Elmira College Athletics

Honors & Records
2018 UVC All-Conference First Team
2018 Empire 8 All-Conference First Team
2017 UVC All-Conference Honorable Mention
2016-17 Elmira College Booster Club Player of the Year
2018 United Volleyball Conference All-Academic Honor
2017 United Volleyball Conference All-Academic Honor
2016 United Volleyball Conference All-Academic Honor
EC Athlete of the Week (2/13/17, 3/5/18)
Graduated first in career attack percentage (.361) and total blocks (349), second in career block assists (272) and solo blocks (77), third in career blocks per set (0.82), and fourth in career kills (830)
Empire 8 President's List (Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

2018 Season
Ended his tenure with the Soaring Eagles as the most dominant middle blocker in program history…Appeared in all 32 matches as a senior…Ranked second on the team with a career-high 307 kills…Amassed a program-record 135 blocks and bested his previous program record with a hitting percentage of .416…Set a program record with 111 block assists…Ranked fourth in the UVC in hitting percentage and blocks per-set (1.04)…Finished the year ranked ninth in the nation in blocks per set and 11th in hitting percentage…Tallied 64 digs and 14 service aces…Posted double-digit kills in a career-best 19 matches…Recorded his first career double-double with 11 kills and 10 blocks against Rutgers-Newark (1/20)…Posted 12 kills, four blocks and two digs in a win over then No. 5 Dominican (2/2)…Logged a season-high 18 kills and added six blocks in a win over Medaille (3/3)…Registered 14 kills and four blocks in a win over UVC rival Nazareth (3/25).  

2017 Season 
Played in all 32 matches during his junior season…Ranked first on the team in hitting percentage (.397) and blocks (71), and second in kills (285)...His .397 hitting percentage is the highest percentage in a single season in program history...In the UVC, his hitting percentage ranked fourth and his 0.84 blocks per set ranked eighth...Recorded a career-best 11 double-digit kill performances on the year…Posted a career-high hitting percentage of .900 to go along with nine kills, six blocks and three aces in a straight-set sweep of D’Youville (2/10)…Tallied a career-high 19 kills and hit at a .500 clip in a match against Ramapo (2/22)...Cataloged a career-high-tying seven blocks to go along with 16 kills in a five-set win over Baruch (3/18)...Registered a career-high-tying seven blocks in a 3-2 victory over SUNY Poly in the team's season finale (4/8).

2016 Season
Played in 21 of Elmira’s 32 matches… Completed his sophomore season with 63 kills, 21 digs and 30 blocks… Posted five kills and three blocks in a 3-2 victory over No. 15 Mount St. Joseph University (1/23)… Produced a season-high six blocks to go along with four kills in a straight-set victory over SUNY Poly (2/27)… Tallied seven kills in a 3-2 win over No. 7 Stevenson University (2/27)… Recorded a season-best 13 kills and three digs to go along with two blocks in a 3-1 triumph over conference opponent Bard College (3/5).  

2015 Season
Started in 24 of the Soaring Eagles’ 34 matches…  Completed his rookie season with the team-lead in blocks with 87 and finished third in kills with 175… Posted a career-best nine blocks to go along with a season-best-tying 11 kills in a 3-1 triumph over conference opponent Vassar College (2/15)… Logged a season-best-tying 11 kills to go along with five blocks in a 3-1 win over Medaille College (2/21)… Tallied a season-best six digs to go along with six blocks and five kills in a 3-2 victory over No. 10 Baruch College (4/3). 

Before Elmira
Named an All-State First-Team selection his senior year...Also named a two-time All-Conference honoree.

Personal
Matthew is an Economics and Finance double-major with a minor in Spanish.