2017 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jordan Matthews
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Teaneck, N.J.
- High School:
- Teaneck
2017 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore): Named Academic All-Big Ten (5/31) ... did not see game action.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.
2015 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: A three-year varsity starter at Teaneck ... played first base senior year due to injury and earned first team all-league honors ... pitched his sophomore and junior years with 4-2 and 8-2 records, respectively ... was named Third Team All-Bergen County as a junior ... received Preseason Underclass All-American honors from PerfectGame in 2012 and 2013 ... received All-Northeast Region honors from Perfect Game in 2014 ... played travel baseball for the Teaneck Titans.
Personal: Son of Leon and Leslie Matthews ... older brother, Jaren, played baseball for the Scarlet Knights from 2008-2010 and is tied for ninth in program history with 23 home runs (played professionally in the Cincinnati Reds minor league system and with the Rockland Boulders) ... a criminal justice major.
