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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Rochester, NY
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| High School:
McQuad Jesuit HS
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| Last College:
Indian River CC/UNC-Charlotte
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 195
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| Position:
3B/1B
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| Birthdate:
11/12/1979
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| Bats/Throws:
R/R
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At Miami
A second-year Hurricane after transferring from Indian River Community College in 2001...entered the final weekend of the regular season with 42 starts in 43 games played...has made 32 starts in 2002 at first base and 10 at third...had a career and season long hit streak at 17 games from 2/8 to 3/16, tying the ninth-longest hitting streak at UM...successfully hit in 20 of his first 21 games played and had a season-high batting average of .439 in late February...was a 35th round pick out of national-power McQuaid Jesuit High School by the San Francisco Giants in 1999...spent his freshman season at UNC-Charlotte.
As a Senior in 2002
Places among the teams' top five in several offensive categories, including runs scored (31, #5), RBI (29, #5), home runs (4, #4), walks (20, #4), HBP (6, #1) and sac flies (3, #1)...had three-game winning hits in the season-opener over Tennessee and UM's 11th and 12th wins over Rutgers (3/16) and UW-Milwaukee (3/20)...has a team-high 315 fielding chances and 257 putouts...has fourth-most assists (48)...tied for the season-high with 17 putouts vs. Northwestern (3/26)...has 10 multi-hit games, including two three-hit outings against Minnesota (2/17) and Lipscomb (2/24)...has eight multi-RBI games, including two three-RBI games against Houston (3/3) and Rutgers (3/16)...hit home runs against Tennessee (2/3), Cal State Fullerton (3/2), Houston (3/3) and Northwestern (3/26)...tied a career-high with three walks vs. Bethune-Cookman (5/3)...had a RBI single in game No. 3 at North Carolina...hit a two-RBI single to tie the score in the 8th inning of game No. 2 at UNC...batted 2-for-4 in game No. 2 vs. Rutgers with a run scored, three RBI, two doubles and a walk...went 2-for-5 vs. Houston with a run scored, three RBI and a home run...went 1-for-3 vs. Cal State Fullerton with a two-run home run...batted 3-for-4 vs. Lipscomb with two runs scored, one RBI, one double and one stolen base...batted .556 in the Minnesota series, including 3-for-4 in game No. 3 with two runs scored, one RBI, one triple and one stolen base...hit .416 in the season-opening series vs. Tennessee including two hits in each of game No. 2 and 3...his three runs scored vs. Minnesota (2/16) tied his career-high.
As a Junior in 2001
Started eight of 24 games this season...of his 10 hits, five are for extra-bases (three doubles, one triple and one home run)...
also had six runs scored and 10 RBI along with 10 walks...season-long hit streak was four games...had one game-winner on the season when he scored from third in the third inning off an error at Minnesota...had two multiple-hit games and one multiple-RBI game...lone home run on the season, his career fourth, was in game No. 3 vs. Northeastern...his single-season highs were hits (2, twice), runs (1, six times), RBI (3), walks (3), strikeouts (3, twice) and stolen bases (1)...went 3-for-3 in his two appearances against Florida Southern, including a two-hit performance in game No. 2...hit a sacrifice fly RBI in game No. 3 vs. Savannah State...had an RBI off a walk in game No. 1 vs. Cal State Fullerton...had hits in both appearances vs. Northeastern, including a home run and two walks in game No. 3...had a sacrifice fly RBI in game No. 1 vs. Rutgers...started all three games at the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic at the Minneapolis MetroDome...had hits in all three games at the Classic, including two doubles and two RBI...went 2-for-3 with a run scored, three RBI, a double, a triple and a walk vs. Albany
...walked twice with a run scored in his start against Elon College...made his UM debut at Florida.
Indian River Community College
Coached by Mike Easom...
played third base...batted .333 with 51 RBI and five home runs...was an All-Southern Conference selection...assisted team to a 43-11 finish and a No. 1 state and No. 2 national ranking.
Charlotte
Batted .291 with 46 RBI and three home runs...team finished
26-26.
McQuaid Jesuit High School
Coached by Mike Fennell...
holds school-record for single-game RBI (8)...won three letters in baseball. Senior year, 1998: Played shortstop...batted .450 with 42 RBI and seven home runs...named First-Team All-State and All-Conference by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle...also earned honorable mention from USA Today...named team MVP. Junior year, 1997: Played shortstop...batted .515 with 45 RBI and nine home runs...named First-Team All-State and All-Conference by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle...assisted team to the conference championship.
Personal
Born November 12, 1979...full name is Matthew Rawleigh Dryer...son of Michele and Tyrrell Dryer...has one brother, Michael (27), and one sister, Leora (29)...majoring in
business.
Highs
Hits: 4 vs. Cleveland State, 3/6/99
Runs: 3 vs. Cleveland State, 3/6/99
RBI: 4 at Cincinnati, 5/15/99
Walks: 3 at Cincinnati, 5/15/99
Strikeouts: 3 (4 times), last vs. Pittsburgh, 3/7/01
Stolen Bases: 1 at Furman, 2/10/99
Career Statistics
Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
1999.... .286 52-0 189 22 54 9 1 3 36 74 .392 22 6 52 0 .371 4 0 1-1 35 85 18 .870
2001.... .233 24-8 43 6 10 3 1 1 10 18 .419 11 2 15 2 .397 2 0 0-0 19 32 5 .911
2002.... .299 43-42 144 31 43 7 1 4 29 64 .444 20 6 26 3 .399 3 2 5-7 257 48 10 .968
TOTALS.. .285 119-50 376 59 107 19 3 8 75 156 .415 53 14 93 5 .385 9 2 6-8 311 165 33 .935
