2024 Baseball Roster
Poston, Matt
Jersey Number 38
Matt Poston
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Exercise and Sport Science
- Hometown:
- Hampton, S.C.
- High School:
- Wade Hampton
Bio
AS A SENIOR (2024)
• Made 29 appearances out of the bullpen for the Tar Heels • Finished with 52 strikeouts in 38.2 innings pitched on the season, posting a 5-2 record with four saves (second most on the team) • Part of the UNC pitching staff that compiled the ACC’s lowest team ERA (4.30) for the first time since 2013 • Pitched 3.0 shutout innings with four strikeouts against West Virginia (6/7), picking up the win in the opening game of the Chapel Hill Super Regional • Fanned a career-best five batters against Campbell (5/7) • Appeared in two College World Series games for the Tar Heels, throwing 2.2 innings with two strikeouts and only one run allowed off one hit given up.
As A Junior (2023)
Compiled a 3-3 record with a 1.90 ERA • Led the Tar Heels in appearances with 31, tied for fourth in the ACC • Tied with Kevin Eaise for the team lead in saves with five, tied for eighth in the conference • Finished a team-best 15 games • One of four ACC players with 30 or more appearances • Pitched multiple innings in 12 appearances• Tossed 15.2 scoreless innings to start the season • Recorded a streak of 15.1 scoreless innings from April 7 -29 • Threw 4.2 scoreless innings in the series finale against Virginia (3/11), striking out three, to earn the win • Pitched 3.0 scoreless innings against Georgia Tech (4/7) and Boston College (4/21), striking out four in each appearance • Fanned four in 2.1 innings against Miami (4/15) • Struck out three batters in less than three innings three times • Registered his first win with 1.2 shutout innings against Stony Brook (3/5) • Credited with the win in UNC's walk-off victory over NC State (5/11).
At Florence-Darlington Tech
Made 32 appearances during two seasons at Florence-Darlington Tech • Averaged 13.28 strikeouts per nine innings with a 4.43 ERA • Compiled a 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio (60:31) • Tossed 40.2 innings • Struck out a career-high six in 2.2 innings pitch against Harford Community College in 2022 • Longest outing of his junior college career was 3.2 innings.
High School
Graduate of Wade Hampton High School • Four-year baseball letterman for coach Joel Vaughan • Played football and basketball as a freshman and returned to the gridiron as a sophomore • Served as baseball team captain as a senior • Graduated Cum Laude • Member of the Beta Club.
Personal
Full name is Matthew Richard Poston • Born Feb. 19, 2001 in Hampton, S.C. • Parents are Mary and Robert Poston.
• Made 29 appearances out of the bullpen for the Tar Heels • Finished with 52 strikeouts in 38.2 innings pitched on the season, posting a 5-2 record with four saves (second most on the team) • Part of the UNC pitching staff that compiled the ACC’s lowest team ERA (4.30) for the first time since 2013 • Pitched 3.0 shutout innings with four strikeouts against West Virginia (6/7), picking up the win in the opening game of the Chapel Hill Super Regional • Fanned a career-best five batters against Campbell (5/7) • Appeared in two College World Series games for the Tar Heels, throwing 2.2 innings with two strikeouts and only one run allowed off one hit given up.
As A Junior (2023)
Compiled a 3-3 record with a 1.90 ERA • Led the Tar Heels in appearances with 31, tied for fourth in the ACC • Tied with Kevin Eaise for the team lead in saves with five, tied for eighth in the conference • Finished a team-best 15 games • One of four ACC players with 30 or more appearances • Pitched multiple innings in 12 appearances• Tossed 15.2 scoreless innings to start the season • Recorded a streak of 15.1 scoreless innings from April 7 -29 • Threw 4.2 scoreless innings in the series finale against Virginia (3/11), striking out three, to earn the win • Pitched 3.0 scoreless innings against Georgia Tech (4/7) and Boston College (4/21), striking out four in each appearance • Fanned four in 2.1 innings against Miami (4/15) • Struck out three batters in less than three innings three times • Registered his first win with 1.2 shutout innings against Stony Brook (3/5) • Credited with the win in UNC's walk-off victory over NC State (5/11).
At Florence-Darlington Tech
Made 32 appearances during two seasons at Florence-Darlington Tech • Averaged 13.28 strikeouts per nine innings with a 4.43 ERA • Compiled a 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio (60:31) • Tossed 40.2 innings • Struck out a career-high six in 2.2 innings pitch against Harford Community College in 2022 • Longest outing of his junior college career was 3.2 innings.
High School
Graduate of Wade Hampton High School • Four-year baseball letterman for coach Joel Vaughan • Played football and basketball as a freshman and returned to the gridiron as a sophomore • Served as baseball team captain as a senior • Graduated Cum Laude • Member of the Beta Club.
Personal
Full name is Matthew Richard Poston • Born Feb. 19, 2001 in Hampton, S.C. • Parents are Mary and Robert Poston.
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