Georgia Southern University Athletics

ACCOLADES:
Southern Conference Academic All-Conference (2014)
Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll (2014)
Freshman All-American (2012)
Southern Conference Freshman of the Year (2012)
Southern Conference All-Freshman Team (2012)
All-Southern Conference Tournament Team (2012)

JUNIOR (2014): Southern Conference Academic All-Conference... Preseason All-Conference by Perfect Game... Selected to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List... Hit .258/.336/.369 with 15 doubles, three home runs and 41 RBI in 59 games... Made 55 starts with 47 coming behind the plate at catcher... Walk-off single to win the 2014 Southern Conference Tournament (5/25)... Drove in just the third earned run allowed all season by Samford's closer Andres Gracia... Tallied a hit in all but two of the Eagles' six conference tournament games... Hit .294 with four runs, four RBI and two doubles at the SoCon Tournament... Opened the season with three hits, two doubles and three RBI in a win at Georgia... Tallied three hits and a walk as GSU won the series over the Bulldogs (2/16) in game three... Hit .428 with five runs, seven RBI, two doubles and a home run in the UMES four-game series... Three for four with two runs, four RBI and a double in game two against the Hawks (2/22)... Homered and plated two runs against SIUE (3/2)... Doubled twice and scored two runs against Holy Cross (3/8)... Plated four runs with a home run and a single at North Florida (3/25)... Doubled twice against Western Carolina (5/22) in the SoCon Tournament... Scored two runs and doubled at Florida State (5/30) in the NCAA Regional.

SOPHOMORE (2013): Hit .272/.344/.372 with four home runs and 47 RBIs... Started all 59 games behind the plate at catcher... Tallied 10 doubles and drew 26 walks... Posted a .980 fielding percentage... Hit .289 in Southern Conference play... Hit .295 with runners in scoring position and led the team with 14 two-out RBI... Hit .328 with four doubles and four home runs in home contests... Second on the team with 19 multi-hit games and led the team with 13 multi-RBI games... Posted season-long hit streak of nine games and reached base streak of 16 games... Drove in two runs in the season opener against Georgia (2/15)... Tallied four hits, three runs and three RBI in the Indiana series opener (2/22)... Recorded three RBI on two hits against Georgia Tech (2/27)... Following the season participated in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League.

FRESHMAN (2012): Selected as a Freshman All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association and Perfect Game... Listed as the #22 prospect in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League by Perfect Game... Named the SoCon Freshman of the Year by both the league’s coaches and media members... Selected to the league’s All-Freshman Team... Earned All-SoCon Tournament honors...Hit .320/.404/.533 with a team-best 10 home runs and 42 RBIs in 55 games... Became the first Georgia Southern freshman to hit 10 home runs in a season since Steve Walson hit 12 in 1996... Started 50 games on the year with 47 coming behind the plate... Led the team in conference play with a .343 batting average, four home runs and 19 RBIs... Went four-for-five with a double, two home runs, four runs scored and five RBIs against Jacksonville (3/20)... Also tallied four hits, scored two runs and drove in two runs in a SoCon Tournament win over Elon (5/23)... Posted three hits and four RBIs against UNCG (3/17)... Tallied five hits in 12 at-bats (.417) with a double and a home run in the Furman series... Slugged .818 with a double and a home run in the Appalachian St. series... Collected eight hits, a double, a triple and seven RBIs in the Southern Conference Tournament.

PREP: Lettered three times at Lee County High School... Played for head coach Rob Williams... Served as team captain his junior and senior seasons... Played third base, center field and left field as a sophomore... Earned All-Area team honors as a junior after hitting .444 with four home runs and 36 RBIs... Named MVP and received the “Big Stick Award” by his teammates.

PERSONAL: Born Matthew Chase Griffin on November 1, 1992 in Albany, Ga... Son of Todd and Michele Griffin... Has one brother, Devin, and one sister, Amber... Enjoys deer hunting and riding four-wheelers in his off time... Most admires his father.

MAJOR: Finance.