Matt Fallon

Class:
Junior
Position:
OF
Height:
6-1
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Glenview, Ill.
High School:
Loyola

2017 (As A Senior):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
One of the top defenders on the team, Fallon played errorless baseball in 61 starts in center field... one of three qualifying defenders in the BIG EAST to post a perfect fielding percentage... fifth on team with 36 runs scored and tied for third in the BIG EAST with 14 runs scored in conference play... ranked fifth on the team with a .286 batting average in league play, going 14-for-49 in 16 games... tied for team lead and fifth in the BIG EAST with eight sacrifice bunts... hit .375 (3-for-8) with four walks, three steals and six runs scored in a sweep of Georgetown to close the regular season... went 4-for-7 (.571) with three runs scored and two RBI in two games at the Joe Nuxhall Classic... homered twice in series win over Seton Hall, hitting .375 overall (3-for-8) with five runs scored... hit first homer of the year, a two-run shot in fourth inning of a 6-3 loss against the Pirates (4/14)... scored a season-high three runs and added a solo shot while going 2-for-3 in 9-0 series-clinching win on Saturday (4/15)... led team with a .455 batting average, going 5-for-11 with three RBI against Villanova (4/7-9)... collected hits in each game against Illinois State, going 4-for-10 (.400) with four runs scored... hit .400 (6-for-15) in XU's opening weekend at Troy, including a career-best 4-for-4 performance in the finale... moved up to leadoff spot in series finale against PSU and put together a 2-for-5 line with a run scored (2/26)...

2016 (As A Junior):
• NCAA Tournament Nashville All-Regional Team
• BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Played in all 62 games, tying the XU single season record, and made 61 starts... tied for team-lead with 34 walks... made just one error and played an outstanding centerfield, recording a .994 fielding percentage... scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth during XU's BIG EAST Championship semifinal walk-off win against St. John's (5/26)... went 5-for-10 (.500) with a pair of walks and four runs scored during the BIG EAST Championships, earning a spot on the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team... named to NCAA Tournament Nashville All-Regional Team after collecting a hit in each game... appeared on on ESPN's SportsCenter Top 10 after making a diving catch in XU's win over Vanderbilt (6/4)... finished the year on a season-high eight-game hitting streak... hit .360 (9-for-25) with seven runs scored in seven total postseason games... reached base in 50 of 62 games...

Prior to Xavier:
Spent two years at Black Hawk College, playing for head coach Arnie Charera... was a high honors academic honoree during his last semested at Black Hawk... three-year varsity athlete at Loyola Academy... All-Academic honors all four years in high school...

Personal:
Majoring in sports management... hopes to play professionally or work with a professional team after Xavier... son of David and Michelle Fallon... has two older brothers, David and Michael... David played baseball at St. John's and Illinois State, helping the Red Storm win a BIG EAST Championship in 2011... Michael is a senior forward for the ice hockey team at UMass Lowell...