Zack Matthews

Position:
Right Handed Pitcher
Class:
Junior
Height:
5-11
Weight:
202
Bats/Throws:
S/R
Hometown:
Wellston, Okla.
Prev School:
Wellston HS

2020 [Junior]: Appeared in four games in relief… went 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA… pitched 4.0 innings with seven strikeouts and three walks allowed… threw 2.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts, two walks and a hit vs. Virginia (2/15; game 1)… pitched a perfect inning with one strikeouts vs. Texas Southern (2/19).

2019 [Sophomore]: Appeared in 24 games in relief… pitched 24.1 innings with 28 strikeouts and just six walks… earned one save and his record was 0-3 with a 5.18 ERA… tossed 15 scoreless outings… posted multiple strikeouts eight times… struck out two batters and allowed one hit in 1.0 vs. Cal Poly (2/16) and Dallas Baptist (2/20)… struck out all three batters he faced vs. Columbia (3/2; game 2)… tallied three strikeouts in 1.2 scoreless innings at West Virginia (3/29)… struck out four and allowed a run in a season-high 2.0 innings vs. Oral Roberts (4/2)… also pitched 2.0 innings at Kansas State (4/28). Summer 2019: Appeared in two games for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League… struck out five in 2.2 innings.

2018 [Freshman]: Appeared in 11 games out of the bullpen… struck out 15 batters in 9.1 innings and pitched in three combined shutouts… tossed 6.1 scoreless innings across seven outings… struck out three batters in 1.2 shutout frames vs. Alabama (3/4)… struck out two batters in an inning of work vs. Texas Southern (3/14) and vs. Little Rock (4/10)… struck out all three batters in 1.0 inning vs. Kansas State (5/4). Summer 2018: Played for the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League… Made two appearances and pitched 1.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Wellston High School… 2017 Rawlings Perfect Game All-America Honorable Mention and All-Region West First Team… named a Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention in 2016… selected as an All-State Honorable Mention by The Oklahoman in 2017… played for the White Sox at the 2016 Area Code Games.

Personal: Father, Travis, played one year of baseball at Washington State; brother, Kaleb, played baseball at Eastern Oklahoma State and East Central… Major: Sociology-Criminology.