2021: 2020-21 NCBWA West Region Pitcher of the Week on
Mar. 10… 2021 PacWest Pitcher of the Week
Mar. 8… Appeared in 10 games from the mound, starting in nine and logging a 4-4 record with a 7.55 ERA and 1.77 WHIP … The wins are tied for the fifth most in the PacWest and is tied for the most on ART U … Ends his career with a 7.50 ERA, the 10th lowest in ART U program history … Recorded 45 strikeouts and 33 walks in 56.0 innings pitched (second most in the PacWest) … Ends his career with 112 strikeouts, the third most in ART U history … Tied his career high in strikeouts with nine against Concordia on Apr. 29 … Game highs: Innings pitched – 9.0 (5/6/21 at CUI) … Strikeouts – Nine (4/29/21 vs CUI) … Game lows: Innings pitched – 0.0 (5/21/21 vs UHH) … Walks – Zero (5/21/21 vs UHH) … Hits allowed – One (5/21/21 vs UHH) … Runs allowed – Zero (twice; last: 5/21/21 vs UHH).
2020: Appeared in eight games including five starts ... threw a team-high 37.0 innings and struck out 38 batters ... tossed a career-high 8.0 innings against Holy Names on Feb. 16 ... registered a career-high nine strikeouts versus Hawaii Pacific on Mar. 11.
2019: Appeared in 10 games including five starts ... threw 30.2 innings and struck out 29 batters ... tossed a season-high 5.0 innings against Northwest Nazarene on Feb. 22 ... registered a season-high seven strikeouts versus Biola on Apr. 13.
Previous Experience: Played two years at Otero Junior College ... had 53.1 innings pitched, second most on the team ... went 6-4 with two complete games and 48Ks ... graduated from Rio Grande High School in 2016 where he played four years of varsity baseball.
Personal: Matthew Sanchez was born in Albuquerque, N.M. ... parents are Theresa and Paul ... has three brothers: Marcus, Joseph, and Paul ... favorite food is pizza ... favorite music is country/rap ... favorite professional teams are the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Dodgers ... Communications & Media Technologies major.
