Biography
2023: Mat earned ABCA first-team All-Region 3 and second-team All-SUNYAC honors…Named the SUNYAC Scholar Athlete of the Year and SUNY Scholar Athlete of the Year…Named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team…Played in 46 games with 45 starts...Batted .367 with nine homers, 13 doubles, 49 RBI and 48 runs...Became Cortland's career home run leader (25)...Went 4-for-5 with two homers and seven RBI in a win over Oswego...Was 4-for-5 with two homers, three RBI and three runs versus Brockport in the SUNYAC finals...Homered and drove in four runs in a win over Moravian...Drove in four runs in a win over Fredonia.
2022: Earned third team ABCA/Rawlings All-Region honors...Named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team...Played in 44 games with 43 starts...Batted .295 with 38 runs, six doubles, a team-high six triples, nine homers and 38 RBI...Stole 11-of-13 bases...Went 3-for-6 with a triple, home run, three runs and seven RBI in a win against Widener...Went 2-for-5 with a triple, homer, two runs and six RBI in a victory at Rochester...Went 2-for-4 with two home runs, two runs and five RBI in game one of a home doubleheader sweep versus Fredonia...Went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and three RBI in a win against Brockport at the SUNYAC Tournament that clinched the conference title...Went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI in a victory at Oswego in the SUNYAC Tournament...Went 2-for-5 with a homer, two runs and two RBI in a win at Johns Hopkins...Went 3-for-5 with a double, triple and three runs in a home win versus Plattsburgh...Homered in a victory over Brockport at the SUNYAC Tournament...Belted a two-run homer in a home win versus Johnson & Wales...Homered versus Johnson & Wales...Hit a two-run home run at Oswego...Went 3-for-5 with three runs in a home victory versus Johnson & Wales...Went 3-for-5 in game one and tripled in game two of a doubleheader sweep at Oneonta...Tripled in a win against MIT and in a home victory versus Plattsburgh.
2021: Named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team...Saw the field in 36 games with 27 starts...Batted .330 with 20 runs, nine doubles, three homers and 23 RBI...Stole 10-of-11 bases...Went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBI against Salisbury at the NCAA Div. III World Series...Batted .556 (5-for-9) with a double, two homers, five runs, four RBI and two stolen bases in the SUNYAC Finals versus Oswego...Had a pinch-hit home run in game one, went 3-for-4 with two runs, a homer and three RBI in a game-two victory and doubled and scored twice in a game-three win versus the Lakers in the conference championship series...Knocked in two runs against Tufts in the regional-clinching win at the NCAA Div. III Regional...Went 4-for-9 with two doubles, two runs and four RBI in a doubleheader sweep at Oneonta...Drove in two runs in a home victory versus New Paltz...Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in a home win versus Union...Went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI at home versus Rochester...Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in a home win versus Alfred St...Doubled in his only at bat in wins at home versus Plattsburgh and at Plattsburgh...Doubled in a home victory versus Ithaca.
2020: Played in and started nine games...Batted .314 with seven runs, two doubles, one homer and six RBI...Stole one base...Went 3-for-5 with a double. home run and three RBI in a win at Salisbury...Went 3-for-5 with two runs against Montclair St...Went 1-for-1 with two runs and two RBI in a win over Pitt Bradford...Doubled at Randolph-Macon...Went 1-for-3 in a win at Hood...Knocked in a run at Salisbury.
2019: Played in 43 games with 29 starts...Batted .337 with 27 runs, five doubles, one triple, three homers and 25 RBI...Stole 8-of-9 bases...Batted .462 (6-for-13) with a double, homer, five runs and four RBI at the NCAA Div. III Regional...Went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs and two RBI in a home win versus Alvernia at the NCAA Regional...Went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in a home victory versus Tufts at the NCAA Regional...Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two stolen bases in game one at Babson in the NCAA Div. III Super Regional...Belted a grand slam in a win over Marywood...Went 2-for-4 with a homer at Johns Hopkins...Went 3-for-4 with two RBI in a home win versus Oneonta at the SUNYAC Tournament...Went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two stolen bases in a home win versus Oneonta...Went 3-for-4 with a double in a home win versus Fredonia at the SUNYAC Tournament...Went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI in a victory at Rochester...Scored twice and drove in two runs in a home win versus Oneonta...Went 1-for-3 with two RBI in a home victory versus New Paltz...Knocked in two runs at Oglethorpe...Tripled and drove in a run in a win over Plattsburgh...Doubled in wins against Rutgers-Camden, at home versus Oneonta and against Brockport...Went 2-for-4 at Trinity.
High School: A 2017 graduate of Rye…Scholar Athlete…Member of the high honor roll, and the Music National Honor Society…Received the Andrew Gurgitano Memorial Scholarship and the Rye Police Association Scholarship…Four-year member of the baseball team, three as a starter…Two-time all-league and all-section selection…Earned all-state honors and named to the Diamond 9 second team and LoHud first team as a senior…Team won four league titles and finished as state runner-up his freshman year…Three-year starter in football…Named all-league, all-conference, all-section and all-state as a junior and senior…Selected to the LoHud Journal News Super 11 and named a first team LoHud Journal News and News 12 Varsity All-Star…Named Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior...Team won two league titles and one sectional crown.
Other: Member of the Dean's List and President's List at Cortland...Father Mat played baseball at New Paltz…Named Rookie of the Year and earned all-conference honors...Uncle Mike Bruno played football at Elon University.
