Matt Garbowski

Position:
Catcher/Infielder
Height:
6-0
Weight:
210
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
New Fairfield, CT
High School:
New Fairfield

2025 Season: Tri-captain. Played in 32 games and made 28 starts. Hit .233 with three doubles, one home run and seven RBI. Posted a multi-hit game at UNC Greensboro (3/23). Collected a pair of hits and threw out his brother, Kyle, trying to steal second vs. Quinnipiac (4/1). Notched a three-hit effort with a double and pair of RBI at St. John's (4/25). Registered a pair of hits at Villanova (5/3). Hit his first home run of the season vs. Butler (5/10).

2024 Season: Second Team All-BIG EAST. Played in 48 games and made 47 starts primarily behind the plate for the Huskies. Hit .285 with six doubles, four home runs and 20 runs batted in. Added 25 walks and threw out nine base runners attempting to steal. Registered 11 multi-hit games. Went 2-4 with a home run at California (2/23). Hit a game-tying two-run homer in 8th inning at California (2/25). Recorded a pair of hits at UCLA (3/12). Collected two hits, walked twice and scored a pair of runs vs. LIU (3/20). Registered a three-hit game and drove in a pair of runs vs. CCSU (4/1). Had a three-hit game vs. St. John's (4/12). Homered in a win vs. Kansas State (4/16). Went 5-9 with a pair of doubles in series at Seton Hall (5/3-5/5). Had three-straight multi-hit games from 5/11-5/16 that included five RBI, a double and a home run. Battled an illness that caused him to miss the majority of the NCAA Norman Regional.

2023 Season: Played in 50 games and made 42 starts behind the plate for the Huskies in 2023. Hit .257 with five doubles and one home run and 17 runs batted in. Went 3-5 with a go-ahead RBI single at Hawaii (3/11). Recorded a three-hit day with a pair of runs scored at Columbia (4/4). Went 3-5 with three runs scored in a win vs. CCSU (4/10). Hit a two-run home run vs. Northeastern (4/18). 2-4 with a double vs. Seton Hall (5/7). Career-high four runs batted in as part of a three-hit day at Creighton (5/20) that helped secure a BIG EAST regular season championship. Hit safely in 9 of last 11 games of the season.

2022 Season: Battled injuries throughout the season, played in 20 games and made 13 starts as catcher and designated hitter. Hit. 294 with three doubles, one homer and 12 RBI. In first career game, hit first career home run against Charlotte (2/19). Went 2-4 with a pair of runs batted in at UNF (2/26). Delivered another multi-hit effort at FIU (3/5). Produced go-ahead RBI single in seventh inning at Kent State (4/2). Went 2-3 with a double and RBI vs. Yale (4/27). Came off the bench and delivered a two-run double at Butler (5/1). Came up clutch with a bases-clearing double with two outs in the ninth to give the Huskies the lead against Georgetown (5/20).

Before UConn: Lettered three seasons for his dad, Joseph, at New Fairfield High School. Hit .345 with 77 hits, 14 doubles, seven triples and 10 home runs while slugging .744 in his high school career. Three-time All-SWC and two-time All-State. National High School Coaches All-American New England Regional honors. Was a team captain and team MVP his senior year.

Personal: Matthew Joseph Garbowski. Parents are Christie and Joseph. Has one brother, Kyle, and one sister, Kaitlyn. Undecided major.