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2023 Baseball Roster

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9 Matt Venuto

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mansfield, Mass.
  • Highschool Bishop Hendricken

Biography

2023: MAAC All-Academic Team…Played in 22 games before suffering a season ending injury while amassing 21 hits, four homers, 17 RBI, and 15 runs scored…Notched a base hit in the first seven games of the season as he hit .344 (11-for-32) in that span (2/17 – 3/4)…Launched a home run in his first two outings of the year (2/17 – 2/18)…Blasted a pair of homers and drove in four in the win at North Florida (3/12)…Tallied six hits in the series at George Washington, highlighted by a 3-for-4 performance in the finale (2/26).

2022: NEIBA All-New England Second Team…All-MAAC Second Team…MAAC All-Tournament Team…MAAC All-Academic Team…Batted .327 with nine home runs and 35 RBI during the season…Ended the year on a five-game hitting streak where he batted .429 (9-for-21) with nine runs scored (5/19-5/27)…Hit .556 (5-for-9) with four runs scored, four RBI, and a homer in the MAAC Tournament (5/26-5/27)…Collected back-to-back three hit games against Saint Peter’s and batted .582 (7-for-12) with six RBI in the series against the Peacocks (4/22-4/24)…Hit the game-tying three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth against Monmouth (5/8)…Launched a homer in back-to-back games at Manhattan (4/15-4/16)…Recorded a .462 average (6-for-13) with eight runs scored against Quinnipiac (5/12-5/14)…Hit the game-tying double in the ninth inning against Saint Peter’s (4/23).

2021: Austin Regional All-Tournament Team…MAAC All-Academic Team…Named to the Austin Regional All-Tournament team after hitting .462 with three RBI in Fairfield’s four Regional contests…Batted .373 in 24 appearances and 20 starts while driving in 13 RBI…Recorded five multi-hit contests including in back-to-back starts against Manhattan (4/23-4/24)…Went 1-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBI in his first start of the season (3/21).

2020: Started five of his seven appearances…Had six hits, three runs, and a .353 batting average…Launched his first career home run, a grand slam against Harvard where he amassed three hits (3/6)…Also had two hits and scored a run against North Carolina A&T.

BEFORE FAIRFIELD: Providence Journal All-State Selection after playing four seasons at Bishop Hendricken High School…Helped the Hawks to the 2019 Rhode Island State Championship…First Team All-Division and All-City selection…Batted .611 with 18 doubles and 28 RBI his senior year…Clubbed five homers with a 1.343 OPS and a .456 batting average his junior season.
 
PERSONAL: Parents are Stephanie and James…Born on May 28, 2000…Father James played baseball at Boston College and brother James was a first baseman at Elon.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2020Freshman

    Catcher
    6'0" 195 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2021Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'0" 195 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2022Junior

    Catcher
    6'0" 195 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    Catcher
    6'0" 215 lbs
    9