| Matt Marcum |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Hamilton, Ohio
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| High School:
Badin
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| Height / Weight:
5-11 / 195
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| Position:
Catcher
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| Birthdate:
07/13/1978
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| Bats/Throws:
Left/Right
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As a senior
Team tri-captain.
As a junior
Selected as the team’s Scholar-Athlete while also named the Mr. Falcon/Ken Schoeni award winner...named to the Mid-American Conference All-Academic first team...made 35 starts behind the plate and two as a designated hitter...had more walks (19) than strikeouts (17)...had a seven-game hitting streak from Apr. 19-28 (11 for 18, .611 with 8 RBI)...selected to the MAC All-Tournament team after setting a conference record by hitting .700 (7 for 10) in the tournament...ended the season with a seven-game hitting streak (12 for 21, .571)...had a season-high four RBI on two occasions...had four hits on Apr. 14 at Northern Illinois.
As a sophomore
Honorable Mention All-MAC Academic selection...made all 36 of his starts behind the plate...owned a perfect fielding percentage in 212 chances...had four two-hit games...batted .417 in the MAC tournament.
As a freshman
Drew four of his starts as the DH, while collecting another behind the plate...finished fourth on the team in batting average for those with 25-plus at-bats...had his first hit against Troy State (March 22)...scored his first run as a Falcon and had two RBI, a season high, against the Spartans...went 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI, the game-winner versus Niagara (March 24).
High School
Earned three varsity letters at Stephen T. Badin High (’96)...primarily saw time behind the plate, but also played outfield, third and DH for the Rams...an all-state (Division II) first-teamer as a junior as well as his team’s Most Offensive Player...hit .395 as a sophomore, .452 as a junior (28 RBI, 1 HR, 10 SB), and .342 as a senior (32 RBI, 3 HR, 5 SB)...assisted his junior unit to a 21-5 mark and his senior team to a state title on a 22-10 ledger...also lettered in football his final three years...his team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player as a senior...captained both his senior baseball and football teams...National Honor Society member...recipient of the U.S. Army Reserve Scholar-Athlete Award...finished with a 3.40 grade-point average.
Summer Ball
Played this past summer for the Ithaca (NY) Lakers of the Northeastern Collegiate Baseball League...batted .351 with 25 runs batted in and 11 doubles...team was league runner-up...was named a starting catcher for the league all-star game...spent the 1997 and 1998 campaigns with the Cheviot Baseball club, after the playing the 1996 season with the Cincinnati Hurricanes.
Personal
Full name -- Matthew Thomas Marcum...born July 13, 1978, in Hamilton...son of Fred and Andrea Marcum...has two brothers (Josh and Zach)...majoring in accounting with a 3.48 cumulative grade-point average...member of the Golden Key National Honor Society...named the BGSU Falcon Club Junior Scholar-Athlete.
Marcum’s Seasonal Falcon Statistics
Year GP/GS H AB Avg. 2B-3B-HR R RBI BB/SO SB/A
1997 18/5 9 29 .310 0- 0- 0 6 5 2/5 0/0
1998 49/36 28 102 .275 2- 0- 0 13 11 17/18 0/1
1999 46/37 46 117 .393 6- 0- 3 29 36 19/17 4/7
Career 113/78 83 248 .335 8- 0- 3 48 52 38/40 4/8
Miscellaneous Career Data
HBP/IBB: 4/1 • SH/SF: 4/4
Slugging Avg.: .403 (100 TB) • On-Base Avg.: .425 (294 TPA)
Fielding Avg.: .995 (392 PO, 49 A, 2 E, 3 DPs, 9 PB)
