Matt LaFleur Season 2005

On LaFleur: Junior who enters his second year in the program after transferring from Marshall ... power hitter from the left-side of the plate ... will be in the mix at first base and designated hitter.
As a Sophomore (2004): Hit .356 in 28 games including 13 starts ... three home runs and 12 RBI in limited action ... recorded first hit in first at bat in pinch hitting appearance at Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 17) ... 1-for-1 with a double and run scored vs. Utah (Feb. 20) ... 1-for-1 in series finale vs. Monmouth (Feb. 29) ... 1-for-1 with one RBI vs. Wagner (Mar. 15) ... 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBI vs. the Seahawks (Mar. 17) ... smacked first career UCF home run with a two-run shot to right field vs. the Seahawks ... 2-for-3 with a RBI and run scored at Jacksonville (Apr. 3) ... 1-for-2 with a two-run home run at Jacksonville in game two of a doubleheader (Apr. 3) ... two-run bases loaded double at No. 24 Florida Atlantic (Apr. 9) ... 2-for-3 in series finale vs. the Owls (Apr. 10) ... 1-for-1 with a home run vs. No. 16 Florida State in the NCAA regionals.
Prior to UCF: Spent freshman season at Marshall ... hit .289 with eight home runs and 29 RBI for the Thundering Herd ... started in 39 of the 50 games he played in ... added nine doubles, 17 walks and totaled a .521 slugging percentage for Marshall ... selected to the 2002 southeastern district second team at Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, Va. ... member of the Southeastern District Tournament championship team in 2002...played for coach Wiley Lee...four-year letterwinner in baseball and earned one letter in basketball...two-year participant in the Virginia Commonwealth Games...played for the Tidewater Mets travel team for five years.
Personal: Matthew LaFleur was born on May 18, 1983, in Long Island, N.Y. ...son of Mary and Norman LaFleur ... a sports and fitness major.