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8 Matt Chavarria

  • Position Infielder/Pitcher
  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 180
  • B/T R-R
  • Hometown Carlsbad, NM
  • Major Sport Management

Biography

Year-by-Year Statistics
2014 | 2015Career Statistics

2015: Named second-team All-American and first-team All-Midwest Region by Daktronics/D2SIDA...also named second team All-Midwest Region by the ABCA, GLVC co-Pitcher of the Year, and first-team All-GLVC East Division...set a USI career record with a two-year 1.99 ERA, breaking a 40-year USI mark...led USI on the mound with an 8-3 record, leading Eagle starters with a 2.36 ERA in 61.0 innings of work...also had a team-high four saves and finished his career ranked second all-time at USI with 18 saves in two years...struck out a career-high nine batters against Saint Joseph's College...posted his best season at the plate, hitting a career-high .324 and tied a career-high with 28 RBIs...also had a career-best 14 doubles and three RBIs...had the third longest hitting streak on the team at 11 games and tied for the team's longest streak for reaching base at 19 games...had 16 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games...tied a career-high with four hits and set a career-best with four RBIs against Notre Dame College (Ohio). 

2014: The Most Valuable Player in the NCAA Division II Baseball National Finals after posting a win and two saves in three appearances...was the national championship game winning pitcher in relief...also named first team All-GLVC East Division and second-team Daktronics All-Midwest Region as a reliever...led the Eagles and the GLVC, as well as ranking fifth in the NCAA II with 14 saves...finished the year with a 1.32 ERA in 21 games and 34 innings of work...struck out a season-high seven batters against the University of Indianapolis...batted .257 with 28 RBIs and 33 runs scored...also had 12 doubles, two triples and a home run...had 15 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games.

2013: Reshirted.

TRANSFER: Transferred to USI after playing for Otero Junior College in 2012 and Eastern Arizona College in 2011...batted .300 with 22 RBIs, two home runs, and 31 runs scored in 49 games for OJC in 2012...also saw action on the mound in eight innings of relief work, posting a 1-0 record and did not allow an earned run...hit .248 in 39 games during his only season with EAC.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in baseball, basketball, and football at Carlsbad High School (Carlsbad, New Mexico) prior to beginning his collegiate career.

PERSONAL:  Son of Michael Chavarria and Anita Jennings.


Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • RS

    2013Junior

    Infielder/Pitcher
    5'11" 180 lbs
    RS
  • 8

    2014Junior

    Infielder/Pitcher
    5'11" 180 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2015Senior

    Infielder/Pitcher
    5'11" 180 lbs
    8