University of Massachusets Athletics
Gedman Tabbed ECAC Division I All-Star
August 22, 2011 | Baseball
Aug. 22, 2011
AMHERST, Mass. - Former UMass third baseman Matt Gedman has been named to the Division I Baseball All-Star Second Team, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced recently. The teams are comprised of players from among the ECAC's 88-school DI membership who were first team all-conference selections in the respective leagues.
Gedman, who was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 45th round of the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft this past June, adds to a list of 2011 postseason accolades. He was previously named the 2011 NCBWA District I Player of the Year, a first team All-Star by the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) and was also selected to the Atlantic 10 Baseball All-Conference First Team this season.
Gedman finished his career with the Minutemen leading the A-10 with a .402 batting average this spring, becoming just the second UMass player to win the league batting title. Previously, Justin Howard hit an Atlantic 10-best .394 in 1993.
Gedman played and started 45 of UMass' 47 games in 2011 and posted the second-highest hits total in school history for a single season, going 76-for-189 at the plate, while ranking fifth all-time in single season batting average. He paced the Minutemen with 43 runs scored and recorded 32 RBI, 11 doubles, three triples and five home runs. The lefty boasted a team-best 108 total bases, contributing to a .571 slugging percentage and logged a .440 on base percentage, as well.
In 2011, Gedman ranked 16th nationally for batting average and was among the top-40 hitters toughest to strike out, fanning only 13 times in 189 at bats this spring.
Starting all of UMass' 24 conference games, Gedman hit .343 (35-for-102) in Atlantic 10 play with 25 runs scored, four doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI. Gedman was selected as the UMass Athlete of the Week back on Mar. 21 after helping the Minutemen to a 3-3 week at the RussMatt Invitational in Winter Haven, Fla. Over that six-game stretch, Gedman batted .500, going 15-for-30, with four multi-hit games, eight RBI, five runs scored and three doubles.
Gedman registered a team-leading 25 multi-hit games this season, including two five-hit contests that set a career high. He was second on the squad with nine multi-RBI games and posted the program's longest hitting streak in 10 years, 18 games, which tied for third-longest in the Atlantic 10 this season.
In 142 career games over four years with UMass, Gedman hit .334 (179-for-536) with 33 doubles, four triples, 14 home runs, 94 RBI and 99 runs scored.
After beginning his professional career with the Rookie level Gulf Coast League Red Sox, Gedman is currently playing at the Class A-Short Season level for the Lowell Spinners. In 14 games, Gedman has seven hits, including one home run, and has driven in two. In 31 games in the Gulf Coast League, he hit .282 (33-for-117) with five doubles, one triple, two home runs, 15 RBI and 14 runs scored.