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2017 Baseball Roster

Erik Schelkun
Erik Schelkun

5 Matt Poland

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pickerington, Ohio
  • Highschool North
  • Bats/Throws R/R

Biography

2017 (Senior)
• Fall 2016 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2016 (Junior)
• Fall 2015 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Had a season-best game against Oakland going 3-for-3 from the plate and scoring two runs
• Appeared in 37 games making 34 starts behind the plate for the Flyers
• .214 batting average including 25 hits and 10 RBI's
• Recorded 143 put outs (third on team) and 26 assists (sixth on team)
• Fifth on the team in walks drawn

2015
• In 45 games and 36 starts behind the plate, batted .286 with nine extra-base hits, 21 RBI, 16 runs scored, and a .354 on-base percentage
• Defensively, recorded 194 putouts, 38 assists, and threw out 18 runners
• Named teams Most Valuable Player

2014
• Saw action in 18 games in the 2014 season, starting seven of them
• Finished with a .275 batting average, totaling 11 hits, including two doubles and an RBI
• Had 30 putouts and seven assists, for a 1.000 fielding percentage

High School
• Graduated from Pickerington North High School in 2013
• Was a three-year letterwinner
• Was voted on as team captain
• Earned honors as First team All-State, First Team All-District, Second team All-OCC
• Named to Columbus Dispatch All-Metro Team

Personal
• Born on Oct. 20, 1994 to parents Mike and Cindy Poland
• Has two siblings, Aaron and Zach
• Majoring in Sociolology with a minor in Social Work and aspires to be a school psychologist

Statistics

Season:
2017

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2014Freshman

    Catcher
    6'3" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2015Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'3" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2016Junior

    Catcher
    6'3" 210 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2017Senior

    Catcher
    6'3" 210 lbs
    5