Matt Russell

Height:
5-10
Weight:
180
B/T:
L/L
Class:
Junior
High School:
Ventura HS
Experience:
2V

Expected to back up the outfielders as a junior at Cal Poly.

2012: Played in 29 games with 13 starts as a sophomore outfielder … nine starts in left field and four as designated hitter … hit .241 with 14 hits, including four doubles, and six RBI … one two-hit game, a single and double, against CSU Bakersfield on May 12 … other doubles were against Loyola Marymount and Long Beach State … knocked in two runs against both Oklahoma State and CSU Bakersfield … played summer ball for SoCal Angels in Central Coast Baseball League, hitting .412 with 11 doubles, two triples, a pair of home runs and 15 RBI … stole eight bases.

2011: Played in 17 games as a redshirt freshman with pair of starts against Loyola Marymount and UCLA … one hit in 13 at-bats for the season … lone hit was a single against Valparaiso on March 5 … also hit sacrifice fly in that game for lone RBI of year … played summer ball for West Coast Rangers in Ventura, Calif., hitting .404 with three home runs, five triples, 16 doubles and 22 RBI.

2010: Redshirt ... played summer ball for Cowlitz Black Bears in West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (Loveland, Wash.), hitting .207 with two doubles, a triple and 10 RBI.

High School: A 2009 graduate of Ventura High School, where he hit .410 as a junior and .383 as a senior under head coach Paul Togneri ... a three-year varsity letterman ... twice earned first-team All-Channel League and All-Ventura County honors ... was named second-team all-league and all-county as a sophomore ... named to a pair of All-Ventura County all-star teams and one CIF-Southern Section all-star team ... played in Junior Showcase ... 12 doubles, three triples, two home runs, 14 RBIs and 18 stolen bases as a senior ... hit .502 in league games ... Ventura was 9-20 in 2009 and finished tied for third in the Channel League ... as a junior hit .507 in Channel League games and, overall, collected nine doubles, two triples and one home run, driving in 14 runs and stealing 13 bases ... life member of California Scholarship Federation ... also played freshman football ... a student scholar and member of Principal's List ... member of National Honors Society ... compiled 4.3 GPA ... visited UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, USC and Saint Mary's before choosing Cal Poly.

Personal: Son of Dennis and Linda Russell ... three brothers, Daniel, Joseph and Stephen ... wants to play professional baseball ... hobbies include whiffleball and other sports ... member of Campus Crusade and Athletes in Action ... born August 23, 1990, in Ventura, Calif. ... majors in general engineering.