2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Matthew Guidry
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hattiesburg, Miss.
- High School:
- Oak Grove
2020 (R-Sr.): Started all 16 games at second base…Extended his consecutive games reached base streak to 72 games when season ended…Batted .313 with four doubles, a triple, two home runs and 11 RBI…Posted a team-high .566 on-base percentage, by virtue of team highs of both 21 walks and seven times hit by a pitch…Ranks tied for fifth on the school charts for walks with 124…Added 40 times hit by a pitch in his career…Since 2001, Guidry has been hit by a pitch 48 times, the second-most total over that stretch…Held an eight-game hitting streak from Feb. 18-29, hitting .444 (12x27) with four doubles, a triple and two home runs to go along with 10 RBI…Belted first two-homer game of his career against Valparaiso (2/29), knocking in a season-high four runs…Drove in three runs against Central Arkansas (3/23)…One of two teams captains, along with Alex Nelms, for the 2020 season…It is the second year he has had that role…2019 (R-Jr.): Played and started in all 61 games, coming at second base (60) and at designated hitter (1)…Registered a .297 batting average with 13 doubles, three triples and eight home runs with 47 RBI…Ended the year with a 55-game consecutive on-base reached streak…Finished ranked in the NCAA nationally in hit by pitches per game (0.36) at No. 18 and tied for No. 7 in hit by pitches (22)…Enjoyed best month in April as he hit .345 (20x58) with four doubles, a triple, a home run and 17 RBI over 17 games during the month…Had a pair of 11-game hitting streaks during the campaign…Tallied 17 multi-hit contests (16 2-hit, 1 3-hit) and 14 multi-RBI contests (11 2-RBI, 1 3-RBI and 2-4-RBI)…Named the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional all-tournament team, in which he batted 5x19 (.263) with two home runs and nine RBI…Hit a game-tying grand slam against LSU in their first meeting in the regional (6/1) and added a four RBI and a homer in a huge comeback win over Arizona State (6/2)…Had four RBI in both those games, tying his career high…A Dean’s List member for the 2018 Fall semester…Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s List…2018 (R-So.): Played in 56 games, including 52 starts (49 at second base, three at designated hitter)…Batted .328 with 11 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 39 RBI…Stole six of seven base attempts…Ended the season in fine style, posting a .440 batting average (11x25) with seven RBI over the C-USA and NCAA tournaments…Registered a three-hit contest with a double and four runs scored in the C-USA final versus Florida Atlantic (5/27)…Enjoyed an eight-game hitting streak from Feb. 18-March 3, hitting .476 (10x21) over that span…Opened the season with a home run and two RBI against Mississippi State (2/16)…Closed year with home runs in the final two NCAA Tournament games against Arkansas (6/2) and Dallas Baptist (6/3)…Had 15 multi-hit contests (11 two-hit and 4 three-hit)...All four of his three-hit games came against a league opponent FIU (4/15), Old Dominion (4/27), UAB (5/5) and Florida Atlantic (5/27)…Ended season with a reached base streak of 25 contests…Committed just six errors in 205 field chances for a .991 fielding percentage…Earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll accolade for the Spring 2018 and Fall 2017 semesters…Earned C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll…2017 (R-Fr.): Appeared in 45 games, including 22 starts at second base and three as designated hitter…Among players with at least 100 plate appearances, led team with .363 batting average and a .484 on-base percentage…Scored 33 runs, drove in 33, with six doubles, a triple and four home runs…Tallied eight multi-RBI games including four RBI, twice at Rice (4/16) and at UTSA (5/19, G2)…Added nine multi-hit games, including career-high three hits, twice at Rice (4/16) and at UTSA (5/19, G2)…Tallied nine multi-run games with a career-high three runs scored, twice coming at South Alabama (4/25) and versus Florida Atlantic (5/5)…Enjoyed longest hitting streak of five games (4/25-5/5)…Opened NCAA regional play with a two-hit contest, including a triple and three RBI versus UIC (6/2)…Belted grand slam in series finale at Rice (4/16)…Homered twice in the UTSA series at San Antonio over the final weekend of the regular season…Fielded his first 66 chances successfully before making his first error of the campaign…Named to Dean’s List during the Spring 2017 semester…Batted .345 (20x58) for the Upper Valley Nighthawks of the New England Collegiate Baseball League…Tallied six doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI…2016 (Fr.): Redshirted…Played for the Acadiana Cane Cutters in the Texas Collegiate League during the summer, posting a .331 batting average with 11 doubles, two triples and 14 RBI over 40 games…Batted safely in 14 of his final 15 games, in which he registered an at bat…Earned a spot in the league’s All-Star game…Named to the Dean’s List during the fall semester and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester…Awarded C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll as well…Prep: Played for Coach Chris McCardle…One of four former Oak Grove teammates on the Golden Eagles’ roster…Three-year starter, playing left field, third base and shortstop...Compiled .335 career average with 14 doubles, 52 RBIs and 74 runs scored….Warriors won state 6A baseball title in 2014, were runner-ups in 2015…As senior, hit .425, eight doubles, two home runs, 24 RBIs, 31 runs and eight stolen bases…All-State selection…Honor student…As junior, hit .322 with 12 RBIs and 19 runs scored…Personal: Son of Marina Little and Cody Guidry…Five brothers, Rick, J.C., Hudson, Tate, Connor; two sisters, Meg and Camryn…Dad played baseball at Pearl River Community College…Earned his undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and currently working on his Masters of Business Administration…Born Dec. 17, 1996.
