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2008: Is serving as team co-captain.
2007: Served as team co-captain ... earned a Rawlings/ABCA North Central Region "Golden Glove" award for outstanding defense ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... played in 41 games, started 30 (27 C, 2 DH, 1 3B) ... batted .260 with 25 hits, 13 walks, and five doubles ... matched his career-high with 16 runs batted in ... had four multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games ... posted three three-game hitting streaks during the season ... was a perfect 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts ... committed just two errors all season (.989 fielding percentage) ... Game-By-Game Stats.
2006: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic team ... played in 45 games, started 39 (35 C, 3 3B, 1 DH) ... batted .261 with 29 hits, 13 walks, and 16 runs scored ... went 3-for-3, setting his season-high for hits in a game, with a double and two runs March 13 versus North Dakota ... posted eight multi-hit games ... hit his first career triple April 22 against Grand Valley State ... Game-By-Game Stats.
2005: Earned All-GLIAC Second Team catcher honors ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... started in 43 (42 C, 1 DH) of the 47 games he appeared in ... was fourth on the team in walks (18) and fifth in doubles (6) ... had eight multiple-hit games on the season ... went 9-for18 (.500) during a six-game hitting streak from April 5-April 13 ... during the streak went 3-for-5 against Eastern Michigan (4/5) and 2-for-3, with a season-high three RBI against Ashland (4/13) ... hit his lone home run of the season against Grand Valley State on May 1 ... was 3-for-4 against Saginaw Valley (5/4) with two RBI ... defensively was fifth on the team with a .980 fielding percentage, committing only five errors in 252 chances ... threw out 11 runners attempting steals.
2004: Redshirted at Wayne State.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Chelsea ... played three years on varsity ... the Bulldogs were Southeastern Conference champions 2001-02-03 ... was a two-time all-league and all-district selection ... named academic all-state his senior year ... earned the coaches award ... was also all-league in football ... is a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Full name--Matthew J. Cunningham ... born November 12, 1984, in Gregory ... son of Larry and Suzanne Cunningham ... has one brother, Bryan and one sister, Amy ... graduated Cum Laude in May 2007 with a B.A. in public relations and is currently pursuing a master's degree in sports administration ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2003, Winter 2004, Fall 2005, Winter 2006, Fall 2006, Winter 2007 and Fall 2007 (master's program) ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2004 and Winter 2005.
| Matt Cunningham's Career Batting Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | AVG | AB | R | H | 2B-3B-HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB/HBP/SO | OBP | SF/SH | SB/A | ||
| 2005 | 47/43 | .287 | 129 | 20 | 37 | 6-0-1 | 16 | 42 | .357 | 18/1/26 | .373 | 2/3 | 3/5 | ||
| 2006 | 45/39 | .261 | 111 | 16 | 29 | 5-1-0 | 4 | 36 | .324 | 13/0/25 | .339 | 0/5 | 0/1 | ||
| 2007 | 41/30 | .260 | 96 | 10 | 25 | 5-0-0 | 16 | 30 | .313 | 13/1/22 | .348 | 2/3 | 3/3 | ||
| Total | 133/112 | .271 | 336 | 46 | 91 | 16-1-1 | 36 | 108 | .321 | 44/2/73 | .355 | 4/11 | 6/9 | ||
| Matt Cunningham's Career Fielding Statistics | ||||
| Year | PO | A | E | FLD |
| 2005 | 221 | 26 | 5 | .980 |
| 2006 | 171 | 18 | 6 | .969 |
| 2007 | 159 | 20 | 2 | .989 |
| Total | 551 | 64 | 13 | .979 |







