BULLDOG MAN (TEAM CAPTAIN FOR LIFE)

CAREER HONORS
C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2023)
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

2023: Played and started in 57 games (44 at RF, seven at LF, and three at DH) ... Slashed .233/.543/.354 (BA/SLG/OBP), leading the team in slugging percentage ... Collected 51 hits, 48 RBIs, 44 runs scored, and 31 walks ... Had 29 extra-base hits, including a team-high 19 homers (tied for fourth most in C-USA), nine doubles, and one triple ... Had 12 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games ... Tied for the longest hitting streak on the team with 10 games ... Closed the season with a 21-game on-base streak ... Went 4-for-4 on stolen bases ... Committed just three errors ... Earned C-USA Hitter of the Week honors in second week of the season ... Registered a season-high four hits and five RBIs versus Nicholls State (2/24), blasting two home runs ... Had another four-hit performance against Northwestern (3/5) to go along with four RBIs ... Second two-homer game came versus Dallas Baptist (4/1), went 3-for-4 with three RBIs ... Launched a grand slam against UTSA (5/18) ... Finished career ranked in top 10 in program history in home runs, walks, runs scored, and games played.

2022: Started in all 64 games in his junior year as a Bulldog (33 at first base, 30 in left field and one at DH) ... Slashed .252/.436/.361 (BA/SLG/OBP) with nine home runs, 19 doubles, 44 RBI and 54 runs scored ... One of five Bulldogs to start in all 64 games ... Ranked third on the team in doubles and runs scored ... Began the season hitting .438 through the first four games including a three RBI performance in the 11-6 win over LSU (2/23) ... Homered in back-to-back games at McNeese State (3/4 & 3/5) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run and a two-run double in a 12-3 win over Houston Baptist (3/12) ... Mashed a two-run go-ahead home run down by a run in the ninth inning at UTSA (3/19) to give the Bulldogs a series win in San Antonio ... Collected a 3-for-5 day with four RBI versus FIU (3/25) ... Recorded another three-hit game in the final regular season game of the year at Charlotte (5/21) ... Went 3-for-5 in game one of the Austin NCAA Regional versus DBU (6/3) with a home run, double and four RBI ... Racked up 19 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games.

2021: Played in 50 games with 46 starts (34 in right field and 12 in left field) … Missed part of the season due to a wrist injury … Slashed .311/.521/.402 (BA/SLG/OBP) with eight home runs, seven doubles and two triples … Ranked third on the team with two triples … Ranked fifth on the team with eight homers and 37 RBI … One of seven Bulldogs to tally more than 30 runs scored (35) … Went 7-for-11 with two home runs, a triple, seven RBI and five runs scored in a home sweep of Southern (2/26-28) … Tallied a go-ahead, bases-clearing triple to highlight a 2-for-5 performance at the plate with three RBI and two runs scored in a win at ULM (3/9) … Tallied homers in back-to-back games against Southern Miss (4/17-18) … Belted a solo shot to right field for the only run of the game in a 1-0 win at Middle Tennessee (5/1) … Reached base five times with three singles, two walks and an RBI in a win at Middle Tennessee (5/2) … Hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning in a 6-5 comeback win over Southern Miss in the C-USA Tournament (5/29) … Went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in a win over Alabama in the Ruston NCAA Regional (6/6) … Had 16 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games … One of four Bulldogs to log a reached-base streak of 20 games or more (Matulia reached base in 20 straight games).

2020: Played in 10 gamed with 5 starts after returning from offseason surgery ... Slashed .158/.273/.263 while playing designated hitter ... Drove in 5 runs and finished the year with 3 hits (2 XBH) ... Totaled up 4 RBI in two games to help the Bulldogs to a four-game sweep of Maine (2/28-3/1) .

2019: Played in 26 games with 15 starts as a true freshman ... Batted .214 with a .393 on-base percentage ... Walked 9 times in 55 plate appearances (16.3 BB%) ... Finished the year with no passed balls ... Went 2-4 with a home run and 4 RBI in a Middle Tennessee ... Went 2-4 with an RBI in a comeback 7-6 win over UAB.

PRIOR TO LA TECH: Graduated from St. Thomas High School in 2018 ... Earned First Team All-State (twice) and All-Houston honors ... As a senior, hit .398 with 47 hits, five doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 46 RBI ... As a junior, helped lead St. Thomas to a 30-5 record and a state championship title ... Lettered in baseball all four years ... 2018 Rawlings Perfect Game Honorable Mention (All-American, Texas All-Region First Team) ... Coached by Ryan Lousteau, Sean O'Neill, Clayton Vanderlaan and Austin Carden.

PERSONAL: Born on February 5, 2000, in Columbia Maryland ... Son of Melinda and Marty Matulia ... Has two brothers: Mitchell and Joseph ... Cousins Matt and John Matulia played in the Cubs and Rays organizations, respectively ... His father (Radford), brother Mitchell (UTSA), and uncle (Georgia Tech and The Citadel) all played college baseball.