Matt Shortall

04/22/2013

BSB: Mavs begin busy week at Sam Houston

Former Southland Conference rivals meeting for the first time as nonconference foes.

04/18/2013

BSB: Mavs-Seattle U series pushed back to Saturday

Rain postponed Friday's series opener. Mavs-Redhawks to play doubleheader Saturday.

04/16/2013

UT Arlington fell to 1-4 in Tuesday games with the loss to TCU.

04/14/2013

UT Arlington baseball will face TCU Tuesday, April 16 at Clay Gould Ballpark at 6:30 p.m.

04/13/2013

First-place UT Arlington improves to 19-15 and 8-3 with the Western Athletic Conference.

2012

Batted .262 in 41 games played and 35 starts
Was second on the team with five home runs
Had 25 RBI and 21 runs scored during the regular season
Named Southland Conference Hitter of the Week on Feb. 21
Went 5-for-6 with two doubles, a triple and four runs scored in his UTA debut on Feb. 17 at LA Tech
Followed that up with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored game the next evening
Started the year 10-for-23 over his first five games, good for a .435 average
Had eight multi-hit games, which included four games with least three hits

Prevous College

Transferred to UT Arlington after playing one season at Tulane for coach Rick Jones
Batted .306 (11-for-36) in 19 games, making nine starts at catcher
Had six RBI and a stolen base

High School

A four-year varsity letterwinner at Dallas Jesuit for head coach Kevin Williamson
A preseason Under Armour All-American
Named to the All-District team three times at Dallas Jesuit
Earned team Most Valuable Player honors as a junior and was the Newcomer of the Year as a freshman
Played for the North Texas Copperheads

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