Matt Warkentin

Position:
First Base
Height:
6-6
Weight:
250
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Leamington, Ontario
High School:
Leamington District Secondary/San Francisco/Johnson County CC
B/T:
R/L

2018 (As A Junior)
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (4/9)
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Made 54 starts in first season with the program... led team and BIG EAST with 14 homers... hit .252, scoring 36 runs and driving in 40... went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBI in a loss to Villanova (5/18)... had a 3-for-7 day with two runs scored and four RBI in a 23-1 win over Villanova (5/17)... was 1-for-3 with a pair of runs scored and a pair of walks in a 14-3 win over NKU (5/15)... had a pair of multi-hit games in the Penn State series... went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI in XU's 11-1 win against the Nittany Lions (5/11)... launched a solo homer as part of a 1-for-4 day in Friday's win at Butler (5/4)... homered in all three games of the St. John's series... was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in a 7-3 win over St. John's (4/27)... went 2-for-9 with a pair of homers in league doubleheader at SHU on Saturday... went 2-for-4 with a double and a homer against Miami (4/10)... hit .579 (11-for-19) over four games en route to a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (4/9)... posted a pair of three-hit games at Georgetown to open league play... had a huge game at EKU, going 5-for-6 with a homer, four runs scored and three RBI (4/3)... went 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and a solo homer in a 6-1 win over Southern (3/30)... hit a solo homer in a loss at Indiana State (3/23)... hit one of eight homers for XU in a 13-3 win over Miami (3/18)... went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI in 14-6 win at San Francisco (3/8)... hit second home run of season on Tuesday at No. 13 Louisville... blasted first homer of season on Saturday against Presbyterian (2/24)...

Prior to Xavier: A 6-foot-6, athletic first baseman and outfielder from Canada, Warkentin transferred to XU from Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas... began his college career at San Francisco, where he played in 35 games and made eight starts as a freshman. Also made 10 appearances on the mound, striking out six in 11 innings of relief... hit .359 with 16 homers and 70 RBI for nationally-ranked Johnson County Community College... posted a .375 batting average with three home runs and 28 RBI in 120 at bats as a senior playing for the Great Lake Canadians travel team...