Baseball

Will bat clean-up for the fourth-straight season and start in right field, and hopes to stay healthy after missing portions of the last two years … Possesses the tools to be one of the best players in NCAA Div. III, according to the coaching staff … As a member of the Chillicothe Paints, batted .298 (57-for-191) with 17 doubles, five home runs, and 22 RBI and was named a starter in 2013 Prospect League All-Star Game … Team captain … 2013: Selected second-team all-conference for the third consecutive year … Hit .336 with 14 doubles and 41 RBI, despite missing 17 games (11 starts) due to a hamstring injury … Ranked fourth in the league in RBI and seventh in two-baggers … Named to the All-NCAC Tournament Team after going 5-for-14 (.357) with two doubles and seven RBI … Twice equaled a team record with three doubles in a game, coming against Heidelberg (May 1) and Wis.-Stout (March 22), driving in five runs in the latter … Started off the season 8-for-16 with two doubles, two triples, and 10 RBI through four games … Defensively, did not record an error in right field and threw out three base runners, including two in one game vs. Montclair State (March 14) … 2012: Repeated on the All-NCAC Second Team, despite season-ending injury on April 22 … Wooster was 21-11 with him, 6-7 without … Was hitting .353 at the time of injury with 11 doubles, two home runs, and 25 RBI … Homered in two of the last five games he played … Doubled twice at Muskingum (March 27) … Batted .444 during the 12-game spring break trip, highlighted by a 4-for-5, three-RBI performance in opener at LaGrange (March 11) … 2011: Voted the North Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year, as well as third-team all-region and second-team all-conference … Stepped right into the starting lineup for all 39 games, mostly batting clean-up (23 games) and playing left field (26 games) … Tied for third in the league in home runs with a team-leading five, and also among the top-10 in the NCAC in hits (54), doubles (12), and RBI (42) … Doubled twice during a game at John Carroll (May 5) … 5-for-14 (.357) with one double, one homer, and four RBI at NCAC tourney (April 28-29) … Perfect 4-for-4 with double, homer, and three RBI against Hiram (April 3) … Prior to Wooster: Missed senior season at West Holmes High School due to surgery … All-conference as a junior (first-team) and sophomore (third-team), while handling the shortstop position for the Knights … Also played quarterback as a three-year letterwinner in football … Personal: Born Nov. 11, 1991 … Son of Daniel and Kimberly Mathie … Majoring in history.