2011 - Named Capital One Academic All-America First Team, NCBWA All-America First Team, Baseball America All-America Third Team, Louisville Slugger All-America Third Team and CBI All-America First Team ... earned All-SoCon First Team honors ... finished third in the country with 80 RBIs and was second on the team with a batting average of .345 ... blasted 18 home runs and boasted a slugging percentage of .672 ... won the Southern Conference Dave Hart Graduate Scholar award ... graduated Summa Cum Laude and was drafted by the Texas Rangers.
2010 - Named Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league's coaches and the media... Garnered All-Southern Conference First Team honors... ABCA/Rawlings All-America Third Team... ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region First Team... ESPN Academic-All District III First Team... One of eight Division I players selected to compete in the TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby... NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional All-Tournament Team... SoCon Player of the Week (4/19)... One of two Cougars to play in all 63 games, making 61 starts at third base and two at DH... Batted .326 with a .690 slugging percentage... Led the team in home runs (21), runs batted in (88), hit by pitch (22), total bases (167) and sacrifice flies (7)... Had 24 multi-hit games, including a 5-for-5 effort against USC Upstate (5/11)... Led the Cougars with 23 multi-RBI games, including a season-high six RBI against USC Upstate (5/11).
2009 - Sat out the season ...
2008 - Played in 30 games, starting two ... hit .300 with a homer and 13 RBI ... scored 10 runs ... added four doubles ... three walks ... hit .400 with runners on base and .368 with runners in scoring position ... led the team with seven pinch-hits ... was 7-for-21 as a PH (.333) ... hit .344 (11-32) off the bench with a homer and 13 RBI ... hit .357 (5-14) with a homer and six RBI in 14 SoCon games ... had two hits vs. Savannah State ... had two RBI vs. UNCG and Elon ... had a two-game hitting streatk ... hit dramatic game-tying two-run PH homer in the ninth inning at UNCG ...
Notes - Played for coach Casm Mazza at American Heritage High School ... helped the Stallions to a 25-6 record in 2006 and a 24-8 mark in 2007 ... earned five varsity letters in baseball ... named first team all-area ... second team all-state ... hit .421 with three homers, 32 RBI and 24 runs scored as a junior ...
Personal - Born Matthew William Leeds on December 22, 1989 on Old Brookville, N.Y. ... parents are Janet and Robert Leeds ... majoring in business administration.
