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2023 Baseball Roster

13 AJ Mathis

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height / Weight 5-8 / 165
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • High School (Prev. School) Jefferson (Florida State/Eastern Florida State College)
  • B/T L/L

Biography

2023/REDSHIRT SENIOR
  • Started and played in 54 games all in center field
  • Hit a team-leading .353, stealing 17 bases while slugging .475 and getting on base at .488 percent
  • Scored 66 runs, recording 72 hits and a career-high 15 doubles, to go along with two triples and two home runs
  • Knocked in 28 runs and drew 44 walks, the second-most on the team
  • Finished with 24 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games
  • Posted a 34-game base-reaching streak during the season
  • Ranked 25th in the nation and second in the Atlantic 10 in runs scored
  • Had two game-winning hits during the season (vs. SLU [Apr. 29]; vs. RICH [May 14])
  • Posted first multi-hit game of the season, going 2-for-5 at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 19), scoring two runs and hitting one double
  • Hit first home run of the season, going 2-for-5 at No. 13 North Carolina (Mar. 1)
  • Went a perfect 3-for-3 at the dish against Fairfield (Mar. 5), with one double
  • Was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts, while going 2-for-4 and scoring five runs at South Florida (Mar. 26)
  • The four stolen bases at USF ties for second-most in a single game in the country this season
  • Drew a career-high five walks at Saint Joesph's (Apr. 8), the second-most in a single game in the country this season
  • Had five straight games with two hits in each (at W&M [Apr. 11]; vs. George Mason [Apr. 14-16]; vs. No. 8 UVA [Apr. 18])
  • Scored four runs at George Washington (Apr. 22)
  • Walked three times and went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored against Saint Louis (Apr. 28)
  • Hit second home run of the season against Richmond (May 12), going 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored
2022/REDSHIRT JUNIOR
  • Atlantic 10 Champion
  • Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team
  • Appeared in 44 games, including 31 starts
  • Hit .301 with a .389 on-base percentage and a .423 slugging percentage
  • Collected 37 hits, including 5 doubles, 2 triples, and 2 home runs, for 30 runs and 15 RBIs
  • Drew 18 walks, compared to 17 strikeouts, and stole 7 bases
  • Made his VCU debut in the 13-3 win over Lafayette on Feb. 19
  • Hit the go-ahead RBI infield single, diving head-first into first base in a 2-1 win over Princeton on March 5
  • Went 2-for-2 with a triple, a walk, a stolen base, a run and an RBI in a 13-9 win over Saint Joseph's on April 23
  • Went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, a steal, a run, an RBI, and 2 outstanding catches in left at No. 12 Virginia on May 4
  • Homered in back-to-back wins (at Old Dominion on May 10, at Massachusetts on May 13), a stretch where he went 5-for-11 with 6 runs and 4 RBIs, adding a double and a walk
  • Went 7-for-14 with 5 runs across the final three games of the A-10 Championship May 25-28
PRIOR TO VCU
  • Jefferson High School State Championship 2018 
  • Broke Fred McGriff’s walk record junior year of HS with 33 walks. Only player in Hillsborough County to have a 40/40/40 season. 40 Hits, 43 Runs Scored, 47 Stolen Base. Also hit .444 senior year. 
PERSONAL
Son of Andrew Mathis III and Belinda Winston
Siblings: Shawn and Oliviah Mathis
Major: Business Management
Plans after college: Own an offshore fishing charter
Dad was a defensive back at Tennessee Tech University. Mom ran track at Leto High School.

Statistics

Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Outfielder
    5'8" 165 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2023Redshirt Senior

    Outfielder
    5'8" 165 lbs
    13