
#22 Matt Greener
POS. | IF |
HT. | 5-9 |
WT. | 200 |
CL. | SR |
B-T | R/R |
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) | Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter HS (Palm Beach CC) |
2010 (SENIOR): Named NAIA Player of the Year, First Team All-American and World Series All-Tournament Team … Voted First Team All-TranSouth and unanimous TranSouth Player of the Year … Voted TranSouth Conference Player of the Week five times ... Batted .466 with 26 doubles, 27 home runs, 101 RBIs and 71 runs scored ... Led the nation in hits (116), home runs, total bases (225) and RBIs … Also ranked third in slugging percentage (.904) and eighth in batting average and doubles ... Registered a hit in 61 of the 66 contests in which he played with 39 multi-hit and 24 multi-RBI outings ... Posted three double-digit hitting streaks during the season, including 30-game streak from March 7-April 16 ... Also posted 11 and 13-game hitting streaks ... Singled, scored and drove in two runs in season opener at North Alabama … Doubled twice in first game of doubleheader against the Univ. of St. Francis and homered twice with six RBIs, including a grand slam, in second contest … Had two hits and scored twice at St. Catharine College … Doubled and homered, scored twice and drove in three runs in opener of doubleheader at Oklahoma City Univ. … Went 3-for-5 with another home run and two runs scored in first game of second twinbill at OCU and added two hits with double and one RBI in second contest … Doubled twice and scored two runs at Oklahoma Baptist … Posted four hits in series versus Shawnee State with two home runs, one double and six RBIs … Collected five hits in series against Embry-Riddle with three RBIs … Went 3-for-4 with double, home run, two runs scored and four RBIs versus Georgetown College … Recorded two hits in both ends of doubleheader against Davenport Univ. with two homers and five RBIs in opener … Posted four hits with double and two RBIs versus Campbellsville Univ. … Hit pair of three-run home runs and totaled seven RBIs at Georgetown … Registered five hits with two doubles, a triple, four runs scored and two RBIs in series at Union Univ. … Homered twice with four RBIs versus Lambuth Univ. … Collected five hits with three-run homer and four RBIs in series against Bethel Univ. … Went 3-for-6 with home run and two RBIs versus Lee Univ. … Collected eight hits with two doubles, two homers, five RBIs and five runs scored in series at Trevecca Nazarene … Had three hits with two doubles and five RBIs in opener versus Freed-Hardeman … Added two hits in finale against FHU … Recorded two hits in both ends of doubleheader at Martin Methodist with two doubles, one home run and four RBIs in second game … Hit solo homer in opener of twinbill versus Milligan College … Homered in both games of doubleheader against Lyon College with three RBIs and three runs scored in second contest … Collected eight hits in three games at Mid-Continent, including 4-for-5 with three homers and five RBIs in finale … Went 4-for-4 with double, two runs scored and three RBIs versus Freed-Hardeman in opener of TranSouth Championships … Singled and drove in a run against Bethel Univ. … Singled, doubled, scored twice and plated a run in first game against Union Univ. … Went 0-for-4 in second game versus Union and had two hits with double and one run in finale … Hitless in four at-bats but drove in a run against Robert Morris in opener of NAIA Championship Opening Round … Doubled home team’s first run and had sacrifice fly to plate another in second game versus Campbellsville Univ. … Batted ..429 (9-for-21) with a double, two homers, 10 RBIs and eight runs scored at NAIA World Series … Collected two hits with home run and three RBIs versus Embry-Riddle … Posted two hits and scored twice against Oklahoma City Univ. … Doubled, drove in a run and scored twice in first meeting versus Lee Univ. … Had two hits, scored twice, hit a grand slam and drove in six total runs against Point Loma Nazarene … Registered two hits and scored a run in championship game versus Lee.
2009 (JUNIOR): Voted TranSouth Conference Gold Glove award winner at third base … Played in 55 games with 53 starts, batting .344 (fourth-best on squad) with 13 doubles, four home runs, 31 runs scored and 29 RBIs … Walked 21 times and struck out just eight times in 213 plate appearances … Posted team-high 20 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests … Started at five different defensive positions, including third base (35), second base (4), catcher (3), right field (3) and left field (1) … Also served as designated hitter in seven contests … Collected two hits in first game of Sunday doubleheader at Auburn-Montgomery … Went 2-for-2 with a home run, six RBIs and two runs scored in first game of twinbill against Iowa Wesleyan … Registered three more hits in final two contests against IWC … Posted pair of hits in both ends of doubleheader against Missouri Baptist … Collected nine hits on six-game Spring Break trip, including two against St. Xavier and Bellevue Univ. and pair of hits in two separate outings at Embry-Riddle … Doubled twice in final contest against ERU … Registered two hits against Lindsey Wilson … Started season-best 10-game hitting streak in second game of doubleheader versus Georgetown College on March 18, going 15-for-36 (.417) during the stretch with five doubles, seven runs scored and eight RBIs … Drove in four runs and scored twice in pair of contests against Mid-Continent … Had two hits with a double, scored once and drove in a run versus Georgetown College … Collected five hits in series at Lyon College, including three doubles and two RBIs in opener … Went 2-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and one RBI at Campbellsville Univ. … Posted two hits in first game of Saturday doubleheader versus Union Univ. … Registered seven hits with pair of home runs in series at Lambuth Univ., posting multi-hit games in all three contests … Drove in three runs and had two hits in opener … Tripled, homered and collected three hits in second game of Friday doubleheader … Had two hits in finale as well … Singled, scored a run and drove in another in NAIA Regional opener versus Brescia Univ. … Hit solo homer and added another hit versus Southern Poly.
BEFORE CUMBERLAND: Preseason All-American at Palm Beach CC in Lakeworth, Fla. … Selected All-State and Most Valuable Player as sophomore at PBCC.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for coach Doug Ferguson at Jupiter HS in Jupiter, Fla. … Selected First Team All-State and team’s MVP as senior, batting .507 with 15 doubles and .605 on-base percentage.
PERSONAL: Matthew Michael Greener … Son of Cal and Patti Greener … Born May 17, 1988 … Majoring in Fitness and Wellness.