Army West Point Athletics
2017 Baseball Roster
Roster
Matt Ball
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 186
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Providence Senior
- 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Baseball Team
- 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- 2018 Academic All-Patriot League Team.
- 2016 Academic All-Patriot League Team
- 2016 Patriot League Pitcher of the Week nod 1x
- 2015 Patriot League Pitcher of the Week nod 1x
2018: Made 17 appearances, including 14 starts as one of Army’s primary weekend starters … Compile a 7-3 record in 84.1 innings (second most on team) on the mound … Held a 3.52 ERA and joined teammate Jacob Carte with their lone shutout of the year following a 3-0 victory over Maryland on Feb. 24 … Led the team and was third in the Patriot League with 93 strikeouts on the year … Allowed 94 hits, 41 runs (33 earned runs), 23 walks, 16 doubles, three triples and six home runs during his final campaign … Issued four wild pitches and hit 15 batters … Converted on one pickoff opportunity … In the game against the Terps on Feb. 24, allowed just four hits, while striking out seven in 7.2 innings of work … Fanned a season-high 10 batters in a contest with Holy Cross on April 28 … Closed out that game giving up one runs on four hits … Did not allow a run in six full innings against Niagara on March 3, giving up just six hits on the day … In Army’s NCAA Regional finale against N.C. State, had a no-hitter going for 5.1 innings … Registered wins against Maryland, Niagara, Lehigh, Lafayette x2, Holy Cross, Bucknell … Posted at least four or more strikeouts in 14 of his 17 appearances … Strung together a three-game winning streak from April 28 – May 13 … During conference play, went 4-1 with a 2.37 ERA … Gave up 39 hits, 14 runs 910 earned), and 11 walks in 38.0 innings on the hill …Named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Baseball Team, selected by CoSIDA … Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District and Academic All-Patriot League praise.
2017: Saw action in six games, making two starts … Battled injury most of the season but managed to post a 1-2 record with a 9.18 ERA … Allowed 18 hits, 18 runs (17 earned) and 12 walks during his 16.2 innings of work … Struck out nine batters … Issued one wild pitch and hit one batter … Helped with one double play … Notched two appearances in Patriot League play … Was credited with the loss against rival Navy on April 23, where he allowed one hit, two runs and one walk in two innings … Conceded five hits, five runs and one walk during four innings of conference action … Went his longest outing of the year at No. 3 LSU on Feb. 18, where he allowed five hits, seven runs ( six earned) and four walks in 4.1 innings … Notched his lone win of the year during his next outing at Duke on Feb. 25, where he gave up just two hits in four scoreless innings … Posted a season-high three strikeouts against LIU Brooklyn on May 3.
2016: Appeared in 12 games on the mound, tying the team-lead in starts with 11 as a sophomore … Worked primarily as a day-one starter … Compiled a 2-7 record to accompany a 5.37 ERA in a team-high 60.1 innings of work … Notched his first win of the season in a three-hit effort over a team-high seven innings against UMass (3/12) … Allowed two unearned runs and one walk while striking out six Minutemen … Earned a 6-4 victory opposite Harvard (3/18) … Struck out five in six innings of work versus the Crimson … Struck out a pair in an inning of relief in the 11th Annual Hudson Valley Baseball Classic against Marist (4/27) … Tossed 4.2 innings of one-run ball against Hartford (5/7).
2015: Pitched in a team-high 18 games as a freshman, including three starts … Complied a 3.92 earned-run average in 39.0 innings of work … Posted a 4-3 record and earned one save … Surrendered 42 hits and 21 runs (17 earned) … Fourth on the team with 33 strikeouts and allowed 23 walks … Did not give up a home run … Earned the win with 4.2 innings of relief in the 12-6 win over Dayton (2/14) … Struck out four and allowed two runs on two hits opposite the Flyers … Threw 2.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts against Longwood (3/1) … Did not allow a run in five straight appearances from March 1 – March 17 … Collected the win with one scoreless frame in a 3-2 win over Mount St. Mary’s (3/6) … Secured first-career save with three strikeouts in 2.0 scoreless innings against UMass (3/15) … Allowed one run in 3.2 innings on the hill in the 9-7 win at Lehigh (3/29) … Threw 4.0 innings and held Manhattan to one run in his first-career start (4/14) … Gave up one hit in 5.2 innings to back Army’s 10-0 win over NYIT (4/22) … Fanned seven and walked two in the shutout of the Bears, en route to earning Patriot League Pitcher of the Week Honors.
Background: Played baseball at Providence Senior High School for head coach Danny Highlight … 2014 Louisville Slugger Second Team All-American … 2014 South Meck 8 All-Conference First Team selection … 2014 South Charlotte Weekly Baseball Player of the Year … 2014 All-Charlotte Observer First Team choice … 2014 All-State First Team … Went 11-0 on the mound and led the conference in wins and strikeouts (105) as a senior … Posted a 0.79 ERA as a senior and led his team in ERA in each of his final two seasons … MVP of Class of 2014 Battle of the Border Showcase … 2014 Hot Stove Baseball Scholar Athlete of the Year … Member of the National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society … AP Scholar … Earned a perfect score on the math portion of his SAT and ACT … Had a 5.0 GPA and was ranked 10th in his graduating class … Placed first in physics at the UNCC Super Competition.
