2025 Baseball Roster
Schark, Matt
Jersey Number 33
Matt Schark
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 240
- Hometown:
- St. Charles, Mo.
- High School:
- Francis Howell HS
- Prev School:
- Jefferson College
Bio
SENIOR (2024)
Was limited to four games due to injury ... Had a home run and three RBIs at Northwestern State on Feb. 18.
JUNIOR (2023)
2023 All Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention Team ... Games/starts: 52/45 (1B) ... BA: .277 ... HR: 11 ... RBI: 32 ... 3rd on team in HRs ... MVC-only: Games/starts: 27/26 ... BA: .289 ... HR: 8 ... RBI: 21 ... Tied for 1st on team for HRs in MVC play and tied for 2nd in RBIs ... Was involved in 4 walk-off wins: Scored game winning run on an error in a 6-5, 10 inning win over UT Martin (3/28/23), hit a walk-off HR in a 7-6 11 inning win vs. Belmont (4/6/23), hit a walk-off single in the 9th to give SIU a 10-9 win over Austin Peay (4/18/23), and drove in the winning run in a 6-5 10 inning walk-off win over SIUE (5/9/23) ... Hit .344 vs. LH and .254 vs. RH ... Tied for team lead (Mathieu Vallee) in BA with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs (.692) ... His 6 RBI game vs. Belmont (3/26/23) was the highest one-game RBI total of the season ... Fielding %: .993 (3 errors) ... Had 20 of the 27 putouts in the Belmont win (4/8/23).
JEFFERSON COLLEGE (2021 and 2022)
2022: Games: 57 ... Avg.: .385 ... HR: 25 (2nd in NJCAA D1) ... RBI: 81 (10th in NJCAA D1) ... Slug %: .840 ... 2021: Games: 45 ... Avg.: .362 ... HR: 14 ... RBI: 54 ... Career: Games: 102 ... Avg.: .376 ... HR: 39 ... RBI: 135.
HIGH SCHOOL
First baseman/third baseman ... Junior (2019): Avg.: .402 ... Senior (2020): Team did not play due to Covid 19 ... Finished his high school basketball career as Francis Howell HS's all-time leading scorer ... Senior (2020): Class 5A All-State Basketball Team ... Once held the school record for points in one game, 38.Â
PERSONAL
Born: Nov. 16, 2001 ... 2021 teammates with fellow Saluki Jack Rigoni at Jefferson College.
Was limited to four games due to injury ... Had a home run and three RBIs at Northwestern State on Feb. 18.
JUNIOR (2023)
2023 All Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention Team ... Games/starts: 52/45 (1B) ... BA: .277 ... HR: 11 ... RBI: 32 ... 3rd on team in HRs ... MVC-only: Games/starts: 27/26 ... BA: .289 ... HR: 8 ... RBI: 21 ... Tied for 1st on team for HRs in MVC play and tied for 2nd in RBIs ... Was involved in 4 walk-off wins: Scored game winning run on an error in a 6-5, 10 inning win over UT Martin (3/28/23), hit a walk-off HR in a 7-6 11 inning win vs. Belmont (4/6/23), hit a walk-off single in the 9th to give SIU a 10-9 win over Austin Peay (4/18/23), and drove in the winning run in a 6-5 10 inning walk-off win over SIUE (5/9/23) ... Hit .344 vs. LH and .254 vs. RH ... Tied for team lead (Mathieu Vallee) in BA with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs (.692) ... His 6 RBI game vs. Belmont (3/26/23) was the highest one-game RBI total of the season ... Fielding %: .993 (3 errors) ... Had 20 of the 27 putouts in the Belmont win (4/8/23).
JEFFERSON COLLEGE (2021 and 2022)
2022: Games: 57 ... Avg.: .385 ... HR: 25 (2nd in NJCAA D1) ... RBI: 81 (10th in NJCAA D1) ... Slug %: .840 ... 2021: Games: 45 ... Avg.: .362 ... HR: 14 ... RBI: 54 ... Career: Games: 102 ... Avg.: .376 ... HR: 39 ... RBI: 135.
HIGH SCHOOL
First baseman/third baseman ... Junior (2019): Avg.: .402 ... Senior (2020): Team did not play due to Covid 19 ... Finished his high school basketball career as Francis Howell HS's all-time leading scorer ... Senior (2020): Class 5A All-State Basketball Team ... Once held the school record for points in one game, 38.Â
PERSONAL
Born: Nov. 16, 2001 ... 2021 teammates with fellow Saluki Jack Rigoni at Jefferson College.
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