#35

Matt Stratton

Class
Junior

Position
Pitcher
Hometown
Enid, Oklahoma
Height / Weight
6-3 / 190
Previous School
Chisholm High School
Bats/Throws
R/R

2007 (Sophomore): Led the team in wins with a 5-6 record... Also led the Rangers in earned run average (6.27), innings pitched (74.2), strikeouts (65), complete games (5), shutouts (2) and games started (13)... Started against all seven conference opponents and pitched a minimum of 5.1 innings against each team... Ranked seventh in the conference with 5.23 innings pitched per game and ranked eighth in strikouts per game with 4.54 strikeouts per game...Two of his five complete games were nine-inning shutout wins over Wayland Baptist and St. Gregory’s... Also defeated Oklahoma Panhandle State, USAO and Oklahoma Baptist (during the conference tournament)...

2006 (Freshman): One of two freshman pitchers on the staff to receive a start... Compiled a 1-0 record after a 13-1 complete game, five inning, run-rule win over Dordt (Iowa) College... Also pitched five innings against Oklahoma Baptist in relief... Made nine appearances, including three against Oklahoma Baptist... Threw 21 innings and allowed opponents to hit .322 against him... Posted a 7.29 earned run average...

High School: Was 5-2 on the mound his senior year for Chisholm High School... Helped lead the Longhorns to three District Championships (2002, 2003 and 2005)... Selected for Who’s Who Among American High School Students...

Personal: Majoring in political science with a minor in mass communications... Born June 24, 1986... Son of Dee and Dena Stratton...