Matt Spear

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
C
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 210
Bats/Throws:
L/R
Hometown:
San Clemente, Calif.
High School:
Woodbridge High School

Graduate Student (2025)
• Academic All-District
• Appeared in 48 games with 37 starts, mostly at catcher
• Drew 19 walks with 28 hits for a .359 on-base percentage
• Scored 25 runs and recorded 25 RBIs with seven extra-base hits
• Posted a .993 fielding percentage over the season and caught 12 of 36 batters stealing
• Recorded two hits and one run in a win over Indiana (May 17)
• Tallied two hits, two RBIs and one run in a victory against Michigan State (Apr. 27)
• Went 3-for-4 with two runs and RBI in a win over Michigan State (Apr. 25)
• Hit three-run home run in 9-2 win over Bowling Green (Apr. 22)
• Recorded two hits, including one triple, along with two RBIs and one run in a win against Oregon (Apr. 6)
• Doubled in 2-for-4 day with two runs and two RBI in 12-9 win over Purdue (Mar. 22)
• Homered as part of a four-RBI day in 13-3 win over Purdue (Mar. 21)
• Hit two home runs in a win against Long Beach State (Mar. 2)
• Went 2-for-2 with a run and three RBIs in 19-0 win over Villanova (Feb. 16)
• Homered and brought home winning run in 5-4 win over Virginia (Feb. 14)
• Made his Michigan debut on February 14, 2025 vs. Virginia

Prior to Michigan
• Played four years at San Jose State

Senior (2024)
• Recorded 44 hits, 35 RBIs and 29 runs in 52 games played for the Spartans
• Caught 15 runners trying to steal this season which led the Mountain West
• Went 3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs in the Spartans' win over No. 1 Air Force in the Mountain West Baseball Championship
• Had a 10-game hit streak (Apr. 2-19)
• Career-high eight home runs
• Knocked in five RBIs and hit a homerun against Nevada (Apr. 13)
• Scored two runs against UNLV (Mar. 3)
• Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and one run scored at UCSD (Feb. 18)

Junior (2023)
• Appeared in 55 games as the Spartans' catcher
• Had a .247 batting average and a .369 on-base percentage
• Threw out 20 of 37 attempted base stealers
• Hit two three-run home runs in the Mountain West Championship
• Reached base safely three times in a win at Texas, going 2-for-3 with a walk (May 12)
• Went 3-for-4 with a double against San Diego State (May 7)
• Had a perfect day at the plate, going 4-for-4 with a walk and an RBI against Fresno State (Mar. 23)
• Totaled four RBIs on three hits including a double and a home run against Santa Clara (Apr. 27)
• Tallied three runs on two hits against USF (Apr. 7)

Sophomore (2022)
• Made four appearances
• Had a season-high of one run scored at Santa Clara (May 10)

Freshman (2021)
• Appeared in two games as a true freshman, drawing a start in one of them (at Air Force, 5/15)
• Finished the year with a fielding percentage of .909

Prep
• Graduated from Woodbridge HS in Irvine, Calif. (coached by Ryan Brucker)
• Played two seasons of varsity baseball with the Warriors
• Earned 2nd Team All-Pacific Coast League honors as a junior in 2019
• Slashed .400/.526/1.060 that season
• Shined on the mound, pitching 11 scoreless innings as a closer

Personal
• Matthew Christopher Spear
• Born October 16, 2002
• Son of Linda and Eric Spear
• Has one sister, Lauren
• Enrolled in the School of Social Work