2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Matthew Sanchez
- Position:
- IF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 187
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sunrise, Fla
- High School:
- Nova
- Major:
- Mechanical Engineering
AS A SENIOR: Selected to the America East All-Conference Second Team • Named to the NEIBA Third Team • Played in 36 game managing to be a team top performer with a .324 batting average, along with 17 RBI • Managed to hit eight doubles, and three triples with 134 at bats, while also showing off a team high .428 slugging percentage and earning 25 Runs and a team high in bases stolen going 18/23  • Season highlights would include his game against Georgia State (2/21/15) where he went 4/5 at bat, scoring 2 RBI and hit a double • Named River Hawk of the Week (5/6/15) after his hot performance in May going on a 9 game hitting streak
AS A JUNIOR: Named to the America East First Team All-Conference team • Named to the NEIBA  All-New England Second Team • He finished the season with a team-high .357 batting average, second in the AE • The third baseman scored 27 runs and had 23 RBI • He also led the team with 14 stolen bases • Went 3-for-5 with four RBI, scored one run in 12-8 win at UMBC (4/27).
AS A SOPHOMORE: Named to the NE-10 Second team All-Conference team • The leftfielder played in 48 games for the UMass Lowell • He batted .286 with 37 RBI • Scored 34 runs and had 22 stolen bases on the season • Had 11 doubles, two triples and a homerun • Highlights include going 3-for-4 with two doubles and scoring two runs in a 10-5 setback to Pace (4/7).Â
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 34 games, with 32 starts for the River Hawks • Had a .252 batting average • Had 16 RBI and was 7-for-7 in stolen bases • Highlights included a 2-for-5 effort with three RBI, one run in a 12-4 win over Adelphi (3/17).
NOVA H.S.: Three-year player at Nova H.S. for Pat McQuaid • Baseball academic award for three years • Was injured his senior year.
PERSONAL: Son of Emily Sanchez of Sunrise, FL and Jesus Sanchez of Ft. Lauderdale, FL • List the Miami Dolphins and Heat, and Florida Marlins as his favorite professional teams • Names Albert Pujols as his favorite MLB player • Favorite movies include Saving Private Ryan, Shooter, Field of Dreams and Dark Knight • Listens to Lil Wayne, Disturbed and Chris Brown • Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
