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Jersey Number 2
Matt Flaharty
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 195
- Hometown:
- Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
- High School:
- Santa Margarita Catholic HS
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- Major:
- Business Administration (2026)
2026 – Redshirt Senior
2025 – Redshirt Junior
2024 – Redshirt Sophomore
2023 – Redshirt Freshman
2022 – Freshman
- Brooks Wallace Award Shortstop of the Week (May 19)
- Played in 48 games with 47 starts, primarily at shortstop.
- Slashed .306 / .356 / .468 with 10 doubles, one triple and six home runs with 39 RBIs and 38 runs scored.
- Ranked among the team leaders in stolen bases (T-2nd; 7), RBIs (T-3rd), doubles (T-4th), home runs (T-4th), runs scored (5th) and multi-hit games (5th; 17).
- Had a hand in 28 of Utah’s 53 double plays turned.
- Finished the season on an 11-game hitting streak.
- Recorded the first hit in the history of America First Ballpark, sending the first pitch of the bottom of the first inning for a single.
- Was a triple short of the cycle in the middle game vs. UCF (April 25) and again vs. Utah Tech (May 12).
- Season-high four RBIs came in the win over Utah Tech.
- Had two doubles in the series finale at Kansas (April 4).
2025 – Redshirt Junior
- Started 47 games—primarily at second base—with two in center field.
- Defensively, had a hand in a team-best 26 double plays.
- Hit .280 on the season with 15 doubles, three triples, two homers and 30 RBIs while scoring 36 runs.
- Also went 6-for-7 on stolen bases.
- Tied for third on the team with 36 runs scored, while ranking fifth in hits (54), fifth in RBIs and doubles and tying for the lead in triples.
- Went 3-for-5 in the middle game vs. BYU (April 11), contributing two doubles, an RBI and three runs scored.
- Laced a walk-off RBI single against Seattle (Feb. 22).
- Scored four times as part of a 2-for-4 night at California Baptist (Feb. 28).
2024 – Redshirt Sophomore
- Played in 40 games with 28 starts, including the final 21 games of the season.
- Saw action at every infield position except first base, primarily manning second with 20 starts.
- Slashed .282 / .368 / .456 on the year with four doubles, a triple, four homers, 22 RBI and 23 runs scored. Also tied for second on the team with four sac bunts.
- In Pac-12 Conference play, ranked ninth in the league with a .344 average.
- Had seven multi-hit games and four with multiple RBI.
- Came in as a defensive replacement during the rubber game at Arizona State (April 14), going 2-for-2 at the plate with two homers and a career-best five RBI.
- Broke a 10-10 tie against Oregon State (March 17), lifting a three-run double as the Utes eventually won after trailing 9-0 earlier in the game.
- Scored three runs during a 2-for-3 day in the series-opening win vs. Washington (April 19).
- Season-best six assists came in the middle game against Washington (April 20).
2023 – Redshirt Freshman
- Played in 45 games (39 starts), primarily at shortstop.
- Hit .269 on the year with nine doubles, a triple, two homers, 22 RBI and 35 runs scored.
- Led the team and ranked ninth in the Pac-12 with 13 stolen bases during the regular season.
- Breakout game came with a 3-for-3 day with three runs scored against Arizona State (March 19), helping the Utes rally from a 6-0 deficit to win.
- Season-high four runs scored came in the series-opening win over Cal Poly (May 12).
- Doubled twice, drove in three runs and scored another in the series finale at No. 23 UCLA (April 8).
- In the win at BYU (April 18), doubled, homered, had three RBI and scored three runs.
2022 – Freshman
- Received a redshirt for the season.
- Attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School.
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