2018 Baseball Roster
Matthew Wade
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Cordova, Tenn.
- High School:
- First Assembly Christian
2017: Put up a 2-1 record in 18 relief appearances...Struck out 11 in 21.1 innings...Ranked second on the team with three saves...Had a season-high two strikeouts in two innings to nail down his second win of the year...Longest outing was 2.1 innings at Central Arkansas (3/21)...Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor recipient and Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection...Southeast Scholar-Athlete.
2016: Participated in 15 games out of the bullpen…Tallied eight strikeouts in 14.2 innings…Threw 2.1 scoreless innings at Missouri (3/16), his longest outing of the season… Recipient of the OVC Medal of Honor and member of the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Southeast Scholar-Athlete.
2015: Pitched in 19 games and made one start…Finished with a 3-2 record and a team high four saves…Recorded a 5.27 ERA in 27.1 innings… Fanned 22 hitters and walked 18...Held opposing hitters to a .252 batting average…Made his first career start against Morehead State (5/23) in the championship round of the OVC Tournament…Struck out the side in his first career appearance at Alcorn State (2/19)… Pitched 2.1 innings at Morehead State (3/15) en route to his first career win…OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection and Southeast Scholar-Athlete.
2014: Redshirted as a freshman.
Prep: Started four years at First Assembly Christian School…Earned all-district honors three years as well as all-region laurels his junior and senior seasons... Garnered honorable mention all-state honors as a senior…Played middle infield and pitched throughout his prep career…Also played basketball and ran cross country…Is a school record holder in cross country…Was his class’s Salutatorian, President and a student ambassador.
Personal: Son of Don and Deb Wade…Born October 8, 1994…Majoring in General Management.
