2023 Baseball Roster
Roster
IF
/ BaseballIF
/ BaseballIF
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballIF/OF
/ BaseballIF/OF
/ BaseballUTIL
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballIF
/ BaseballLHP/OF
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballRHP/IF
/ BaseballRHP/OF
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballIF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ Baseball
Jersey Number 38
Matt Draper
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Lowell, Mass.
- High School:
- Lowell
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2023): Made 15 appearances and 14 starts on the mound…Posted a 5.27 ERA with a 3-9 record…Struck out team-high 73 hitters in 82.0 innings and threw one complete game...Named America East Pitcher of the Week (3.7.23)…Went a career-high 9.0 innings and struck out a season-high 11 hitters against James Madison (3.4)…Ranked third in the league in innings pitched (82.0) and sixth in strikeouts (73).
AS A SENIOR (2022): Saw action in 29 games this season… Posted a 3.86 ERA and a 3-5 record…Struck out 32 batters in 39.2 innings pitched… Finished the year with a team-high four saves…Named to the 2022 America East All-Championship Team.
AS A JUNIOR (2021): Made eight starts in 16 total appearances, earned an 0-4 record … posted a 6.29 ERA through 54.1 innings … gave up 65 hits in 262 batters faced, allowing 38 earned runs … struck out 43 batters … registered an opposing batting average of .295 … struck out six batters against NJIT (4.2).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020):
**Season shortened due to COVID-19** Appeared in five contests and started in three…finished with an 0-1 record and a 6.23 ERA…threw 17.1 innings including a 6.0 inning performance at Delaware (3.1)…struck out 17 batters and allowed 11 walks…had a career-high eight strikeouts at LSU (3.8)…collected three or more strikeouts in four out of five appearances…held opponents to a .279 batting average… America East Winter/Spring Honor Roll selection.
HIGHLIGHTS: Two-sport athlete (baseball and golf) … senior captain … two-time MVC All-Star in sophomore and junior season … Division 1 North Champion and Division 1 State Semifinalist as a junior … selected to MBCA Mass Junior Select All-Star Game as a junior … member of National Honor Society.
Â
PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Ann Draper … hobbies include traveling and going to amusement parks … his favorite TV show is Impractical Jokers … favorite sports team is the New England Patriots … names Rob Gronkowski, Chris Sale, and Tom Brady as favorite sports figures … greatest sports moment was winning the MAAC Championship … aspiring to enter the criminal justice forensics field after his time at UMass Lowell … criminal justice major.
AS A SENIOR (2022): Saw action in 29 games this season… Posted a 3.86 ERA and a 3-5 record…Struck out 32 batters in 39.2 innings pitched… Finished the year with a team-high four saves…Named to the 2022 America East All-Championship Team.
AS A JUNIOR (2021): Made eight starts in 16 total appearances, earned an 0-4 record … posted a 6.29 ERA through 54.1 innings … gave up 65 hits in 262 batters faced, allowing 38 earned runs … struck out 43 batters … registered an opposing batting average of .295 … struck out six batters against NJIT (4.2).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020):
**Season shortened due to COVID-19** Appeared in five contests and started in three…finished with an 0-1 record and a 6.23 ERA…threw 17.1 innings including a 6.0 inning performance at Delaware (3.1)…struck out 17 batters and allowed 11 walks…had a career-high eight strikeouts at LSU (3.8)…collected three or more strikeouts in four out of five appearances…held opponents to a .279 batting average… America East Winter/Spring Honor Roll selection.
HIGHLIGHTS: Two-sport athlete (baseball and golf) … senior captain … two-time MVC All-Star in sophomore and junior season … Division 1 North Champion and Division 1 State Semifinalist as a junior … selected to MBCA Mass Junior Select All-Star Game as a junior … member of National Honor Society.
Â
PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Ann Draper … hobbies include traveling and going to amusement parks … his favorite TV show is Impractical Jokers … favorite sports team is the New England Patriots … names Rob Gronkowski, Chris Sale, and Tom Brady as favorite sports figures … greatest sports moment was winning the MAAC Championship … aspiring to enter the criminal justice forensics field after his time at UMass Lowell … criminal justice major.
Thursday, May 28
Wednesday, May 20
Saturday, May 16
Saturday, May 16
