#10 Matt Prokopowicz

Sophomore, 6-0, 205

Third Base

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Massapequa Park, NY

Massapequa High School

Named to 2008 Preseason All-America third team by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association...Placed on Wallace Award Watch List.

At Hofstra:

2007: Named to Freshman All-America teams by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, and Ping! Baseball...Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year...Second team All-CAA selection...Played and started in all 54 games...Led the team in batting average (.416), hits (82), home runs (6), RBIs (52), total bases (113), slugging percentage (.574), and on-base percentage (.491)...Tied for team lead in doubles with 11...82 hits set a new school record...Ranked 10th in nation and second in the CAA in batting average...Ranked as the 62nd toughest player to strikeout in the country (one per every 13.1 AB)...Was third in the CAA in on-base percentage (.491)...Tied for the conference lead in HBP's (16)...Had eight stolen bases...Hit safely in 48 of 54 games...Picked up first collegiate hit in a three-for-four day with two RBIs and one run scored in second game of the Auburn series...Went seven-for-11 with five RBIs and five runs scored in three game series against Coppin State...Hit his first collegiate home against George Mason, going two-for-two, while knocking in two runs and scoring twice...Drove in four runs in final game of Delaware series...Hit two home runs, drove in four runs and scored four runs against Stony Brook...Had three RBIs in first game of Northeastern series...Hit .425 with three home runs, 23 RBIs and 21 runs in Colonial Athletic Association play...Named to NECBC All-Star team while playing for the Vermont Mountaineers.

High School/Personal

Played four years of baseball and one year of basketball at Massapequa High School...Team was state, Long Island and Nassau County champions in 2006...Two-time All-New York State and All-Nassau County selection...Had a .500 career batting average, 18 home runs, and 102 RBIs...Has one brother...Favorite book is the "The Da Vinci Code"... Favorite athlete is Carlos Beltran...Nicknamed "Proko"...Also recruited by Auburn, St. John's, Stony Brook and Maine...Aspires to play professional baseball...Undecided major.

Year     G          AB        R          H          Avg.     RBI       2B        3B        HR        BB        SO       SB

2007     54         197       41         82         .416      52         11         1          6          17         15         8