University of Dayton
 
 Baseball
 Basketball
 Cross Country
 Football
 Golf
 Soccer
 Tennis
 
 
 Basketball
 Cross Country
 Golf
 Rowing
 Soccer
 Softball
 Tennis
 Track & Field
 Volleyball
 
 





 

 

 
 

Schedule/Results | Roster | News | Archives
 

  Laura Matthews

Laura Matthews

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Nashville, TN

High School:
Franklin Road

Height:
5-9

Position:
C

Birthdate:
03/02/1986

Bats/Throws:
R/R

2007
Named to the 2007 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll...Led the Flyers with five baserunners thrown out from the catcher position...Posted career-highs with 32 games played and 27 starts...Hit .181 with two RBI and two doubles...Stole one base...Hit 1-for-3 and drove in a run against Mississippi Valley State...Tied for fourth in walks with eight...Drove in two runs against St. Bonaventure...Batted 3-for-4 with an RBI and a walk against IPFW...Scored a run against La Salle...Hit 2-of-5 against Fordham.

2006
Appeared in 21 games, starting 18...In 69 at bats, had four runs and 15 hits including two doubles and one homerun...Also compiled 11 RBI and eight walks...Tenth on the team with a .217 batting average and fourth on the team with an on base percentage of .349...In 20 total bases, posted a .290 slugging percentage...This sophomore was two-for-five with a pair of runs batted in against the George Washington Colonials in an A-10 conference double-header...She also hit a two-run homerun to lead UD to a win against IPFW on April 23.

2005
Started in 31 of 36 games for UD...Had 21 hits, two doubles, two homeruns and 11 RBI...Posted a .354 Slugging percentage with a .402 on base percentage while walking 14 times...Had two multi-hit games ...Her longest hitting streak of the season was four games...Also had three multi-RBI games...Tallied her first career hit, a double against Youngstown State...Matthews first homerun came against UMass as she also smacked a solo homer in the win against Toledo.

High School
An All-State and four-time All-District player...Also named to the Middle Tennessee Softball Coaches Association All-Mid State and All-Academic teams...A three-time Most Outstanding Academic Female at Franklin Road Academy...Named Founders Award winner her senior year.

Personal
A sports management major, Matthews is the daughter of Carleen and Ben Matthews...She has one older sister, Jenny and two younger sisters, Madeline and Christine...She was born March 2, 1986.


  Softball
 
University of Dayton Softball
 
  Printer-friendly format   Email this article