2019 Baseball Roster
Matt Hargreaves
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Franklin, TN
- High School:
- Franklin
- Position:
- RHP
Junior (2018):
- Made 14 appearances, all starts, as part of the weekend rotation
- Tied for the team lead with four wins
- Struck out 33 in a team-high 75.1 innings pitched
- Went 3-1 in 10 conference starts, totaling 55 innings
- Ranked seventh in the MW in starts and ninth in innings pitched
- Went season-best seven innings, only allowing one run at San Diego State, March 11, in a 7-3 win
- Tossed six innings of one run ball in a 5-1 win at UNLV, April 14, striking out four
- Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors for the third consecutive season
Sophomore (2017):
- Pitched in 15 games, leading team with 12 starts.
- Also led team with 64 strikeouts and 72.0 innings pitched.
- Ranked eighth in MW in strikeouts.
- Posted 4-5 record with 6.75 ERA.
- Struck out 10 in complete game win over Tulane in season debut.
- Had six games with at least five strikeouts.
- Also earned wins over San Jose State, UCCS and Charleston Southern.
- Allowed one run in eight innings in relief for win vs. Charleston Southern.
- Struck out eight vs. UNLV and seven vs. Fresno State.
- MW Scholar Athlete.
- Academic All-MW.
Summer (2017):
- Played summer ball for Fayetteville Swampdogs in Coastal Plain League during his three weeks of allowed leave from cadet duties.
Freshman (2016):
- Led team with 24 pitching appearances.
- Third among relievers with 4.71 ERA.
- Struck out 33 in 42 innings pitched.
- Tied for team lead with two saves.
- Also made three starts.
- Posted 3-2 record.
- Made debut in season-opener against Buffalo.
- Earned wins against San Jose State, SIUE and Northern Colorado.
- Saves came against UNLV and Fresno State.
- Season-high six innings pitched against Northern Colorado.
- Struck out five in another outing vs. Northern Colorado.
- Academic All-MW.
HIGH SCHOOL (Franklin): Lettered four years in baseball and two in basketball…all-district second-team as a senior…district co-pitcher of the year as a sophomore in 2013…National Honor Society member…high school baseball coach was Jon Whipple…played summer ball for Knight’s baseball, coached by Alec Romanoff.
PERSONAL: Member of squadron 12… will attend pilot training following graduation ... parents are Glenn and Sissie Hargreaves…has an older sister…favorite food is bacon cheeseburgers…favorite class subject is calculus…favorite book is Into the Wild…favorite TV show is Saturday Night Live…favorite movie is Gladiator…person in history he’d most like to meet is Benjamin Franklin…something not many people know about him is that he has a slight obsession with cars and trucks…credits his dad as having the biggest influence on his sports career because he’s been his biggest supporter and coach from day one and he can’t thank him enough for that…most noteworthy thing about his home town is that is was once voted the number one small town in Tennessee…greatest personal sports moment was hitting his first home run at age ten, which was a grand slam.
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to USAFA to challenge myself mentally and physically and play the sport that I love at a high level. The opportunities and education here give me the chance to reach my full potential.”
