Matt Coutney Season 2022

2022: Second-Team Collegiate Baseball All-American, Second-Team NCBWA All-American, Second-Team ABCA All-American, Second-Team D1Baseball All-American, First-Team All-Region, Conference USA Player of the Year ... First-Team All-Conference USA ... Conference USA All-Tournament Team ... Started all 58 games at first base ... Led the team in batting average, homers, hits, slugging percentage and on-base percentage ... Hit .376 (86-for-229) with a single-season school record 27 home runs, 70 RBIs and scored 66 runs ... Hit 18 doubles ... Had a team-best slugging percentage of .808 and on-base percentage of .473 ... Finished third in the country in homers, fifth in slugging percentage and third in total bases ... Hit .369 against lefties and .378 against righties ... Hit .569 when leading off an inning ... Second in program history with 39 career home runs ... Had a team-best 30 multi-hit games and was second with 19 multi-RBI games ... First hits of the season came in the second game of the year when he went 2-for-4 with two walks and three runs scored against Iona ... Hit his first homer in the 10th game of the season, going 2-for-5 with four RBIs against Bryant ... Went 5-for-7 with two homers, three RBIs and four runs scored in a 23-7 win at MTSU ... Had four multi-home run games ... Tied a program record with a home run in five-straight games, with two of the five multi-homer games ... Had a stretch of six-straight multi-hit games ... Was 4-for-6 with two doubles and three RBIs in the game two win over Marshall ... In the first game of the C-USA Tournament, was 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs against MTSU.

2021: Played in 59 games, starting 58 at first base ... Hit .282 with 10 homers, 38 RBIs and 46 runs scored ... Finished third on the team with 30 walks, and added 11 doubles and a triple ... Had just three errors for a .993 fielding percentage at first base ... Had 16 multi-hit games on the year ... Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, two doubles and two runs scored in a 6-5, 10 inning loss to URI ... Was 3-for-4 with two homers, three runs batted in and three runs scored in a 8-0 win at Marshall ... Drove in a season-high four runs in a 8-2 win at FAU. Collected two hits, including a homer ... Was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in the C-USA Championship game victory over Louisiana Tech ... Hit a home run in the NCAA Regional win over South Carolina.

2020: Started in all 16 games at first base ... Hit .288 with 17 hits, two doubles, two home runs and 17 RBIs ... Recorded a season-high four RBIs in the Monarchs 11-1 win over Rutgers... Put together six multi-hit games... Stole one base against Rutgers (3/8).

PREP: Previously played two years of baseball at Colby Community College ... Was a member of the Dean's List at Colby ... Had 62 RBIs, 14 home runs, six stolen bases and a .422 batting average in 2019 for Colby. 

PERSONAL: Son of Frank and Glenda Coutney ... Has one brother, Brett ... Double majoring in business management and leadership ... Wants to work in local government ... Favorite TV show is Queen of the South ... Chose ODU for the good conference, great coaching staff, and it being a great place to develop and play baseball ... His favorite player is Kyle Battle.