2009 Baseball Roster

14 Matt Collins

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Monroe, La.
  • Highschool Parkview Baptist

Biography

2008 (Junior): Appeared in 54 games, making 53 starts, in his first season with the Warhawks...finished the season with a hit in 18 of the final 21 games (31-75, .413), which included a 14-game hit streak -- the second longest on the team...finished the season with seven home runs, two of which came in the series opener at New Orleans...finished the game 4-for-5 with six RBIs and hit a grand slam tying the game after ULM got down 8-2 in the fourth inning...finished the UNO series with six hits and seven RBIs...had 17 multi-hit games on the season, four of which were four-hit games...also had 12 multi-RBI games...drove in a run in 32 different games and had at least one RBI in 19 of the last 26 games of the season...recorded a hit in 38-of-53 games with at least one official at-bat...tied for fourth on the team with 21 extra-base hits...finished the season with 26 two-out RBIs -- second best on the team...in a pair of back-to-back midweek games against Centenary and McNeese State went 7-for-8 with five RBIs and seven runs scored

LSU-E: Hit .350 with five home runs and 48 RBIs for the Bengals his sophomore year...also stole 16 bases, hit 13 doubles and five triples...helped LSU-E win the 2006 NJCAA World Series accounting for all three runs in the championship game with two RBIs and a run scored...finished his freshman year hitting .360 with 14 doubles, three triples, three home runs, 12 stolen bases and 52 RBIs...Bengals went a combined 96-13 during his two seasons

Prep: Began his high school career at Ouachita High School...helped guide Parkview Baptist to the 2005 Louisiana State Championship...named all-state and all-district in both football and baseball his senior year

Personal: Full name is James Matthew Collins...son of Mike and Terri ?Collins...born Oct. 7, 1986, in Monroe, La...has one brother, John Michael, who played baseball at ULM...grandfather Pat Collins was the head coach of the 1987 ULM National Championship football team...father Mike Collins played and coached football at ULM...majoring in general studies

Statistics

Season:
2009

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2008Junior

    Infielder
    6'1" 205 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2009Senior

    Infielder
    6'1" 205 lbs
    14