2019 Baseball Roster

20 Matt Reitano

  • Position C
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 220
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

Senior
  • Started 18 of the 27 games he played in
  • Batted .130 with an on base percentage of .319
  • Recorded seven hits and eight walks
  • Showed his toughness by getting hit eight times by pitches
Junior
  • Named All-Big West Honorable Mention
  • Played 43 games as a catcher and third base starting 33 times
  • Hit .238 with 25 hits, nine for extra bases including 3 HR
  • Scored 17 runs and drove in 17 as well
  • Caught 16 of 31 attempted base stealers, posted a fielding percentage of .996 behind the plate
Sophomore
  • Appeared in 20 games while starting 9
  • Hit .212 (7-33) and earned 6 runs
  • Drove in 5 RBI 
  • Played summer ball for two seasons for West Coast League's Wenatchee Apple Sox

Freshman
  • Played 38 games starting 25
  • Hit .200 with three doubles, a triple, and a HR
  • Scored nine runs while driving in seven
  • Played summer ball with the Wenatchee Apple Sox of the West Coast League
  • Hit .179 in 36 games with four doubles and a triple
  • Scored 17 runs while driving home 10
 
Mira Mesa High School
  • 2015 team Most Valuable Player
  • Hit .286 his senior year with 20 hits and four RBI
  • Had seven doubles and a home run
  • Sported a .420 on-base percentage
  • 2013 team advanced to the CIF Division I finals
  • Won the 2012 Gold Glove Award
  • Also lettered in football as a free safety and tigth end
  • National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete and Hall of Fame inductee his senior season
  • Voted the defensive team MVP in 2014
  • All-Eastern League Defense first-team choice as a junior and sophomore
  • Selected as the 2012 defensive team captain
  • Holds the single-season record with seven blocked kicks
  • Owns the career mark for most blocked kicks with nine
  • Played club baseball for Encinitas Reds under Frani LaPena and West Coast Bulldogs/Clippers under coach Ben Adams
 
Personal
  • Parents are Rick and Monica, one sibling, Morgan
  • Father played football at Western New Mexico and Phoenix JC
  • Sister, Morgan, played soccer, field hockey, and swam in high school
  • Majoring in biological sciences concentrating in exercise science
  • Wishes to attend medical school
  • Received the 2015 U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award
  • Chosen to the National Society of High School Scholars in 2012-13
  • Three-time Mira Mesa High School Top Scholar Award winner
  • Volunteers at the San Diego County Food Bank
  • Helps with Mira Mesa Youth Football and San Diego Coastkeeper

Statistics

Season:
2019

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2016Freshman

    C
    5'11" 195 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2017Sophomore

    C
    5'11" 190 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2018Junior

    Catcher
    6'1" 220 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2019Senior

    Catcher
    6'0" 220 lbs
    20