Mark Mathias

Height:
6-null
Weight:
185
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Irvington HS
Experience:
HS

Expected to start at second base in junior season at Cal Poly ... underwent labrum surgery in early December and may be limited to role as designated hitter early in the season ... preseason honors include first-team D1Baseball.com All-America Team, second-team Baseball America Preseason All-America Team, second-team National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America Team, third-team Perfect Game All-American and third-team Louisville Slugger Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American.

2014: Mathias produced a banner sophomore campaign with a .team-leading .386 batting average -- No. 20 in the NCAA -- en route to Big West Conference Field Player of the Year honors ... also was named to Rawlings All-West Region First Team, Baseball America All-American Second Team, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-American Third Team and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American Third Team ... Bakersfield snapped Mathias’ 17-game hitting streak April 1 and Long Beach State halted his 14-game streak April 27 ... went 8-for-17 in six-game week (March 11-16), 6-for-15 against Cal, 6-for-10 vs. UC Davis and 6-for-14 against UC Riverside ... 27-for-57 (.478) during 17-game hitting streak with two doubles, one triple and 20 RBI, lifting his average 218 points ... hit safely in 44 of last 48 games of season, going 77-for-185 (.416) ... just 18 strikeouts in 250 plate appearances ... 8-for-16 in Cal State Fullerton series and 7-for-14 in four regional games ... 14 singles in his first 18 games of season before getting an extra-base hit ... 24 multiple-hit games, including pair of four-hit games and seven three-hit contests ... hit.420 against southpaws, .431 as leadoff hitter, .421 in home games, .442 in night games and .410 in Big West games... with runner on third and less than two outs, drove in run 79 percent of the time ... earned team's Monty Waltz Big Stick Award ... played on USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team during the summer, finishing with a .263 batting average ... a team-high 19 walks, seven doubles, 10 RBI and 15 runs scored ... failed to reach base just twice in 28 games ... one of two players on Team USA to start all 28 games.

2013: Made 12 starts, mostly at first base, in freshman season and played in three other contests ... a .200 hitter with one double, one triple and four RBI ... just one error in 92 fielding chances ... double was against Holy Cross on March 6 in one of his pair of two-hit games of season ... tripled against Bakersfield on April 9 ... knocked in two runs and scored twice in Holy Cross game ... went 5-for-13 during midseason four-game hitting streak ... hit .263 in night games ... played summer ball for East Texas Pump Jacks in Texas Collegiate League, hitting .278 with six doubles, two home runs, 20 RBI and eight steals ... produced 10-game hitting streak, going 16-for-42 (.381) with 11 RBI and lifting his average 72 points.

High School: A .407 hitter with 10 RBI, five doubles and a home run, stealing five bases, as a junior shortstop under head coach Denny Martinez at Irvington High School … also pitched for the Vikings, compiling a 4-4 record and 2.17 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 48 1/3 innings and a pair of complete games … led Irvington to a 14-11 overall record, second-place finish in the Mission Valley League and to the semifinal round of the CIF-North Coast Section Division I playoffs … earned MVP and first-team All-Mission Valley League honors as well as second-team All-East Bay honors as an infielder … in senior season hit .239 with 15 RBI and 22 runs scored … three doubles, including two with three RBI against Foothill on April 19 … struck out seven times in 84 plate appearances … during summer of 2011, played in the 17-and-under WWBA national tournament in Georgia as well as the Area Code Games for the Oakland A's in Long Beach … also played for Headfirst Bercovich in Connie Mack and California Club Baseball and participated in the Rawlings NorCal World Series and Bay Area World Series … played football as a freshman … earned baseball team's scholar-athlete award … was recruited by UC Santa Barbara, San Jose State and San Francisco, but chose Cal Poly because "I liked the coaches and I liked the area, the campus and facilities."

Personal: Son of John and Alice Mathias … two brothers, John III and Michael, and one sister, Alyssa … enjoys fishing, music and spending time with family as hobbies ... dedicates every game he plays to friend Tyler, paralyzed in a drunk driving accident … born August 2, 1994, in Santa Clara, Calif. … majors in parks, recreation and tourism administration with a concentration in sports management.