Returns at second base, where he earned a starting job last year as a freshman ... Showed his versatility by starting at three different positions during Tech's first nine games of the season ... Gained maturity as well as experience ... Played well at second base and exhibited a good arm ... Can play shortstop if needed ... Is a line-drive, gap-type hitter ... Had a 15-game hitting streak in ACC games before going hitless in the opening game at Georgia Tech ... Ended up hitting safely in 23 of the 25 games he played against ACC opponents ... Needs to show more patience at the plate, especially early in the count ... Will be counted on for offensive production.
2004-05: Started the second game against High Point at shortstop and had eight assists, one shy of the school record for the position ... Had his first two-hit game in the second FSU outing ... Hit his first collegiate home run in the second game against N.C. State ... Had three hits and drove in four runs at VCU ... Had a nine-game hitting streak ended at Richmond ... Was 4-for-4 in a home win against VCU ... Posted a triple, home run and three RBIs in win over Radford ... Had five hits and three RBIs in series at Duke ... Drove in two runs in win over Clemson ... Had two hits, two runs and two RBIs in back-to-back games against William & Mary and Wake Forest ... Posted a three-hit game with a triple in the second game with WFU ... Had 11 hits in his last 31 at bats (.355) ... Finished the season batting .297 overall and .326 in ACC games ... Played in 46 games, with 35 starts at second, five starts at third and two starts at shortstop ... Posted nine doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs ... Drove in 22 runs and scored 30 ... His 20 strikeouts were the fewest among starters ... So were his nine walks ... Was successful on six of seven steal attempts ... Finished with a .950 overall fielding average.
High School: A four-year letterman at shortstop for Coach Will Hicks at John Randolph Tucker High School ... Baseball captain his junior and senior year ... Hit .544 his senior season and posted a .660 on-base percentage ... Drove in 20 runs and stole seven bases ... Won the 2004 VIAAA (Athletic Director's) Central Leadership Award and was named the team MVP ... As a junior carried a .545 batting average and scored 18 runs ... Contributed 12 RBIs and 10 steals ... Was a 2003 honorable mention all-state selection ... Also named to the Richmond Times Dispatch All-Metro team twice ... Hit .363 his sophomore season with eight doubles, 21 runs scored and nine steals ... Helped his team to a regional title and a spot in the state championship game in 2002 ... A three-year letterman in football ... Volunteered in the special education department all four years at Tucker ... Won the 2004 Tucker High School Faculty Award.
Personal: Matthew Blake Hacker ... Born 1/5/86 in Temple, TX ... Son of Jim and Pam Hacker ... His dad was an All-American third baseman at Texas A&M University and went on to play in the Atlanta Braves organization ... Enrolled in university studies.
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Returns at second base, where he earned a starting job last year as a freshman ... Showed his versatility by starting at three different positions during Tech's first nine games of the season ... Gained maturity as well as experience ... Played well at second base and exhibited a good arm ... Can play shortstop if needed ... Is a line-drive, gap-type hitter ... Had a 15-game hitting streak in ACC games before going hitless in the opening game at Georgia Tech ... Ended up hitting safely in 23 of the 25 games he played against ACC opponents ... Needs to show more patience at the plate, especially early in the count ... Will be counted on for offensive production.
2004-05: Started the second game against High Point at shortstop and had eight assists, one shy of the school record for the position ... Had his first two-hit game in the second FSU outing ... Hit his first collegiate home run in the second game against N.C. State ... Had three hits and drove in four runs at VCU ... Had a nine-game hitting streak ended at Richmond ... Was 4-for-4 in a home win against VCU ... Posted a triple, home run and three RBIs in win over Radford ... Had five hits and three RBIs in series at Duke ... Drove in two runs in win over Clemson ... Had two hits, two runs and two RBIs in back-to-back games against William & Mary and Wake Forest ... Posted a three-hit game with a triple in the second game with WFU ... Had 11 hits in his last 31 at bats (.355) ... Finished the season batting .297 overall and .326 in ACC games ... Played in 46 games, with 35 starts at second, five starts at third and two starts at shortstop ... Posted nine doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs ... Drove in 22 runs and scored 30 ... His 20 strikeouts were the fewest among starters ... So were his nine walks ... Was successful on six of seven steal attempts ... Finished with a .950 overall fielding average.
High School: A four-year letterman at shortstop for Coach Will Hicks at John Randolph Tucker High School ... Baseball captain his junior and senior year ... Hit .544 his senior season and posted a .660 on-base percentage ... Drove in 20 runs and stole seven bases ... Won the 2004 VIAAA (Athletic Director's) Central Leadership Award and was named the team MVP ... As a junior carried a .545 batting average and scored 18 runs ... Contributed 12 RBIs and 10 steals ... Was a 2003 honorable mention all-state selection ... Also named to the Richmond Times Dispatch All-Metro team twice ... Hit .363 his sophomore season with eight doubles, 21 runs scored and nine steals ... Helped his team to a regional title and a spot in the state championship game in 2002 ... A three-year letterman in football ... Volunteered in the special education department all four years at Tucker ... Won the 2004 Tucker High School Faculty Award.
Personal: Matthew Blake Hacker ... Born 1/5/86 in Temple, TX ... Son of Jim and Pam Hacker ... His dad was an All-American third baseman at Texas A&M University and went on to play in the Atlanta Braves organization ... Enrolled in university studies.
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