As A Junior: Got the call to the mound 11 times with four starts ... Posted 1-4 record with 31-2/3 innings pitched with 25 strikeouts which was fifth best on the team ... Held opposing batters to a .270 average ... Earned the win in his first career start against Texas Southern allowing three runs ... Pitched five innings of relief against Troy (2/10) in his next appearance setting a career-high for five Ks ... Also fanned five in three innings of work against Texas Christian (3/11) ... Had longest outing of a season at Rice (3/29) going seven innings, but getting loss in a 3-0 contest ... Scattered five hits and fanning four.

In Junior College: Comes to the Island after spending the past two seasons at Cedar Valley with coach Kyle Kohler ... Named to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III All-American team as a sophomore ... Posted a 10-3 record with a 2.29 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 94-1/3 innings as the Suns finished 37-22 ... Team finished as region runner-ups his freshman season.

In High School: Pitched for Jim Mallory at Clear Creek High School ... Team won district and reached state tournament his junior and senior seasons ... Wildcats were 26-7 his senior season ... Named Freshman of the Year and earned All-East Texas honorable mention ... Part of American Legion State Champions in 2003.

Personal: Matthew Wilson was born on Aug. 7, 1984 in Shreveport, La. ... Son of Bobby and Rhonda Wilson ... Has one sibling ... Major is kinesiology.