Matt Greener

5-9, 200, SR, IF, R-R
Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter HS
(Palm Beach CC)
 
2009 (JUNIOR): Voted TranSouth Conference Gold Glove award winner at third base … Played in 55 games with 53 starts, batting .344 (fourth-best on squad) with 13 doubles, four home runs, 31 runs scored and 29 RBIs … Walked 21 times and struck out just eight times in 213 plate appearances … Posted team-high 20 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests … Started at five different defensive positions, including third base (35), second base (4), catcher (3), right field (3) and left field (1) … Also served as designated hitter in seven contests … Collected two hits in first game of Sunday doubleheader at Auburn-Montgomery … Went 2-for-2 with a home run, six RBIs and two runs scored in first game of twinbill against Iowa Wesleyan … Registered three more hits in final two contests against IWC … Posted pair of hits in both ends of doubleheader against Missouri Baptist … Collected nine hits on six-game Spring Break trip, including two against St. Xavier and Bellevue Univ. and pair of hits in two separate outings at Embry-Riddle … Doubled twice in final contest against ERU … Registered two hits against Lindsey Wilson … Started season-best 10-game hitting streak in second game of doubleheader versus Georgetown College on March 18, going 15-for-36 (.417) during the stretch with five doubles, seven runs scored and eight RBIs … Drove in four runs and scored twice in pair of contests against Mid-Continent … Had two hits with a double, scored once and drove in a run versus Georgetown College … Collected five hits in series at Lyon College, including three doubles and two RBIs in opener … Went 2-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and one RBI at Campbellsville Univ. … Posted two hits in first game of Saturday doubleheader versus Union Univ. … Registered seven hits with pair of home runs in series at Lambuth Univ., posting multi-hit games in all three contests … Drove in three runs and had two hits in opener … Tripled, homered and collected three hits in second game of Friday doubleheader … Had two hits in finale as well … Singled, scored a run and drove in another in NAIA Regional opener versus Brescia Univ. … Hit solo homer and added another hit versus Southern Poly.
 
BEFORE CUMBERLAND: Preseason All-American at Palm Beach CC in Lakeworth, Fla. … Selected All-State and Most Valuable Player as sophomore at PBCC.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for coach Doug Ferguson at Jupiter HS in Jupiter, Fla. … Selected First Team All-State and team’s MVP as senior, batting .507 with 15 doubles and .605 on-base percentage.
 
PERSONAL: Matthew Michael Greener … Son of Cal and Patti Greener … Born May 17, 1988 … Majoring in Fitness and Wellness.