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2021 Baseball Roster

11 Matt Ferrara

  • Class Senior
  • Position 2B
  • Height 5-8
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Paramus, N.J.
  • High School Paramus

Biography

CAREER
Honors
  • A first-team all-conference honoree
Statistics
  • Has started all 120 of his career appearances, hitting .301 while totaling 140 hits (32 doubles, two triples, three home runs), 89 runs scored and 68 RBI
On the WP Charts
  • Tied for fifth in hit by pitches (17)
 
2020 SEASON (COVID BLANKET WAIVER)
Statistics
  • Started eight times, collecting three doubles, seven RBI and five runs scored
  • Posted two multi-hit and two multi-RBI games
Game Highlights
  • Tied the game in the seventh with an RBI-single, then had the walkoff base hit in the bottom of the ninth for a 7-6 victory against St. Joseph’s-Long Island (3/10/20)
  • Went 2-for-4 while driving in four runs in an 18-2 win against Keene State (3/8/20)
 
2019 SEASON (JUNIOR)
Statistics
  • Contributed a .321 batting average, 11 doubles, two home runs, 28 RBI and 31 runs scored while starting 39 times
  • Ranked second on the team in RBI and third in runs scored
  • Had 16 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI efforts
In the NJAC Statistics
  • Finished tied for 10th in sacrifice flies (three)
Game Highlights
  • Posted four hits, three RBI and four runs scored as WP defeated Pitt-Greensburg, 22-4 (3/12/19)
  • Went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored during a 9-4 victory against Manhattanville (3/20/19)
  • Drove in three runs during wins against Wheaton, Mass. (11-10, 3/9/19), at New Jersey City (15-11, 4/11/19), against No. 5/8 Rowan (11-6, 4/13/19) and at Stockton (16-5, 4/27/19)
  • Drilled two homers to plate four runners at Rutgers-Newark (4/19/19)
 
2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE)
Honors
  • A member of the All-NJAC First Team
Statistics
  • Started all 39 games, batting .347 with 50 hits, 13 doubles, one triple, a home run, 26 RBI, 31 runs scored and a .472 slugging percentage
  • Was one of three Pioneers to reach the 50-hit mark while leading the team in doubles and RBI
  • Added five sacrifice bunts and three sac flies
  • Had 13 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games
Game Highlights
  • Went 3-for-5 with a triple and solo home run, drove in two runs and scored three times during a 13-0 shutout of Kean (4/14/18)
  • Doubled and singled twice, plating two runners and scoring once in a 13-3 triumph against St. Joseph’s-Long Island (3/28/18)
  • Went a combined 6-for-9 with a pair of doubles, four RBI and three runs scored during a doubleheader split at No. 6/2 Rowan (4/28/18)
  • Totaled six hits, including two for extra bases, in an 8-4, 19-10 series sweep of Rutgers-Newark (4/12-13/18)
  • Was 3-for-4 with two RBI and a pair of runs scored during an 8-4 triumph against Bowdoin (3/16/18)
  • Reached base safely four times (two singles, two walks), drove in two runs and touched home three times in a 13-2 victory against Baruch (3/1/18)
 
2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Statistics
  • Started all 34 of his appearances, posting 30 hits, 22 runs scored, five doubles, a triple and eight sacrifice bunts
  • Had seven multi-hit efforts
In the Division III Statistics
  • Was 26th nationally in sacrifice bunts/game (0.28) and 29th in sacrifice hits
In the NJAC Statistics
  • Ranked fourth in sacrifice bunts
Game Highlights
  • Went 4-for-5, collecting four RBI, two runs and a double during an 11-5 win against RPI (3/17/17)
  • Connected for three hits and one run scored at Kean (4/15/17)
  • Doubled down the left-field line and touched home for the go-ahead run in a 4-3 victory against Rowan (4/29/17)
  • Laced a double as part of a two-hit effort while adding two runs scored against Ramapo (4/20/17)
 
PRIOR TO WILLIAM PATERSON
  • A transfer from Florida Atlantic University
  • Was a first-team all-league performer as a senior captain at Paramus H.S.
  • Earned honorable-mention all-league honors as a junior
  • Won the state championship as a sophomore
  • Spent the summer of 2014 with the North Jersey Cardinals
  • Lettered in bowling as a junior and senior, earning second-team all-league accolades as a senior captain
  • Honored as the Class of 2015 Physical Education Student of the Year
 
PERSONAL/ACADEMICS
  • His parents, Carol and David, are both WP alumni
  • A Spring 2020 Dean’s List student
  • Pursuing a second bachelor’s in history after completing a management degree last summer

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2017Freshman

    Second Baseman
    5'9" 185 lbs
    1
  • 11

    2018Sophomore

    Second Baseman
    5'9" 185 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2019Junior

    Second Baseman
    5'8" 175 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2020Senior

    2B
    5'8" 0 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2021Senior

    2B
    5'8" 0 lbs
    11
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