Alex Matthews

Weight:
132
Height:
5-7
Position:
Midfielder
Year:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Derbyshire, England
High School:
Chellaston Academy

CAREER
Three-time NCAA Tournament team … United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-America (2024) … Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 (2024) … First-Team All-American Conference (2025) … First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference (2024) … MVC All-Tournament Team (2024) … College Sport Communicators Academic All-District (2024) … MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2024) … MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award … Two-time MVC Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24) … Seven-time MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2025 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR – MISSOURI STATE)
First-Team All-American Conference … College Sport Communicators Academic All-District … Started all 16 matches … Led team in minutes played (1,440) … Helped MSU keep five clean sheets and 1.06 goals against average … Totaled five shots, one on goal.

2024 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE – MISSOURI STATE)
NCAA Tournament team … United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-America … Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 (No. 91) … First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference … MVC All-Tournament Team … College Sport Communicators Academic All-District … MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team … Started all 18 matches … Led team in minutes played (1,593) … Recorded two assists … Helped MSU keep eight clean sheets and 0.83 goals against average … Received no bookings … Earned first-career point assisting winning goal versus Pacific (Aug. 26) … Assisted in victory over NIU (Oct. 6) … MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team.

2023 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN – MISSOURI STATE)
NCAA Tournament team … Appeared in all 16 matches with five starts … Logged 591 minutes … MSU kept nine clean sheets and 0.56 goals against average in his appearances … Made first-career start versus VCU (Sept. 9) … Played season-high 83 minutes at Saint Louis (Sept. 27) … Recorded four shots, one on goal.

2022 (FRESHMAN – MISSOURI STATE)
NCAA Tournament team … Redshirt season … MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … MVC Honor Roll.

PREP/PERSONAL
Played for Derby County (England) academy … Derby County Academy Player of the Year (2019) … Son of Paul and Sarah Matthews … Has one brother, Jorge.