Matt Simone - 2012 Baseball - LIU Post


#10 Matt Simone

Position: Catcher/Outfield
Height: 5-7
Class: Senior
Hometown: West Islip, N.Y.
Previous School: Iona

2011: Started in 43 games … hit .234 with 34 hits, four doubles, and seven RBI … was 5-for-6 in stolen bases and was hit by pitch a team-high 20 times … his 27 runs scored were tops on the team … went 2-for-4 against Franklin Pierce (March 5) … went 2-for-3 with a run scored against Queens (April 9) … finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored against Bridgeport (April 3).

2010: Did not play due to injury. 

2009: (Iona) Picked up first collegiate hit at William & Mary (Feb. 22) ... had two hits, two RBI, a stolen base and a run scored at Richmond (Feb. 28) ... had a hit and two runs scored vs. Northeastern (March 13)...had two hits and scored a run at Seton Hall (March 15) ... had two hits and scored two runs at Marist (March 22)...had two hits and two RBI vs. Sacred Heart (April 1) ... had a hit, an RBI and scored two runs at Maine (April 4) ... had two hits and an RBI at Army (April 7) ... had two hits and scored a run at Niagara (April 18) ... had two hits at Fordham (April 21) ... had three hits vs. Saint Peter’s (April 26) ... had a hit, drove in three runs and scored a run at Fairfield (May 2).

Before C.W. Post: Four year varsity letter winner at St. John the Baptist while playing under former Major Leaguer John Habyan ... received three all league nominations... was selected by Newsday as a rising star and a player to watch since freshman year. .. was a two-year captain of his varsity team... both junior and senior year he helped lead his team to the N.S.C.H.S.A.A State Championship game ... received All - Long Island honors and was selected to play in the Long Island Exceptional Seniors Game ...  in 2006 and 2007 he played for Long Island in the Empire State Games as the teams starting catcher and outfielder. 

Personal: Son of Louis and Fran … has an older brother, Louis, who played baseball at Catholic University in Washington D.C. … lists Derek Jeter as his favorite athlete … member of the C.W. Post Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... majoring in marketing.

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