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2023 Baseball Roster

38 Matt Draper

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Lowell, Mass.
  • Highschool Lowell
  • Major Criminal Justice

Biography

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.
 
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.

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2020Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 175 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2021Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 175 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2022Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 185 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2023Graduate Student

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 190 lbs
    38