, including 14 starts for the Golden Eagles…Posted a 3-2 record with a 4.86 ERA…Ended with 72 strikeouts and only 22 walks…Garnered his first win against Dallas Baptist (3/4) in which he threw a career-best 7 1/3 innings to go along with a career-high 11 strikeouts, giving up two walks and four hits in a 2-1 home victory, earning him Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week honors…Defeated Valparaiso (3/11) in his next outing, giving up three runs over seven innings with seven strikeouts and only two walks on seven hits in an 8-3 contest…Had five straight starts from March 4-April 1 in which he tossed at least five innings in each start…Added nine strikeouts in a five-inning win at ULM (5/14), giving up two runs on four hits with no walks…Finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in strikeouts looking with 29…Ended season with a three-inning performance in his only relief outing against Tennessee (6/12), allowing a run on a hit with three strikeouts in a no decision…Had five or more strikeouts in eight starts…Named to the President’s List selection for the Spring 2023 and Fall 2022 semesters.
2022 (C-So.): Pitched in nine games with five starts…Posted a 2-2 record with a 6.56 ERA…Fanned 32 and walked just six in 23 1/3 innings…Earned initial career victory in first collegiate start at Southeastern Louisiana (4/26), allowing two runs on five hits with six strikeouts and no walks over 3 2/3 innings…Followed that outing with a season-long 6 2/3 frames in a start versus South Alabama (5/3) in which he gave up three runs on four hits with no walks and a season-best nine strikeouts in a no decision…Threw 1 2/3 of scoreless relief with a hit and a strikeout at Middle Tennessee (5/19) to capture second win of the year…Started NCAA Regional contest against LSU (6/5), giving up three runs on four hits with four strikeouts over two innings…Did not allow a walk over his first four appearances, spanning 12 1/3 innings…Played for the Upper Valley Nighthawks of the New England Collegiate Baseball League…Started six games during the summer and posted a 1-0 record with a 3.75 ERA…Fanned 35 and walked 10 in 26 1/3 innings…His only decision came in his final appearance of the summer against Sanford, in which he threw five shutout innings, allowing one hit, no walks and fanning six in a 2-1 victory…Named to President’s List during the Spring 2022 and Fall 2021 semester…A member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and a league Academic Medalist.
2021 (C-Fr.): Appeared in 12 games, all in relief, and posted an 0-1 record with a 5.06 earned run average…Fanned 14 and walked just five, while allowing six runs and 12 hits over 10 2/3 innings…Enjoyed solid opening performance with two shutout innings against Northwestern State (2/22) with a season-high tying three strikeouts…Added three strikeouts in scoreless frame at Alabama (3/23)…Threw a scoreless inning versus Southeast Missouri (6/5) in NCAA Oxford Regional…Allowed just one earned run over his first eight outings, spanning 8 1/3 innings for a 1.08 ERA over that span…Appeared in three games for the Acadiana Cane Cutters in the Texas Collegiate Summer League, posting a 1-0 record with 17 strikeouts and nine walks over nine innings…Earned President’s List honors during both the Spring 2021 and Fall 2020 semesters…Collected a Conference USA Academic Medal and was a member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2020 (Fr.): Appeared in four games and posted an 0-1 record with a 7.45 ERA…Fanned 17 and walked just three over 9 2/3 innings…Opponents hit just .205 against him…Made his debut with a 3 1/3 stint against Murray State (2/16), allowing two runs (one earned) on a walk and five strikeouts…Posted season-high six strikeouts against Ole Miss (2/25) and Troy (3/10)…Made the President’s List for the Spring 2020 and Fall 2019 semesters…Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the league’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
High School: Earned three letters at Pearland High School…Named All-District at first base and pitcher his junior and senior campaigns…Posted a career 25-5 record with a 1.71 ERA and 84 strikeouts with only 20 walks…Played in the Houston area all-star game…Was an academic all-district selection as well…Team reached area round of the Class 6A Region 1 & 3 Tournament…Helped his school to a 25-11 record his junior season…Threw a six-inning no hitter as a sophomore in a district game.
Personal: Son of Mike and Angela Adams…Dad was a kicker at Houston and grandfather played on the offensive line at West Texas A&M…Graduated in Kinesiotherapy and currently working on masters in business administration…Born June 25…Was a member of the Pearland Little League that went to the 2014 World Series in Williamsport, Va.
