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Jersey Number 3
Matt Richardson
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 175
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- Helix HS
.@MJRichardson_17 has appeared in 193 games as a Ute, going back the last five seasons
— Utah Baseball (@utahbaseball) May 15, 2022
Always a Ute, 3???#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/pKz0LdysBb
2022 – Redshirt Senior
- Played in 50 games, starting 49 at shortstop.
- Had a .232 clip at the plate with 10 doubles, one triple and two homers, totaling 17 RBI.
- Scored 32 runs on the season and was 4-for-4 on stolen bases.
- Contributed 11 multi-hit games, with a season-best 3-for-5 coming vs. Mercer (March 26).
- Added an RBI and scored twice in that Mercer game as well.
- First homer of the season came in the series opener at CSU Bakersfield (March 4).
- Tripled and scored a run in the rubber game vs. Washington (March 13).
2021 – Redshirt Junior
- Played in 44 games on the season, starting 41 contests.
- Led the team and ranked fifth in the Pac-12 with a .360 batting average, adding 10 doubles, a triple, two homers and 28 RBI.
- Also was seventh in the league in OBP (.451).
- Hit safely in eight straight games from May 1-15, with five of those contests featuring multiple hits.
- Had three different three-RBI games, the final coming in the win over Utah Valley (May 12).
2020 – Junior
- Saw action in 12 games with 11 starts at shortstop.
- Had 10 walks, two RBI and scored seven runs, also went 2-for-2 on stolen bases.
- Went 2-for-4 scoring four runs in the final game of the year against Minnesota (March 8).
- Scored the winning run against Kansas State (Feb. 23).
2019 – Sophomore
- Started in 40 games of the 42 games he played, primarily at shortstop.
- Hit .250 on the season with eight multi-hit games and hits in 19 games overall.
- Had multiple RBI in five games and finished with 17 total RBI on the season.
- Scored multiple runs in four games.
- Career-high with three RBI against Western Carolina (March 2) and Oregon (March 31).
- Hit his first career home run against Oregon (March 31).
- Closed the season going a combined 6-for-8 against UC Davis in the final two games of the season (May 24-25).
2018 – Freshman
- Played in 49 games with 48 starts at shortstop, logging a .236 batting average with 23 RBI, 39 hits and 18 runs scored.
- Slugged .303 in part through six doubles, one triple and one home run.
- Nine multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI games.
- Went 3-of-7 with the bases loaded and ranked ninth in the Pac-12 with 134 defensive assists.
- Hit 4-for-9 with a triple over two games of a Santa Clara doubleheader (March 4).
- Was 2-for-4 against UNLV (March 12).
- Three RBI with a hit against Sacramento State (March 24).
- Hit .308 (4-of-13) and drove in four runs against No. 1 Oregon State, including three hits in game three of the series with an RBI in every game (March 29-31).
- Was 2-for-3 with three RBI in the second game against Cal (April 7).
Prior to Utah
- Three-time all-league at Helix HS, earning first-team honors as a junior and senior.
- Two-time All-East County, earning first-team honors as a junior.
- Hit .374 as a senior with 20 RBI, three home runs, a .515 slugging percentage and a .480 on-base percentage.
- Helix finished second in the CIF San Diego Open Section in 2017.
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