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Bruce Butler
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Bruce Butler
Bruce Butler

8 Garrett Matheny

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Perry Hall, Md.
  • Highschool Calvert Hall

Biography

As a Senior (2022):

  • Appeared in 25 games with 17 starts
  • Had .309 on-base percentage
  • Collected 11 hits, four doubles and an RBI
  • Played stellar center field with no errors and two assists in 36 chances
  • Had pinch hit against No. 2 Stanford at NCAA Regional
  • Belted 3-run home run in eighth inning against VMI on March 4
  • Member of America East Commissioner's and Binghamton AD Honor Rolls

Before Binghamton:

  • Graduate transfer from Radford University
  • Played four years for Highlanders
  • Appeared in 139 career games with 119 starts
  • Amassed 110 career hits, 12 home runs, 61 RBI and .375 on-base percentage
  • Didn't commit a fielding error in 233 chances in outfield during four-year career 
  • As senior started 43 of 45 games in center field and as leadoff hitter (.289)
  • Led team with 14 stolen bases and collected 18 extra-base hits
  • Second on team with 32 RBI and 37 runs scored
  • As junior started and played all 17 games in center field (COVID-shortened season)
  • Ranked 10th nationally and tied for first in the Big South with a team-high three triples
  • Led Radford and ranked fifth in the Big South with six stolen bases
  • Had hits in seven of the last eight games of the season, including two-hit performances in each of Radford's first four home games
  • Appeared in 36 games as sophomore in 2019
  • Hit .304 in Big South Conference games 
  • Had a .377 on-base percentage and .388 slugging percentage
  • Made transition from high school catcher to outfield as freshman
  • Appeared in 46 games, earning 45 starts in 2018
  • Collected 34 hits and 20 RBIs
  • Totaled 15 extra-base hits and finished third on team with five home runs
  • Put together best game against Charleston Southern (April 20) with 3-for-5 showing with two home runs (GS), five RBIs
  • Named Big South Freshman of the Week (April 30) after going 6-for-15 the plate with two doubles and three RBIs in four games
  • Dean's List recipient all four years at Radford

In High School:

  • Three-year letterwinner at Calvert Hall College High
  • Rated as top catching prospect in the state of Maryland by Perfect Game
  • Rated as fifth best player in the state by Prep Baseball Report
  • Two-time All-State and two-time All-MIAA selection
  • Led Calvert Hall to three MIAA State Championship games
  • Preseason all-state selection
  • Brooks Robinson All-Star Team honoree
  • Earned All-conference and all-area honors
  • Played travel ball for Mid-Atlantic Red Sox
  • Two-time Baltimore Prep Player of the Week
  • Had 37 hits, 24 stolen bases and five home runs in his senior year
  • Hit .390 with seven home runs as a junior
  • Also ran indoor track for the Cardinals, earning all-state honors as a sprinter while winning a state championship as a junior.

Personal:

  • Parents are Kevin and Stacy Matheny
  • Younger brother Kyle plays baseball at University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
  • Father played in the Boston Red Sox organization
  • Mom played softball and basketball at Kutztown University
  • Grandfather, Vern, played football for the Green Bay Packers
  • Enrolled in graduate school pursuing master's degree in human rights

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