2018 Baseball Roster

14 Matt van Muelken

  • Class Year '18
  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Hometown Fairbanks, AK
  • Prev School Lathrop

Biography

Honors & Awards
Empire 8 President's List (Spring 2018)

2018 Season
Slashed a career-high .348/.435/.500 in 14 games as a junior...Picked up eight hits, including two doubles, in 23 at-bats and drove in a career-best nine runs...Had two hits, two walks and two RBIs in Elmira's 11-5 victory over Hilbert (4/13)...Posted multiple hits on one other occasion, going 2-for-4 with one RBI against SUNY Canton (4/28)...Drove in a career-high four runs, three of which scored on a bases-clearing three-run double, as EC beat Alfred State 14-10 (5/1)...Extended his hit streak to three in a row by going 1-for-2 with a double, one run and one RBI against Penn College (5/2)...Started at third base and went 1-for-1 with one run scored in an 8-0 victory vs. Medaille (5/5).

2017 Season
Started in 13-of-25 appearances during his junior campaign…Set new career highs for hits (14) and doubles (5)…Posted an RBI double and a walk in the season opener against Christopher Newport (2/21)…Recorded a pair of hits with two runs scored in a non-conference bout against Hilbert (4/4)…Tallied a double, one run scored and one RBI in a 21-14 triumph over Alfred State (4/18)...Went 3-for-4 with one run, one RBI and a double in a 4-2 win over Alfred State (4/27).

2016 Season
Played in 23 games and made 11 starts...Finished with eight hits, including one double, and 11 runs scored...Had a .315 on-base percentage...Doubled and scored twice in a win over Valley Forge (3/13)...Registered a pinch-hit single and scored a run in a victory against Medaille (3/22)...Singled home a run and scored once in a home win over Houghton (4/16)...Picked up his first career multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with two runs in an extra-inning affair vs. Stevens (4/17).

2015 Season
Made 20 appearances and started 13 games as a freshman...Finished the year with seven hits, 10 runs scored, and six RBIs...Earned his first collegiate RBI with a bases-loaded walk in the season-opener vs. RIT (3/14)...Recorded his first hit against Pitt-Bradford (4/1)...Went 1-for-3 with a season-high-tying two runs scored at Scranton (4/13)...Scored twice and drove in one run against Baptist Bible (5/2).

Before Elmira
Lettered in baseball and cross county at Lathrop High school in Fairbanks, Alaska...Was a two-time All-Mid Alaska Conference honoree in baseball...Helped the Malemutes reach the Alaska State Baseball Championships in 2014...Named to the ALL-USA Alaska Baseball Team as a shortstop in 2013 and 2014.
 
Personal
Matt is a Biology major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2015Freshman

    IF
    5'10" 170 lbs
    11
  • 14

    2016Sophomore

    IF
    5'10" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2017Junior

    Infield
    5'10" 180 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2018Senior

    Infield
    5'10" 185 lbs
    14