Matt Conte

Height:
6-2
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Andover, Mass.
High School:
Dexter Southfield

Freshman (2025)
Appeared in 27 games with 24 starts during the 2025 season for the Demon Deacons… Recorded a .295 batting average with 23 hits across 78 at bats… Also added 15 RBIs and five home runs during his freshman campaign… Made his Wake Forest debut against Long Island (2/14)... Logged his first hit and RBI against Marist (2/14)... Added his first career home run against Princeton (3/2)... Recorded his first multi-hit game against Coastal Carolina (3/11)... Totaled a season-high three RBIs against High Point (4/1)... Added a pair of home runs during the NCAA Tournament, hitting one against Miami (OH) (5/31) and another in the regional final against Tennessee (6/2).

Background: 2023-2024 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year... Led Dexter Southfield to an 12-9-1 record and a berth in the Central New England Prep School Baseball League semifinals this past season… 2024 ABCA/Rawlings High School All-American... 2024 Prep Baseball Super 60 Participant… Batted .459 with four home runs and 15 RBI, producing an on-base percentage of .588 and an OPS of 1.375… MLB Draft Combine Participant... Made just one error on 165 defensive chances behind the plate… New England Baseball Journal All-CNEPSBL selection… MLB Pipeline’s No. 146 overall draft prospect.

Personal: Born January 21, 2005…Son of Sam and Kelley Conte… Maintained a 3.26 GPA in the classroom… Volunteers locally on behalf of his local church community and also provides both hitting and catching lessons to players whose families cannot afford private instruction… Also played hockey.