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Jersey Number 40
Matt Erickson
- Position:
- Left-Handed Pitcher
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- B/T:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Boulder, Colo.
- Height:
- 6-1
- High School:
- Fairview HS
- Weight:
- 205
- Prev School:
- Yale
WASHINGTON STATE
RS-JUNIOR (2022): Made five appearances, one as a starter…went 0-0 with a 13.50 ERA and no hits allowed in 1.1 innings…made two appearances in season-opening series at Hawaii (2/19, 2/21)…retired only batter faced against Iowa (3/6) at the Frisco Classic in Texas…appeared in series-opener against No. 4 Oregon State (3/11)…started in win over Bushnell (3/16).
YALE
JUNIOR (2021): Season canceled…redshirt season…earned bachelor’s degree in economics.
JUNIOR (2020): Made four appearances…struck out 10, allowed just one earned run and posted a 2.08 ERA in 4.1 innings…struck out two in a scoreless inning of work twice at Old Dominion…had five strikeouts in two innings for work against Richmond…season canceled due to Covid-19.
SOPHOMORE (2019): Appeared in 10 games…struck out 16 and posted a 5.73 ERA in 11 innings…struck out three in 1.1 innings at New Mexico State…struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings at UCF…struck out two in a scoreless inning of work at Stetson…struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings against Columbia.
FRESHMAN (2018): Appeared in two games…appeared against Fairfield and at Quinnipiac.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Fairview High School…two-year letterwinner for coach David Castillo…as a JUNIOR, led Colorado 5A level in strikeouts…served as team captain as a senior…played in Colorado Futures Game and struck out the side…played summerball for Old School Dirtbags.
PERSONAL
Parents, Eric and Sue…younger brother, Jeff…member of Spanish National Honors Society…4.4 GPA in high school.
RS-JUNIOR (2022): Made five appearances, one as a starter…went 0-0 with a 13.50 ERA and no hits allowed in 1.1 innings…made two appearances in season-opening series at Hawaii (2/19, 2/21)…retired only batter faced against Iowa (3/6) at the Frisco Classic in Texas…appeared in series-opener against No. 4 Oregon State (3/11)…started in win over Bushnell (3/16).
YALE
JUNIOR (2021): Season canceled…redshirt season…earned bachelor’s degree in economics.
JUNIOR (2020): Made four appearances…struck out 10, allowed just one earned run and posted a 2.08 ERA in 4.1 innings…struck out two in a scoreless inning of work twice at Old Dominion…had five strikeouts in two innings for work against Richmond…season canceled due to Covid-19.
SOPHOMORE (2019): Appeared in 10 games…struck out 16 and posted a 5.73 ERA in 11 innings…struck out three in 1.1 innings at New Mexico State…struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings at UCF…struck out two in a scoreless inning of work at Stetson…struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings against Columbia.
FRESHMAN (2018): Appeared in two games…appeared against Fairfield and at Quinnipiac.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Fairview High School…two-year letterwinner for coach David Castillo…as a JUNIOR, led Colorado 5A level in strikeouts…served as team captain as a senior…played in Colorado Futures Game and struck out the side…played summerball for Old School Dirtbags.
PERSONAL
Parents, Eric and Sue…younger brother, Jeff…member of Spanish National Honors Society…4.4 GPA in high school.
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