Matt Zink

Position:
Outfield
Height:
5-11
Weight:
180
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Syossett, N.Y.
High School:
Syossett

2013 (Redshirt Senior): Appeared in 39 games with 38 starts ... Batted .318 with seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, 23 RBI, 34 runs scored and a team-high 17 stolen bases ... 13 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games ... Went 2-for-4 with two home runs, two RBI and two runs scored at Fordham on May 10 … Had two hits including a triple with three RBI at La Salle on March 28 … Went 2-for-5 with two RBI, two runs scored and four stolen bases against George Mason on March 12 … Totaled two hits, two RBI and three stolen bases versus Wagner on March 1 … Named Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Second-Team by College Sports Madness ...

2012 (Redshirt Junior): Started 42 of the 48 games in which he played ... Hit .295 on the season with 12 doubles, three home runs, 17 walks, and 22 RBIs ... Had 15 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... Homered and drove in three against Princeton on March 17, going 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored ... Had a season-high four hits in a win at La Salle on April 1, going 4-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and 2 runs scored ...

2011 (Redshirt Sophomore): Named to the 2011 Atlantic All-Championship Team ... Played and started 51 games in centerfield for Richmond ... Hit .290 for the season and his 39 runs were second-most on the club ... Totaled 13 multi-hit games ... Drew 22 walks against 17 strikeouts for the team's second-highest on-base percentage of .371 ... Was 16-for-19 in stolen bases ... Recorded five outfield assists and committed just two errors in 148 chances... Gutted his way through the final two weeks of the season with a shoulder injury ... Earned his spot on the A-10 All-Championship by hitting .412 (seven-for-17) over the five games with two doubles and a team best six runs ... Had two hits in each of Richmond's elimination games on Friday in wins over Dayton and Rhode Island ... Also had two hits and scored twice as the Spiders opened the Tournament with a win over Xavier ... Collected three hits, with two doubles and two RBI in a key late-season Saturday win over Saint Louis at Pitt Field ... Enjoyed a career-game versus Quinnipiac with four hits, three RBI, three runs, a double and a triple ...

2010 (Sophomore): Had his sophomore season cut short after starting the first three games ... Suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in the Ohio State game on Feb. 21 and received a medical redshirt ... Had a hit in each of the three games (four-for-seven) with four runs, four RBI and three walks ...

2009 (Freshman): A valuable two-way player for the Spiders in his rookie campaign ... Started 21 games in the field and made 11 appearances on the mound ... Hit .257 on the year (.276 in A-10 play) and led the club in triples (three) ... Had a big series against Massachusetts and combined for four hits, three runs, six RBI, a triple and a homer in the two games he played ... Matched his career-high of three hits versus Temple on May 2... On the mound, he owned a 7.00 ERA with 10 strikeouts in nine innings of work ... Recorded his first career save by fanning two in one inning of work in a 2-1 victory at VMI ... Struck out a career-high four batters in a win over Niagara ...

High School: Was selected a team captain as a senior, but missed much of 2008 with an injury ... Batted .526 as a junior with five home runs, 29 RBI and a .929 slugging percentage ... Went a spotless 7-0 on the mound with a 0.63 ERA and 52 Ks in 47 innings in 2007 ... His junior campaign ended with First Team All-Long Island and Second Team All-State honors, to go along with Nassau County AAI MVP honors.