2015 Baseball Roster
Matt Pennington
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- LHP
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Prev School:
- Suwannee HS (St. John's River St.)
- Hometown:
- Live Oak, Fla.
2014 (Jr.)
• Appeared in eight games, with one start
• Posted a 0.75 ERA with 11 strikeouts and three over 12 innings
• Allowed one hit over three scoreless innings in only start of year, striking out three against Elon (5/13)
• Gave up one run on four hits, striking out four over four innings of relief in game one of a doubleheader at Radford (5/16)
• Named to Big South Presidential Honor Roll
Previous School
• Attended St. John's River State College for two years
• Member of 2013 Mid-Florida Conference champions
• Named NJCAA Region 8/FCSAA Pitcher of the Week for April 23, 2013
• Posted a 7-5 record with a 2.42 ERA as a sophomore
• Appeared in 16 games with a 2.70 ERA over 34 innings as a freshman
• Received the NJCAA Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence in 2013
• Named the 2013 Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) Male Scholar Athlete of the Year
• Carried a 4.0 GPA and was selected the school's Male Student Athlete of the Year in 2012 and 2013
• 2013 recipient of the John C. Tindall Endowed Scholarship
• Named to St. John's River State Athletics Hall of Fame
• FCSAA All-Academic Team member
• President of the school's chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and a member of Student Government Association
Prep
• Graduate of Suwannee School
• Earned All-Gainesville honors as a junior and senior
• Class valedictorian
• Also played soccer
Personal
• Son of Steve and Paula Pennington
• Majoring in theology and apologetics
• Birthday is Sept. 10
