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2022 Baseball Roster

John Byrum
John Byrum

1 Matty Brown

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 175
  • B/T B/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chandler, Ariz.
  • High School Perry

Biography

2022: Played in 15 games with two starts at second base… Recorded one hit and scored four runs… Made first start at second base against Monmouth (2/25) at Flour Field with two at-bats… Made second start against Penn (3/6) and scored a run… Recorded a hit and scored a run against Presbyterian (5/11) … Named to Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Played in 49 games with 44 starts at shortstop ... Recorded 25 hits, 28 runs scored and 16 RBIs, along with seven stolen bases ... At Gardner-Webb (2/19) walked twice and scored twice ... In the second game against Gardner-Webb (2/20) scored twice as he had a single and stole two bases ... Had a solo home run at ETSU (4/11) in the fifth inning ... In the second game of the doubleheader at ETSU (4/11) had two hits and scored twice ... Against the College of Charleston (4/21) had a two-run homer in the first inning ... Scored a pair of runs against Samford (4/30) ... Against The Citadel (5/9) drove in two runs and scored twice ... At Western Carolina (5/15) had two hits and scored a pair of runs ... Against Mercer (5/21) had two hits, including a triple that drove in two runs ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team. 

2020: Started eleven games at shortstop ... Batted .233 with seven hits and four runs scored ... Against UNC Asheville (2/19) had two hits and scored twice ... Drove in a pair of runs on a double against Merrimack (2/29) ... Added two hits against La Salle (3/7) ... Preseason All-Southern Conference first team ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and SoCon Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Played in the Arizona Collegiate League during the summer. 

2019: Played in 37 games with 31 starts at shortstop ... Batted .304 on the season with 31 hits, 19 RBIs and a pair of home runs ... Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... In first career start against Harvard (3/2) scored a run and had two stolen bases ... Against Gardner-Webb (3/1) had three hits, including a three-run homer in the sixth inning ... Had three hits and two stolen bases against Lafayette (3/15) ... At Presbyterian (3/27) had a solo home run ... Against Mercer (3/30) had three hits and two RBIs ... Had two hits each in the Friday (4/5) and Sunday (4/7) games at Western Carolina ... In the series opener against VMI (4/12) had two hits and drove in four runs ... At ETSU (4/19) had four hits, including two doubles, and scored three runs ... Missed the final month of the season due to injury ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior at Perry High School, led the team in most offensive categories, including batting average (.370), stolen bases (14), runs (27) and home runs (3) ... Named team’s MVP as the squad advanced to the second round of the state playoffs ... Earned first team All-CUSD, first team All-Premier Region and second team All-State honors ... Selected to the Arizona 6A State All-Star game ... During his junior season, was second on the team with a .365 batting average as the team finished fifth in the state ... Named second team All-Division and All-Region ... As a sophomore, was limited to six games due to injury ... During his freshman year had a .449 batting average as the starting shortstop ... Twice received the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) Scholar-Athlete Award and a member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Born December 28, 1999 ... Son of Robert and Donna Brown ... Majoring in psychology.

HONORS & AWARDS
- 2019 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
- 2018-19 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 Preseason All-Southern Conference First Team
- 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference
- 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference
- 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

    Infielder
    5'8" 170 lbs
    1
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    2020Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'8" 175 lbs
    1
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    2021Junior

    Infielder
    5'8" 175 lbs
    1
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    2022Senior

    Infielder
    5'8" 175 lbs
    1