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2008 and 2009 ACC Honor Roll
An extremely hard worker that can play both corners of the infield ... Spent much of the fall working out in the outfield ... A line-drive hitter with a good swing ... Also has a good approach at the plate.
2009
Appeared in five games on the season, four as a pinch hitter ... Collected at least one hit in two of the five contests ... Had three hits in four at-bats (.750), with one home run and five RBI ... Had an RBI single for his first career hit and then followed with a grand slam in the eighth inning of Tech's 24-3 win over Maryland (3/7).
2008
Redshirted.
High School
Four-year letterwinner for coach Charlie Owens at Pace Academy ... Tabbed first-team all-region in 2007 after earning first-team all-city honors by the AJC in both 2005 and 2006 ... Helped the East Cobb 16U Astros to the AAU National Championship ... Also lettered one year for basketball coach Cal Boyd ... Member of the National Honor Society and a Peer Leader at Pace.
Personal
Full name is Matthew Mills Simonds ... Born August 10, 1988 ... Son of Gil and Sandy Simonds ... Majoring in management at Georgia Tech.
Career StatisticsYear Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2009 .750 5-0 4 3 3 0 0 1 5 6 1.500 0 2 1 0 .833 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 2010 .250 9-0 8 2 2 0 0 1 3 5 .625 1 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0-0 11 0 0 1.000 TOTAL .417 14-0 12 5 5 0 0 2 8 11 .917 1 2 3 0 .533 0 0 0-0 13 0 0 1.000
