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2023 Baseball

5 Matthew Chester

  • Position OF
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 200
  • Year Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Evans, Ga.
  • High School Greenbrier
  • Major Accounting

Biography

Awards/Honors

  • 2023 CSC Academic All-District
  • 2021-22 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2020-21 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2019-20 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2021-22 PBC Gold Scholar
  • 2020-21 PBC Gold Scholar
  • 2018-19 PBC Gold Scholar
  • 2020 season cut short by COVID-19
  • 2022 stats: season-best hit streak of two games
  • 2021 season: one multi-hit game - season-long hit streak of four games
  • 2019: two multi-hit games, season-long hit streak of three games
  • First Bobcat career hit: 2/2/19 vs. Paine
  • First career home run: 4/9/21 at Lander

At Georgia College

  • Major: Master's in Accounting [already finished an undergrad in Accounting]
  • 2021-22 Graduate Accounting Student of the Year

High School: 

  • Greenbrier High
  • Head coach: Jason Osborn
  • 2017 and 2018 All-State
  • 2017 Region Player of the Year
  • 2017 and 2018 All-County
  • 2015 State Champions
  • Varsity Baseball Scholar-Athlete
  • National Honor Society
  • Beta Club
  • Four-year All-A Honor Roll
  • Played club ball for the Diamond Devils and head coach John Rhodes
  • 2017 CABA Champs

Personal: 

  • Born Sept. 4
  • Parents: Rob and Tammy Chester
  • Favorite Athlete: Javier Baez
  • Why choose GC: opportunity to play baseball with good academics
  • Biggest sports thrill: dogpile after winning 2015 State Championship
  • Pre-game ritual: eating Skittles
  • Favorite Song: Hall of Fame
  • Favorite Movie: Empire Strikes Back
  • Favorite TV Show: Friends
YEAR GP AVG AB R H HR RBI SB-ATT
2019 28 .294 51 14 15 0 4 1-1
2020 6 .143 7 1 1 0 2 0-0
2021 15 .256 39 12 10 1 6 0-0
2022 23 .207 29 10 6 0 5 1-1
TOTALS 72 .254 126 37 32 1 17 2-2

2018-19 2019-20 2021-22
Sebastian Nunez  

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2019Freshman

    OF
    5'8" 200 lbs
    36
  • 5

    2020Sophomore

    OF
    5'11" 205 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    OF
    5'11" 205 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Redshirt Junior

    OF
    5'11" 205 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Redshirt Senior

    OF
    5'11" 200 lbs
    5
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