Matt Angle  •  Sophomore • Ohio State • 5'10" - 170 • OF

Coach Bob Todd says: "Matt is an outstanding defensive outfielder. He has great instincts to chase down the ball. He has a good arm and can run. He should be our leadoff hitter this year."

2005 (Freshman Season)
Started in 40 of the 54 games he played as a freshman ... made 33 starts in right field, four in left and three in center ... hit .307 overall with 41 hits, including seven for extra bases ... had six doubles and drove in 18 runs ... stole 13 of 16 bases ... owned a .991 fielding percentage with four outfield assists and one error in 111 chances ... team was 24-6 when he started as the lead-off batter ... upped his average to .320 in Big Ten games with 24 hits and four doubles ... pinch hit for Mike Rabin in his first collegiate game against Middle Tennessee (2/25) ... had his first collegiate hit against Georgia (3/4) in a pinch-hit role and then added a pair of hits in a start in center field against No. 4 North Carolina (3/5), a game the Buckeyes won, 2-1 ... also started against Arizona State (3/6), a team that advanced to the College World Series ... batted .364 in three games in Jacksonville (3/11-12), delivering his first two RBI with four hits, including one double ... was 2-for-2 at North Florida (3/11) with his first career extra-base hit, a double to right ... added one hit vs. Bradley (3/12) and one against Rider (3/12) ... hit .296 with eight hits and two RBI during the eight-game spring break trip (3/18-26) ... went 2-for-4 and scored twice in the first game against Dartmouth (3/25) ... knocked in two runs against Bucknell (3/19) ... walked three times vs. Malone (4/13), including twice in the fourth inning, and scored twice ... drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Michigan State 8-7 in the series finale (4/17) ... the game-winning single was his only hit of the game and only his third in the series ... started all four games of the Indiana series (4/29-5/1) in right field and had five hits, the most of any player against the Hoosiers ... delivered a two-run single in the third inning against Cleveland State (5/4) ... batted .429 (9-for-21) at Penn State (5/7-9) with a double and two RBI, while scoring twice ... nine hits equaled the most on the team ... had four hits at Northwestern (5/13-15) ... delivered the winning run in a 3-2 win over Miami, Ohio (5/17) with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning ... followed with three hits, including a double, vs. Minnesota (5/20-22) ... named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team after batting .360 (9-for-25) in the Big Ten tournament ... led team in going 3-for-4 in the first championship game and then added two hits in the title game ... drove in the first of two runs in the 2-1 victory over Virginia in the NCAA Corvallis Regional ... finished season with 14 multiple-hit games, including 10 two-hit games and four three-hit games and had a season-long hit streak of eight games ... tied for sixth in the Big Ten with eight sacrifice bunts and was ninth with a .991 fielding percentage ... an OSU Scholar-Athlete ... played summer of 2005 with the Delaware Cows of the Great Lakes League.

Whitehall-Yearling High School
All-league and all-district performer as a sophomore and a junior, but did not play his senior year because of a broken wrist ... three-year starter and four-year letterwinner for coach Dave Hutchison and the Rams ... career .440 hitter with 41 stolen bases and nine home runs ... was all-state in football and captain of a team that won the league championship and finished 10-2 ... earned two letters in basketball and was a Division I regional qualifier in the 100- and 200-meter dashes in track ... was a member of the National Honor Society and was editor of his high school yearbook ... active in student council and wrote for the newspaper ... played summer of 2004 with the Columbus Sharks.

Personal
Born Sept. 10, 1985 ... full name is Matthew Ryan Angle ... son of Donna Stahr ... has one sister, Crystal Brown ... exploring majors.