Biography
2024 • Junior
Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Gained Ivy League Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 4 … Made 11 appearances – all starts – on the season … Tallied a 3.25 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 3-3 record, one complete game, 77 strikeouts, and a .226 opponent average over 63.2 innings on the year … During Ivy play, made seven appearances – all starts – with a 3.21 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 3-2 record, one complete game, 55 strikeouts, and .252 opponent average over 42.0 innings … Led the Ivy League in opponent average (.226), while ranking second in ERA (3.25), second in strikeouts (77), third in strikeouts looking (19), and sixth in innings pitched (63.2) … During Ivy only play, ranked second in the conference in strikeouts (55), third in strikeouts looking (14), fourth in wins (three), sixth in ERA (3.21), and sixth in innings pitched (42.0) … Led the team in ERA (3.25), wins (three), games started (11), complete games (one), and opponent average (.226), while ranking second in innings pitched (63.2), WHIP (1.26), and strikeouts (77) … During Ivy play, stood first on the team in wins (three) and complete games (one), while sitting second in ERA (3.21), WHIP (1.29), innings pitched (42.0), and strikeouts (55) … Threw 7.0 innings with a season-high 12 strikeouts in win at Princeton (Apr. 13) … Tossed a complete-game 8.0 innings with 10 strikeouts at Yale (May 11) … Hurled 6.1 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts at The Citadel (Mar. 2) … Threw 6.0 innings in the win with five strikeouts vs. Dartmouth (Apr. 20).
2023 • Sophomore
Earned Ivy League Pitcher of the Week on May 15 … Made 13 appearances with 11 starts on the year … Threw 61.0 innings on the year with 59 strikeouts and a 5.02 ERA … Ranked eighth in the Ivy League in strikeouts (59) … Stood sixth in the league in ERA (2.84) during conference play … Ranked third on the team in strikeouts (59), wins (three), starts (11), and innings pitched (61.0) … Stood first on the team in wins (three), second in strikeouts (44) and appearances (eight), and third in innings (38.0) during Ivy play … Tallied season highs in innings (8.0) and strikeouts (10) at Dartmouth (Apr. 9) … Hurled 7.0 innings with eight strikeouts, while allowing one run vs. Yale (May 14) … Threw 2.0 innings of scoreless relief vs. Columbia (Apr. 29) … Over the summer of 2023 earned the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Most Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award while pitching with the Orleans Firebirds.
2022 • First-year
Played in 18 total games, including making 13 appearances and six starts as a pitcher … Posted a 5.31 ERA, 3-3 record, and 49 strikeouts over 42.1 innings on the season … Tallied 49 strikeouts to 17 walks on the season (2.88 strikeout-to-walk ratio) … Made seven appearances with four starts on the mound in Ivy League play, posting a 5.55 ERA, 1-2 record, and 29 strikeouts over 24.1 innings … Ranked first on the team in wins (three) and second in innings pitched (42.1) and strikeouts (49) … In Ivy League play, stood third on the team in innings (24.1) and strikeouts (29) … Also hit .167 (2-for-12) at the plate with two RBIs, a double, and a run; went 2-for-7 (.286) in Ivy play … Posted a season-high nine strikeouts and allowed just one run over 5.0 innings at Cornell (Mar. 25) … Tallied seven strikeouts and did not allow a run over 6.2 innings in the win vs. Dartmouth (Apr. 30) … Notched six strikeouts over 6.0 innings at Yale (May 14) … Threw 5.1 innings with five strikeouts in the win at Cal Poly (Mar. 13) … Hurled 1.2 innings of scoreless relief vs. Penn (May 8) … Tossed 2.0 scoreless and hitless innings in the win vs. Merrimack (Apr. 19).
Before Harvard
Selected to play for the Tri-State Arsenal Scout Team at the WWBA World Championship in 2020 … Ranked as the No. 14 shortstop in Pennsylvania per Perfect Game … Ranked as the No. 15 right-handed pitcher and No. 25 overall prospect in Pennsylvania per Prep Baseball Report … Set team’s single-season strikeout record (51) in 2021; helped program set single-season team strikeout record (176) … Served team as a captain as a senior … Started for three seasons at the varsity level … Competed on the club level for Tri-State Arsenal National Team and All-Star Baseball Academy … Distinguished Honors and National Honor Society student … Interests include yoga, basketball, and digital design … Father Brian Matson played baseball at Delaware from 1990-92 … Mother Jill Matson played softball at Yale from 1988-92 … Sister Erin Matson won four national titles as a student-athlete with the North Carolina field hockey program (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022); she became the program’s head coach in 2023 and won the NCAA title in her first season as coach.
