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Alvernia University Athletics

2024 Baseball Roster

Meghan Ruth
Dion Thorpe

3 Matt Edwards

  • Position First Base
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 210
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Langhorne, Pa.
  • Highschool Neshaminy
  • Major Accounting & Finance

Biography

2024 (Junior) 
  • 2x MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week 
  • Alvernia Athlete of the Week 
  • MAC Academic Honor Roll
Edwards played in 45 games for the Golden Wolves during his junior season and started in 42 of those games. Edwards posted a career best .304 batting average with 42 hits, nine doubles, 44 RBIs, 42 runs scored and a team high seven home runs. Edwards recorded a .940 on base plus slugging percentage during the 2024 season, he worked the third most walks on the team with 22, was hit by ten pitches, recorded nine sacrifice hits, stole five bases and did not ground into a one double play all season. Edwards recorded a hit in 29 games for Alvernia and tallied ten multi-hit games. Edwards tallied three hits on three occasions, first against Defiance with three RBIs and a double, then again against Rockford with three more RBIs and a run scored and his final three hit game came against Eastern where he went 3-4 with three runs scored, five RBIs and a homer. Edwards belted a go ahead, three run homerun to deep left center field in game three of the MAC Commonwealth Championship series against Messiah to lead the Golden Wolves to the 2024 MAC Commonwealth title. Edwards also went 2-4 with three RBIs, two runs scored and a double in Alvernia’s NCAA Regional victory over Ithaca to knock the Bombers out of the Case Western Regional. In the field, Edwards recorded 289 putouts and 31 assists on 325 chances. Edwards committed just five errors all season, helped turn 14 double plays and finished the season with a .985 fielding percentage. 

2022 (First Year) 
  • MAC Academic Honor Roll
Edwards played in 31 games for Alvernia during his first year and made starts in 17 games. Edwards recorded 13 hits with two doubles, three home runs, 16 RBIs and 13 runs scored. Edwards also worked nine walks and was hit by five pitches and also recorded a team high seven sacrifice flies. Edwards hit long balls against York College, Messiah and then hit another against York in the MAC Commonwealth playoffs. In the field, Edwards recorded 168 putouts and six assists on 177 chances and committed just three errors to finish with a .983 fielding percentage.

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2022First Year

    First Base
    6'1" 195 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024Junior

    First Base
    6'1" 210 lbs
    3