Matt Donlan

Photo by: Stephen Slade

Position:
Catcher
Height:
6-3
Weight:
213
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Guilford, Conn.
Prev School:
Stonehill College
High School:
Guilford

2022 Season: Signed as undrafted free agent with the Boston Red Sox. College Park Regional Most Outstanding Player. Second Team ABCA All-Northeast Region. First Team All-BIG EAST. Second Team All-New England. Played in 61 games and made 60 starts primarily at catcher for the Huskies. Caught the final 38 games of the season (4/8-6/13). Threw out 22 base runners and picked off five behind the plate for the Huskies. Led the team with three games of 5 RBI or more and posted 14 multi-RBI games on the season. Registered 16 multi-hit efforts. Tied for the team lead with 12 home runs. Hit .260 with 14 doubles, 60 RBI, 47 runs scored and added 27 walks. Hit three-run homer vs. Louisville (2/20) to propel Huskies to victory. Went 2-4 with a double, homer and 4 runs batted in. Hit game-tying homer in the 8th at UC San Diego (3/21). Hit a three-run home run at Kent State (4/3). Went 3-5 with a pair of doubles, a home run and five RBI in series opening victory vs. St. John's (4/8). Went 2-5 with a home run and five RBI vs. Marist (4/12). Hit a go-ahead two-run home run off BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year Dylan Tebrake to lift Huskies to series opening win vs. Creighton (5/6). Hit grand slam against Xavier (5/14) in game two and followed it up with home run in series finale (5/15). Delivered a two-run single in the BIG EAST Championship game vs. Xavier (5/29). Hit three-run homer in the eighth innings vs. No. 15 Maryland in College Park Regional (6/4). Smacked a grand slam home run in the first inning and drove in five in College Park Regional Final at No. 15 Maryland (6/6) to help Huskies win College Park Regional title. Went 2-3 with a home run and 3 RBI in Game 1 of Super Regional at No. 2 Stanford (6/11).

Transfer from Stonehill College, not eligible for the 2021 season.

At Stonehill, was a named Spring Breakout Sophomore of the year. As a freshman, he landed on the NE10 All-Rookie Team.

High School: Played for four seasons at Guilford High School for head coach Brian Hayden. Was a two-time All-SCC performer and a was a team captain his senior year. Also lettered three seasons on the basketball court, earning All-SCC honors.

Personal: Mathew Donlan. Parents are Michele and Patrick Donlan. Has two brothers, Michael and Tyler. An economics major.