Matt Winn's Career Stats
2015: 2015 Louisville Slugger Third Team All-American, the first VMI player to make an upperclass AA Team outright...Johnny Bench Award finalist, one of three catchers from which the top D1 backstop was chosen...drafted in the 14th round of the MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants...hit .304 with 14 home runs and played in all but one of VMI's games...14 home runs ranked tied for fourth in the conference and his slugging percentage of .586 was ninth...home run total was tied for the third-most in Keydet history and was the most in the program since 2010...finished with the top recorded fielding percentage (minimum 600 chances) in school history, the fifth-most total chances and the sixth-most putouts...drew five walks and was hit by a pitch during Western Carolina DH 5/15...had the best offensive game of his career 5/3 against Mercer, hitting two home runs and driving in six...saw 14-game hitting streak snapped in Citadel finale 4/26...threw out the potential tying runs to end the eighth and ninth inning 4/18 (game 1) at GWU, also hit 5 for 13 in the series...3 for 4 with a home run and three RBI in 4/4 (game 2) win at Furman...3 for 4 in 3/31 loss at Virginia Tech...homered in back to back games at Wofford 3/20-21...2 for 5 with a home run in 3/11 win at JMU...went 8 for 19 with five runs scored over the season’s first five games.
2014: Named to the Johnny Bench Award watch list for the second straight year...battled illness early in the year, but his first appearance of the year was Reed Garrett's Feb. 21 no-hitter...threw out 21 of 40 runners attempting to steal...went 10 for his final 23 to raise his average over the .200 mark...4 for 4 May 10 against Campbell and had two hits the next day as well...2 for 4 with three RBI in win over Charleston Southern...1 for 4 with two runs scored April 2 at VCU...had his first home run of the year April 22 at James Madison...hit safely in four straight games March 21-28.
2013: Second Team All-Big South catcher...one of 15 catchers in Division I named a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award, given to D1's top catcher annually...was the first Keydet to advance that far for the award, as only two others (Mike Roberts and Alex Haitsuka) had reached the Watch List for the honor previously...was a force both defensively and offensively, hitting .333 to rank eighth in the Big South...his on-base percentage of .449, aided by 14 hit by pitches, ranked fourth in the league...also threw out 41.2% of runners trying to steal against him...saw action in 52 games, starting 44...had a 15-game hitting streak and a 24-game run of reaching base stretch from 3/23 until 4/19...hit over .460 during that run...tied 3/2 game against eventual NCAA Regional participant Binghamton with an extra-inning home run...went 5 for 11 during games of 3/12-3/16 and also caught 3 of 6 runners trying to steal during that time...had two two-hit games in Coastal series in late March, also had three doubles and nabbed three of four attempted basestealers...2 for 4 with two runs scored at #4 Virginia on April 3...went a stunning 10 for 15 (.667 BA) in games played 4/2 - 4/7...3 for 4 with three RBI in 4/23 loss to Virginia Tech...2 for 4 with a walk in finale of Liberty series 4/27...2 for 5 with two RBI in finale against Winthrop (5/12), including an RBI single off WU relief ace Eric Ruth, which was just the second earned run Ruth had surrendered all season.
2012: Strong defensive catcher saw action in 48 games, starting 41...threw out 27.9% of runners trying to steal, including two in collegiate debut against South Carolina...also hit .220 on the year with two home runs...had a two-hit game against Youngstown State March 9, but was hitting just .133 going into March 21's game at Virginia...collected two hits that night and started a five-game run during which he raised his average over 70 points...had his first career home run in his home town of Richmond, going deep April 10 at VCU...that was part of a four-game hitting streak for Winn...also had a seven-game hitting streak run April 21 - May 2, during which he hit .375 with a home run and four doubles...home run came May 1 against VCU...had the eventual game-winning double May 11 against Charleston Southern...also notched two hits in season-ending win at VCU, as he went 4 for 11 with two home runs against his hometown Rams on the season.
2011: Did not see game action.
High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner at JR Tucker…former All-District catcher, hitting .469 his junior year…also hit a solid .333 during his final high school campaign…former player for the 2009 Virginia Commonwealth Games team…also played in the VHSL and Legion All-Star games…son of Brenda and Marshall Winn...will major in International Studies at VMI.
Career Highs
AB - 6, at VCU, 4/17/13
R - 4, at Western Carolina, 5/14/15
H - 4, vs. Mercer, 5/3/15
2B - 2 (4x), Last vs. Samford, 3/29/15
3B - 1 (2x), Last vs. Richmond, 4/9/14
HR - 2, vs. Mercer, 5/3/15
RBI - 6, vs. Mercer, 5/3/15
BB - 3 (3x), Last at Western Carolina (Game 1), 5/15/15
SB - 1, vs. Charleston Southern (Game 1), 5/17/14
Hit Streak - 14 (2x), Last 4/3/15 - 4/26/15
