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6 Matt Riebesell

  • Position C
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Paramus, N.J.
  • Highschool Paramus

Biography

Honors
• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2017 and 2018

Career Statistics
Year GP GS   Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Slg OBP
2016 34 33   .263 114 13 30 4 1 1 16 1 .342 .338
2017 36 35   .288 125 17 36 12 1 1 26 0 .424 .353
2018 35 33   .289 128 19 37 6 0 3 18 0 .406 .331
Totals 105 101   .281 367 49 103 22 2 5 60 1 .392  .341

Career Highs
hits - 5 vs. Catholic, 2017
RBI - 6 vs. Catholic, 2017
doubles - 2 vs. Franklin & Marshall, 2018; vs. Gallaudet and Catholic, 2017

Career Highlights
2018
• Played in 35 games, starting 33 as the primary backstop for the Mules
• Tied for third on the team in RBI and ranked fourth in batting average
• Tied for second on team in doubles and home runs
• Finished with a .996 fielding percentage, committing only one error in 263 chances
• Tied for first in the conference with 15 runners caught stealing and had the third-highest caught stealing percentage in the CC
• Went 4-for-9 with three doubles in the Mules' two playoff games
• Homered in a 2-for-4 effort vs Washington
• Reached the 100-hit milestone in a win vs. Ursinus 
• Collected three hits and three RBI vs. Waynesburg on the team's Spring Break trip

2017
• Started all but two possible games behind the plate for the Mules
• Led the team and ranked ninth in the Centennial Conference in doubles
• Also led the Mules in RBI and was fourth in hits
• Finished with a .988 fielding percentage with only three errors in 252 chances
• Recorded nine multi-hit efforts, including six CC contests
• Smashed five hits including two doubles and drove in six runs in win over Catholic
• Homered and doubled against nationally ranked Johns Hopkins
• Totaled three hits with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored in comeback win vs. Franklin & Marshall
• Hit a walk-off single up the middle against Penn College

2016
• Stepped in as the primary catcher in his rookie season, starting all but one of 34 games
• Ended the season with a hit in nine of his final ten games
• Recorded multiple hits in eight games
• Belted game-winning home run in the eighth inning against Messiah, the first of his career, to go with three RBIs and two runs scored
• Went 2-for-2 with a double and two-RBI triple along with two runs scored in his second start
• Knocked in three runs and scored another on four hits in doubleheader sweep of Ursinus
 
Personal
• Totaled six varsity letters amongst baseball, bowling and soccer for Paramus High School
• Served as team captain in baseball and bowling
• Twice named all-league and was honorable mention all-county in baseball
• A state section finalist in bowling
• Parents are Tom and Kathy Riebesell
• Born March 10, 1997
• A media & communication major and political science minor
• Made the Dean's List six semesters

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2016Freshman

    C
    6'1" 190 lbs
    33
  • 6

    2017Sophomore

    C
    6'1" 190 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2018Junior

    C
    6'1" 190 lbs
    6
  • 6
    C

    2019Senior

    C
    6'1" 210 lbs
    6
    C