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Jersey Number 22
Matthew Johnson
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Owensboro, Ky.
- Prev School:
- Apollo HS
Bio
2015
Played in 45 contests and made 38 starts ... hit .224 with three homers and 23 RBIs ... his 11 doubles were second-most on the team ... scored 14 runs ... had eight multi-hit games ... recorded three hits at SIU Edwardsville (3/14) ... recorded a career-best four RBIs against UT Martin (3/8) ... had the first night game home run in MSU history, under the lights at Reagan Field against JSU (4/2)
2014
Appeared in 20 games...hit .208 with a double and seven RBIs...went 1-for-2 with an RBI in his first collegiate action against Mid-Continent...made his first start in finale against North Dakota State...drove in career-best three runs in second game of a doubleheader against Morehead State...started final two games against SIU Edwardsville at third base...went 2-for-4 with a run scored in th emiddle game of the series...was hit by a pair of pitches against Southern Illinois...delivered a first-inning RBI single at Southern Illinois...came in late in the series opener against Eastern Illinois, going 1-for-2 with an RBI...went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the victory over SEMO...also walked and was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
2013
Red-shirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Bob Mantooth at Apollo High School...helped the Eagles to three district championships and a pair of region titles...four-time all-district selection...earned all-region honors his last three years...named honorable mention all-state as a junior and senior...also lettered in football.
PERSONALÂ
Born Matthew Thomas Johnson on July 16, 1993...son of Debbie Johnson...has one sister, Meghan...accounting major.
Played in 45 contests and made 38 starts ... hit .224 with three homers and 23 RBIs ... his 11 doubles were second-most on the team ... scored 14 runs ... had eight multi-hit games ... recorded three hits at SIU Edwardsville (3/14) ... recorded a career-best four RBIs against UT Martin (3/8) ... had the first night game home run in MSU history, under the lights at Reagan Field against JSU (4/2)
2014
Appeared in 20 games...hit .208 with a double and seven RBIs...went 1-for-2 with an RBI in his first collegiate action against Mid-Continent...made his first start in finale against North Dakota State...drove in career-best three runs in second game of a doubleheader against Morehead State...started final two games against SIU Edwardsville at third base...went 2-for-4 with a run scored in th emiddle game of the series...was hit by a pair of pitches against Southern Illinois...delivered a first-inning RBI single at Southern Illinois...came in late in the series opener against Eastern Illinois, going 1-for-2 with an RBI...went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the victory over SEMO...also walked and was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
2013
Red-shirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Bob Mantooth at Apollo High School...helped the Eagles to three district championships and a pair of region titles...four-time all-district selection...earned all-region honors his last three years...named honorable mention all-state as a junior and senior...also lettered in football.
PERSONALÂ
Born Matthew Thomas Johnson on July 16, 1993...son of Debbie Johnson...has one sister, Meghan...accounting major.
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