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17 Matthew Bucciero

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ridgefield, Conn.
  • Highschool Ridgefield

Biography

2025: All-MAAC First Team…All-Northeast First Team…CSC Academic All-District…MAAC Championship Most Outstanding Player…MAAC All-Academic Team…Led the team with 15 homers and 67 RBI, both ranking second in the conference…Also tops on the squad in slugging percentage (.633), on-base percentage (.462), and stolen bases (21), all tops in his career…Helped the Stags to the MAAC Championship crown with six hits in the tournament and three multiple hit games (5/23 – 5/25)…Drew a walk, stole a base, and scored the game-tying run in the top of the ninth inning in the MAAC Championship Game (5/25)…Went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, three RBI, and two homers against Rider (5/17)…Had four hits and seven RBI against FDU (4/23)…Recorded an eight-game hitting streak while tallying 18 hits and 17 RBI during that span (4/11 – 4/23)…Went 3-for-5 with a homer and two runs scored at George Washington (3/8)…Tied for the team lead with 21 stolen bases including five in a two-game span at Marist (5/2 – 5/3).

2024: All-MAAC First Team…ECAC All-Star…College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District…MAAC All-Academic Team…Hit .308 with 69 hits, 15 home runs, 61 RBI, and 52 runs scored…Ranked in the top-5 in the MAAC in homers and RBI…Placed in the top-10 in the conference in: slugging percentage (.576), hits, runs scored, and triples (three)…Tied the school’s single-game record with three home runs while also driving in six at the Mount (4/20)…Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two doubles in the regular season finale against Quinnipiac (5/18)…Had 19 multi-hit games…Hit .636 (7-for-11) with four homers, 10 RBI, and six runs scored in the first home series against Fordham and Army (3/16 – 3/17)…Tallied four-straight multi-hit games while driving in eight runs during that span (4/13 – 4/17).

2023: MAAC All-Rookie Team…MAAC Rookie of the Week (4/18)…Fairfield University Male Rookie of the Year…Batted .322 in 47 games with five home runs and 40 RBI in his first season with the Stags…Recorded 18 multi-hit games including three contests with three base knocks…Had three hits and three runs scored with a double and triple at North Florida (3/11)…Tallied an eight-game hitting streak and RBI streak which featured six multi-hit contests while batting .500 (15-for-30) and driving in 16 RBI and scoring 13 runs (4/6 – 4/19)…Launched a home run in back-to-back games against Quinnipiac and Hartford (4/11 – 4/14)…Hit an important home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in the comeback win against Canisius (5/5)…Drew a season-high four walks against Iona (5/18).

BEFORE FAIRFIELD: Two-time All-State and All-FCIAC selection after hitting .481 with a .597 on-base percentage and 27 runs scored for Ridgefield High School…Named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year and selected to play in the Senior All-Star Game.
 
PERSONAL: Parents are Christine and Michael…Mother Christine played softball and volleyball at Concordia College…Has two siblings: Daniel and Christopher…Brother Daniel is playing baseball at Fordham…Major is Business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2023Freshman

    Outfielder
    6'2" 215 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024Sophomore

    Outfielder
    6'2" 225 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2025Junior

    Outfielder
    6'2" 225 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2025-26Senior

    Outfielder
    6'2" 225 lbs
    17