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Matt Brown

2024

Named All-Big West Second Team
Big West Pitcher of the Week March 18
NCBWA National Pitcher of the Year Semifinalist
Made 17 appearances starting 16 with 94.1 innings pitched
9-2 record with a 3.91 ERA striking out 99 to 23 walks
Set a program record with 334 career strikeouts
Struck out 11 on April 19 vs. San Diego State for fourth outing in his career with 10+ strikeouts

2023

Made 15 appearances in 2023 with 12 starts
7-2 record with a 5.16 ERA
66.1 innings with 58 strikeouts to 15 walks
Entered the top 10 in program history for strikeouts all-time
Season-high 11 strikeouts in a win vs. Hawai'i May 7
Final two home starts went 5.0 and 5.1 perfect innings to start games vs. Hawai'i and UC Riverside

2022

UCI Friday starter starting all 15 weekends
Posted a 2-6 record with 3.23 ERA
Tossed 86.1 IP with 31 walks and 82 strikeouts
Season highs of 7.0 IP three times, nine strikeouts twice at Kansas State and vs. Iowa
Big West Spring All-Academic
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll with honors
UC Irvine Scholar-Athlete

2021

Named Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American
Named All-Big West Second Team
Twice named Big West Pitcher of the Week March 22, tossing eight, two-hit innings in a win at UC Davis with seven strikeouts, and May 24, striking out 10 allowing zero earned runs over 7.2 innings in a win at CSUB
Made 17 appearances in 2021 starting 16 times on the mound
Posted career bests with 8.2 innings April 17 at Cal Poly, and two 10-strikeout performances highlighted by 12 strikeouts vs. UC Riverside May 15
Led team with 86.2 innings posting a 3.43 ERA and 7-4 record

2020

Made four appearances on the mound starting three times
Went 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA in 14.2 innings
Allowed eight earned runs while walking six and striking out 16
Recorded career-best outing at USC going six innings allowing two hits, zero runs, zero walks, and seven strikeouts

Tesoro High School

Personal

Parents attended USC and Florida Institute of Technology
One sister
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Graduated in summer of 2023 with a degree in economics and a minor in sociology
Wears #13 to honor his dad who also wore the number
Fan of Bryce Harper, Aaron Nola, Margot Robbie, and all Philadelphia sports teams, watching his favorite TV show, Better Call Saul, and listening to Post Malone
Enjoys watching football, cheeseburgers and fries, the movies Django Unchained, Get Smart, and Caddyshack, anteaters, apples, and would love to visit Iceland

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