2022 Baseball Roster
Matthew Ellis
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Waddy, Ky.
- High School:
- Shelby County
Career Notes & Records
Tied for No. 7 on IU’s single season home run charts (18) with Kyle Schwarber (2013) and Alex Smith (1986) ... Finished tied for No. 10 on the single season RBI charts (65) at Indiana, tied with Seth Bynum (2004), Vasili Spanos (2002) and Doug DeVore (1999).
2023 (Senior Season)
Season: Appeared in 25 games with 24 starts ... Missed two games due to illness and 36 games with an injury (wrist) ... Made starts at catcher (13) and designated hitter (11) ... Reached base safely in 19 of 25 games played ... Collected a hit in 13 games ... Worked a walk in 11 games, including four multi-walk games ... Posted four multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Homered at Auburn (2/17), versus Morehead State (3/16) and in the first two games against Ohio State (3/25-26).
2022 (Junior Season)
Awards: Named third-team All-Big Ten.
Rankings: Ended the season tied for No. 58 nationally in home runs (18) ... Finished tied for No. 62 among Division I hitter in RBIs (65).
Season: Started all 59 games … Made starts at catcher (36) and designated hitter (23) … Reached base safely in 52 of 59 games played … Collected a hit in 38 games … Worked a walk in 28 games, including 11 multi-walk games … Made Indiana debut in a start at designated hitter on Opening Day at Clemson (2/18) … Hit first IU home run in the middle game of the series at Clemson (2/19) … Owned a season-long eight game hitting streak from Feb. 26-March 9 … Season-long 12-game reached base streak ran from March 15-April 5 … Posted 14 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI games … Homered against Clemson (2/19), versus Louisiana-Lafayette (2/26), against Miami (Ohio) (3/1), twice at Missouri State (3/5), two times against Purdue Fort Wayne (3/9), twice against Kentucky (3/15), versus Xavier (3/19), in the first game of a double header with Evansville (3/27), against Northwestern (4/3), versus Butler (4/26), against Illinois (5/1), at Michigan (5/6), versus Minnesota (5/15), against Illinois State (5/17) and at Iowa (5/21) … One of four IU hitters to amass 100 total bases on the season (123) … Led the team in RBIs (65) and walks (40) and tied for the lead in games started (59) … Ranked No. 2 on the squad in slugging percentage (.564), home runs (18) and total bases (123) … Finished No. 3 on the team in on-base percentage (.398).
2021 (Sophomore Season - Walters State C.C.)
Appeared in 65 games with 65 starts … Led the team in walks (49) … Reached base in 59 of 65 games on the season … Posted 18 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games … Owned a season-long hitting streak of 13 games from April 20-May 10, which was the start of a 22-game reached base streak that ran from April 20 through the end of the 2021 season … Homered against King University (2; 2/23), Motlow State C.C. (3/4), Chattanooga State C.C. (2; 3/16), at Cleveland State C.C. (3/23 & 3/24), Roane State C.C. (2; 3/30), at USC Union C.C. (2; 4/13), Chattanooga State C.C. (4/15), at Motlow State C.C. (4/23), BCA Post Grad (4/26), Cleveland State C.C. (4/29 & 5/1) and versus Crowder College (5/31) … Posted a season-high four hits in the first game of a doubleheader against Cleveland State C.C. (2/24) … Drove in a season-high six RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader versus Roane State (3/30).
2020 (Redshirt-Freshman Season - Walters State C.C.)
Appeared in 22 games with 19 starts … Reached base in 17 of 22 games on the season … Posted four multi-hit and six multi-RBI games … Owned a season-long hitting streak of six games from March 1-12, which was the end of a seven-game reached base streak that ran from February 29-March 12 … Homered against Florida Southwestern State College (2/8), in both games of a doubleheader at Chattanooga State C.C. (3/1) and versus Jackson State C.C. (3/8) … Posted a season-high two hits on four occasions … Drove in a season-high four RBIs in the season finale against Milligan University (3/12).
2019 (Freshman Season - Tennessee)
Redshirted his initial collegiate season.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Devin Hicks at Shelby County High School, where he was a five-year letterwinner Named team MVP as a junior and senior … Tabbed team captain twice during his prep career … Rated the No. 10 overall prospect and No. 2 catcher in Kentucky by Perfect Game … Earned first-team Kentucky Baseball Coaches Association All-State as a senior … Garnered Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-America as a senior … Tabbed Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention as a junior … Selected the Region 8 Player of the Year as a senior … Named to the All-Louisville Metro Team as a senior … Tabbed all-district three times and all-region twice as a prep … Three-time East-West Kentucky All-Star game participant … Earned Academic All-State twice … Son of Michele and Mike Ellis … Born on August 1, 2000 … Has one sister, Megan … Is a liberal studies major.
