24 Matt Long
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 185
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- Hometown:
- Los Altos Hills, Calif.
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- High School:
- St. Francis
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- Position:
- OF
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- College:
- HS
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2006: Named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team by Collegiate Baseball News ... earned West Coast Conference All-Freshman team honors ... started 51 of the 53 games in which he appeared ... led all WCC freshman with a .336 batting average ... second on the team with 71 hits and three triples ... also doubled nine times and knocked in 23 runs ... put together a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 5-24 ... batted .419 (13-for-31) in that stretch with two doubles, a triple and seven RBIs ... triple came in a 2-for-3, three RBI performance against Sacramento State on Feb. 21 ... had a pair of hits and RBIs three days late at No. 22 Cal Poly ... batted .571 (12-for-21) in a five-game stretch from March 5-11 ... went 3-for-4 with a double against San Jose State March 5 ... tripled and drove in a pair of runs March 10 at Washington ... reached base safely in all six plate appearances the next day against the Huskies ... went 4-for-4 with a double, two walks and two RBIs ... had consecutive three-hit games at Gonzaga on April 8 & 10 ... went 4-for-6 at Loyola Marymount, coming only a home run short of the cycle and scoring and driving in a pair of runs ... that performance came during an eight-game hitting streak ... had three mulit-hit games in the final six contests of the season.
AT ST. FRANCIS: A 2005 graduate of St. Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif. ... played baseball for Chris Bradford ... Named to the West Catholic Athletic League's first-team as a senior in '05 ... named to WCAL's second-team in '04 and honorable mention in '03 ... 2004 team put together a 26-game winning streak and was ranked no. 1 in the nation for two weeks ... batted .398 with two homers and 28 runs batted in as a senior ... batted .412 with three home runs and 28 RBIs as a junior on '04.
PERSONAL: Born in Mountain View, Calif. ... parents are Tim and Claranne Long ... has one older sister, Jenna, and a younger brother, Chris ... major is undeclared.
Long's Career Statistics
| Year | Avg. | GP/GS | AB | R | H | 2B/3B/HR | RBI | BB/K | SB/SBA |
| 2006 | .336 | 53/51 | 211 | 30 | 71 | 9/3/0 | 23 | 21/27 | 7/9 |
| 2007 | .304 | 56/56 | 217 | 33 | 66 | 10/0/3 | 25 | 25/38 | 15/22 |
| 2008 | .303 | 55/55 | 228 | 54 | 69 | 11/5/11 | 40 | 36/24 | 7/14 |
| 2009 | .288 | 53/53 | 219 | 43 | 63 | 9/6/5 | 31 | 18/23 | 5/7 |
| Career | .307 | 217/215 | 875 | 160 | 269 | 39/14/19 | 119 | 100/112 | 34/52 |