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2023 Baseball Roster

34 Matt Jachec

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 205
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Hampshire, Ill.
  • Highschool Hampshire HS
  • Twitter mattjachec9
  • Instagram mattjachec

Biography

2023: 2023 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team … MVC All-Conference First Team … April 10 MVC Pitcher of the Week … Lined up in 17 games earning 16 starts on the mound in the 2023 season … Served primarily as Indiana State’s Friday night starter on the mound … Finished the season with a 7-4 record and a 4.05 ERA over 104.1 innings … Allowed 101 hits and 51 runs (47 earned) … Posted a 104:17 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Allowed opponents to hit .256 from the plate … Made his 2023 season debut on opening day allowing five hits and two runs over 5.0 innings against Iowa on February 17 … Recorded his first save of the season on February 21 with a scoreless inning against Florida Gulf Coast … First win of 2023 came with a complete-game win allowing four hits and one run while striking out 10 in a 5-1 win at Memphis on March 10 … First complete-game shutout game on April 7 against Illinois State scattering five hits while striking out six in the 2-0 win over the Redbirds … Third complete game of 2023 came at Bradley allowing five hits and one run while striking out seven in the 6-1 win over the Braves on May 5 … Went 8.0 innings in the NCAA Super Regionals striking out seven against TCU … Went at least seven innings in eight different games in the 2023 season … Season-high 11 strikeouts over 7.0-innings at Belmont on April 14 … Recorded at least seven strikeouts in eight different games … Did not allow a walk over nine separate starts.

2022
  • 2022 ABCA Midwest Region Second Team
  • 2022 Missouri Valley Baseball First Team All-Conference selection
  • 2022 Missouri Valley Baseball All-Defensive Team selection
  • 2022 Missouri Valley Baseball All-Tournament Team selection
  • 2022 Missouri Valley Baseball Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention
  • April 11 – Missouri Valley Baseball Pitcher of the Week
  • Finished fourth in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio (8.89), 23rd in wins (9), 52nd in walks-hits per innings pitched (1.08) and third in walks allowed per nine innings (0.84)
  • Led the MVC in wins (9), while finishing second in earned run average (2.88) and innings pitched (97.0)
  • Finished sixth in the MVC in total strikeouts (80) and second in strikeouts looking (28), while leading the conference in walks allowed (9)
  • Finished eighth in the MVC in opposing batting average (.257)
  • Posted a 9-2 record on the mound with a 2.88 ERA
  • Made 14 starts on the year and posted eight quality starts in 2022
  • Recorded 97.0 innings allowing opponents to hit .257 on the season
  • Posted an 80:9 strikeout-to-walk ratio
  • Went at least seven innings in nine different games
  • Picked up wins over BYU (Feb. 18), Minnesota (Feb. 26), Wright State (Mar. 11), Kansas (Mar. 19), Memphis (Mar. 25), Illinois State (Apr. 1), Valparaiso (Apr. 9), Dallas Baptist (May 19), and Valparaiso (May 25)
  • Carried a perfect game into the ninth inning in the MVC Tournament against Valparaiso in the Sycamores’ 8-0 win
  • Season-high 10 strikeouts in two games against Bradley (May 7) and Valparaiso (May 25)
  • Went at least 8.0 innings in three different games against Kansas (Mar. 19), Valparaiso (Apr. 9), and Valparaiso (May 25)
  • Posted at least five strikeouts in nine different games
2021
  • Made six relief appearances on the mound in the 2021 season
  • Posted a 4.58 ERA over 17.2 innings pitched
  • Was 1-0 overall on the year on the mound
  • Made his season debut with 0.2-innings pitched on February 21 against Pitt
  • Went 3.2 innings and struck out five against Dallas Baptist on April 24
  • Season-long six innings while striking out four against Southern Illinois on May 15
2020
Season cut short due to COVID-19 ... Appeared in one game out of the bullpen ... Pitched one inning at Kansas (3/6) ... Allowed one base hit while recording a strikeout ... Did not allow a run.

Prior to Indiana State
Played four seasons at Hampshire High School in Illinois ... Saw action at pitcher, first base and third base under head coach Frank Simoncelli ... Helped his club to a fourth-place finish in the state of Illinois in 2019 ... Earned All-State accolades.

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2020Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11" 214 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11" 214 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 204 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 205 lbs
    34