Baseball
#23

Matt Blow Season 2009

Position1B/3B
Weight228 lbs
Height6-6
ClassRedshirt Sophomore
HometownRichmond, Va.
High SchoolGodwin/William & Mary

23 - Matt BlowPosition: First Base/Third Base
Class: r-Sophomore
Height: 6' 6"

Weight: 228 lbs.

High School: Godwin/William & Mary
Hometown: Richmond, Va.

 

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“Matt is fighting to get an everyday job. He did a really good job in the role we asked of him last year – a part-time player and a platoon guy. He was very good at pinch-hitting. He wants to expand that role and we hope he can. He's made some strides strength-wise and he is starting to drive the ball better. He's got huge power potential and he's fighting for the first base and left-handed DH jobs.”

- Coach Pete Hughes

2008: Saw most of his time as a DH or as a pinch-hitter, finishing the year with a .290 average ... Saw his first action in game two against Pitt, entering the game as a pinch-hitter and moving to first base ... Singled in two at-bats ... Started as the DH in the second game with Coastal Carolina ... Picked up a key two-run single at Davidson and saw some action at third base ... Contributed a two-run double in the first Central Connecticut game ... Had another two-run double in the final game with CCSU ... Started at third against Binghamton and had two hits, an RBI and a run scored ... Hit his first home run, drove in two runs and stole a base against Fordham ... Recorded two hits against Longwood ... Doubled and stole a base in game one with Maryland, scored twice and drove in two in game two, and went 2-for-4 in game three ... Scored twice at Liberty ... Doubled in games one and three against NC State ... Had a pinch-hit single and a run scored in game 3 at Clemson ... Went 2-for-5 with three RBIs in game two with Presbyterian, including a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th.

William & Mary: Redshirted during the 2007 season before transferring to Tech.

High School: Lettered for three years under Coach John Marano at Mills E. Godwin High School ... Made the all-district team three times, as a designated hitter in 2004, a first baseman in 2005 and a utility player in 2006 ... As a senior, hit .350 with three homers and 14 doubles, while recording six saves and a 2-1 record on the mound ... As a junior, batted .342 with four home runs and 12 doubles, while going 3-1 as a pitcher for the 2005 district champions ... Also lettered for three years in basketball as a forward/center ... Other activities included National Honor Society, BETA, Peer Helpers and Key Club.

Personal: Matthew Stephen Blow ... Born 1/22/88 in Alexandria, Va. ... Son of Michael and Carol Blow, both of whom went to Tech from 1979-83 ... Enrolled in residential property management.

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