Matt Tarabek

Photo by: Katie Meyers/Pitt Athletics

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Irwin, Pa.
High School:
Hempfield HS

2020 (Fordham): Started all 16 games ... Batted .340 with 11 runs scored, two home runs, 14 RBI, and our stolen bases... Recorded four multi-hit games... Was a perfect 4-for-4 with a home run and two RBI versus CSUN (2/21)... Had a hit and two stolen bases at Furman (2/28)... Went 3-for-6 with a run scored and an RBI in the series finale at Furman (3/1), beginning a six-game hit streak to end the year... Totaled four hits, five runs scored, and seven RBI in the Rams' series with Iona (3/7-8)... Had three RBI in each of the final two games of the Iona series... Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI against Wagner (3/11)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Graduated from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Businesss with a BS in Finance.

2019 (Fordham): Set the single season games played record, appearing in all 62 games at third base... Started 61 contests... Batted .250 with 35 runs scored, 15 doubles, 32 RBI, 21 walks, and 14 stolen bases... Set career-highs in runs, hits (55), doubles, RBI, walks, and stolen bases... Registered 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI performances... Totaled seven hits, three runs scored, and two RBI in the North Florida series (2/22-24)... Was 2-for-5 with a triple and three runs scored in a win over Sacred Heart (3/12)... Had a pair of RBI in games against Iona (3/8) and Siena (4/3)... Had two hits and two RBI in a win at VCU (4/13)... Went 3-fro-4 with a double and two runs scored at Fairfield (4/16)... Combined for five hits and three runs scored in the Saint Louis series (4/18-19)... Had a career day against Fairleigh Dickinson, going 5-for-7 with two doubles, two runs scored, and a career-high six RBI (4/23)... Drove in a pair of runs in the series opener with La Salle (5/10) and followed with two hits and two runs scored in game two of the series (5/11)... Was 1-for-2 with two runs scored in the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinal against Dayton (5/24)... Registered a hit and an RBI in both NCAA Regional games against #15 national seed West Virginia (5/31) and Texas A&M (6/1)... Recognized as a Leader of Merit by the Fordham Leadership Academy ... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2018 (Fordham): Started all 51 games he appeared in at either shortstop or third base... Batted .265 with 30 runs scored, 10 doubles, three triples, three home runs, 27 RBI, and 16 stolen bases... Was third on the team in runs, hits (53), triples, and home runs, while being fourth in doubles, RBI, and slugging percentage (.390)... Totaled five hits and three runs scored in the Rams' series at James Madison (3/3-4)... Connected on four hits and scored three runs in a doubleheader sweep of Coppin State (3/10)... Compiled six hits in the Davidson series, which included going 4-for-4 in game two (3/23-25)... Was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored against Manhattan (3/31)... Went 2-for-4 with a triple and a home run versus Siena (4/11)... Posted three hits and two runs scored in a win over George Washington (4/21)... Opened the Saint Joseph's series, going 3-for- 5 with a home run and two RBI (4/27)... Began the Richmond series with a 3-for-5 performance with a double, three RBI and a run scored (5/17)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2017 (Fordham): Hampered by injury through his freshman campaign... Still managed to play in 36 games, starting 29... Hit .170 with two runs scored, two doubles, and five RBI... Had three multi-hit games... Was 3-for-5 against Albany (3/29)... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI against La Salle (4/1)... Had a double and an RBI against Saint Peter's (4/5)... Was 2-for-5 with a run scored at Hofstra (5/2).

High School: Played at Hempfield Area High School … Three-time Under Armour Preseason All-American (2014-16) and a Perfect Game Preseason All-American Honorable Mention in 2015... Helped Hempfield Area to four WPIAL AAAA Section 2 Championships (2013-16) and been named to the All-Section team three times... Named to the 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason Atlantic All-Region Team... Led Hempfield Area with a .364 batting average as a senior and was named First Team All-Westmoreland County... Named as one of the top 10 baseball players in Western Pennsylvania by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette... Listed as a high school player to watch by Collegiate Baseball in 2015 and named one of the Greensburg Tribune Review's "Terrific 10"... Played summer ball for Team All American (2012-15), where he hit .414 in 2015, as well as for the Allegheny Pirates (2014-15), where he batted .446 with eight doubles, five triples, and 26 RBI... While playing for Team All-American, he was twice named to the Perfect Game WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team (2013 & 2015), and was a two-time invitee to the South Atlantic Border Battle, participating in 2014... Four-year member of the high honor roll... Received the US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award, given for leadership as a high school athlete.

Personal: Born March 21, 1998 … son of Scott and Kathy Tarabek … has an older sister Jenna … his father, sister, and grandfather all graduated from Pitt.