As a junior: Drafted in the 7th round (213th overall) by the Minnesota Twins in the MLB Amateur Draft ... ABCA Third Team All-American ... ABCA First Team All-Northeast ... First Team All-ECAC ... First Team All-New England ... First Team All-NEC ... Bryant's starting centerfielder, missed the final 10 games of the season with an injury ... Hit .366 (67-183) with 13 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 52 RBI and 56 runs scored ... Stole a team-high 15 bases, slugged a team-high .639 and posted a .471 OBP ... Didn't commit an error in the outfield ... Became just the second player in Bryant DI history with 10+ home runs in a single season ... Became the first player in Bryant DI history to record 50+ RBI and 50+ runs scored in the same season ... Posted 23 multi-hit games, 16 multi-RBI games and posted a career-high 36 game on-base streak ... Drove in 5+ runs on three different occassions ... Had two multi-homer games ... Hit two home runs and drove in a career-high six runs at Fairleigh Dickinson on Apr. 10 ... Hit two home runs and drove in five nine days later at Northeastern ... Had three hits and scored four runs in a win at Boston College on Apr. 27 ... Leaves Bryant as a career .336 hitter.
As a sophomore: Battled injuries throughout the 2014-15 season ... Missed 18 games during the year ... Still managed to earn Second Team All-NEC and Third Team All-New England honors ... Appeared in 36 games, making 35 starts ... Hit .319 (46-144) with 11 doubles, three triples, five home runs, 28 RBI and 35 runs scored ... Slugged .542, stole nine bases and didn't commit an error in the outfield ... Opened the season with two hits and two RBI at UTSA ... Became the first player in Bryant Division I history to hit for the cycle on Mar. 8 at Towson ... Went 4-for-5 with four RBI and three runs scored ... Hit four home runs in a three-game span against UMass Lowell and Hartford ... Hit two home runs and drove in three against the RiverHawks ... Named Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week for his performance ... Missed next nine games before returning on Apr. 15 ... 3-for-4 with two doubles and a career-high four runs scored vs. Mount St. Mary's on Apr. 18 ... Two-time NEC Player of the Week and an ECAC Player of the Week.
As a freshman: Second Team NCBWA Freshman All-American … Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American … NEC Rookie of the Year … New England Rookie of the Year … Second Team All-NEC selection … Second Team All-New England … Appeared in 57 of Bryant’s 58 games as a rookie, making 55 starts … Hit .322 with 69 hits, 16 doubles, four triples, two home runs, 36 RBI, 53 runs scored and 11 stolen bases … Posted a .403 OBP … Led the team in doubles, triples and runs scored ... Runs scored are the most by a freshman in program history and the second-most by any player in Division I history … Led the team in doubles and tied for the team lead in triples … Compiled 18 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Made his collegiate debut at Maryland and drew a pair of walks … Collected his first hit and went 3-for-5 with four RBI on Feb. 28 at USC Upstate … Went 4-for-7 with his first home run, two RBI and four runs scored two days later against the Spartans … Three hits, two doubles and two walks at Radford on Mar. 8 … Went 5-for-5 with a double and two runs scored at Hartford Apr. 2 … Five hits, including two triples, and four RBI in doubleheader sweep of CCSU on Apr. 12 … Two hits and three runs scored on Apr. 18 at LIU Brooklyn … Hit game-winning home run in the top of the ninth against the Blackbirds the next day … Two hits, three RBI and three runs scored vs. URI on Apr. 22 … Collected seven hits and scored eight runs in a four-game series against FDU … Entered as a pinch-runner and scored the tying run in the top of the ninth against Houston in the Baton Rouge Regional ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bryant: A three-year varsity letterwinner at Xavier ... Helped team to a 21-1 record and a conference championship as a senior ... Named all-conference, all-area and all-state as a senior ... Named team MVP and was named to the Hartford Courant Fab 15 as a senior ... Hit .390 as a junior, earning Second Team New Haven Register All-State baseball honors and Southern Connecticut Conference All-Quinnipiac Division Team ... Registered the highest batting average for Xavier ... Plays baseball for Team Connecticut in the summer ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society.
Personal: The son of Tracy and Gary Albanese, Matthew Albanese was born on July 26, 1995.
