Wake Forest Athletics
Matt Conway Named Ping!Baseball Second Team Freshman All-American
6/14/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 14, 2010
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest freshman first baseman Matt Conway has been named a second team freshman All-American by Ping!Baseball, as announced on Monday evening.
With the recognition, Conway earns his second freshman All-American honor following the 2010 season. The rookie was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American last week.
Conway finished the season with a team-best .382 batting average, which was the highest batting average among freshmen in the Atlantic Coast Conference, ranks seventh nationally among freshmen and is third among freshmen in Wake Forest history. The Birmingham, Mich., native also added six homers and drove in 32 runs during his freshman year. He finished second on the team with 19 multi-hit games and also had seven multi-RBI contests. Conway also contributed 18 doubles, which is the most by a freshman in Wake Forest history.
The freshman first baseman finished the season playing his best baseball. Conway closed the season on an 18-game hitting streak, which is the longest active hitting streak in the ACC, and also had six straight multi-hit games to close the year. Over the last 18 games of the season, Conway hit .462 (36-of-78) with five homers, 19 RBIs and 17 runs scored. He posted an .808 slugging percentage and a .488 on-base percentage over the season-ending hitting streak.
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