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2008 (Senior): Appeared in 12 games, collecting a hit, a run and two RBI...Also had two walks and one hit by pitch...Earned a spot on the C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Academic Honor Roll...Saw time in left field vs. FAMU (Feb. 22)...Scored a run by drawing a walk vs. FAMU (Feb. 23)...Belted a two-run single and played left field against FAMU (Feb. 24)...Pinch-hit and played left field against Pitt (March 11)...Played in all three games of the Siena series (March 15-16)...Got into the game as a pinch-hitter and in left field vs. Wagner (March 17)...Played left field against Wagner (March 19) and USF (April 1).
2007 (Junior): Tallied three runs scored and a RBI in 12 appearances...Scored a key run in the ninth inning as a pinch-runner in an 8-7 win over Marshall (May 18)...Came off the bench in the final two games at ECU (May 12-13)...Scored a run as a pinch-runner vs. Stetson (May 2) and at Stetson (May 8)...Drove in a run on a sacrifice fly at USF (April 17)...Saw time as a pinch-hitter against TCU (Feb. 10), Maryland (Feb. 16), Monmouth (March 2), UMass (March 9, 11), Harvard (March 26), Stetson (March 27), UAB (March 30) and USF (April 3).
2006 (Sophomore): Registered a .273 average at the plate, posting nine hits in 33 at-bats and 24 games played...Made three starts, all in left field...Drove in six runs and touched home four times...Recorded first collegiate base hit and RBI in a 1-for-2 day vs. Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 28)...Scored a run vs. Monmouth (March 4)...Earned the start vs. Wagner (March 12), notching a base hit and a putout...Was 1-for-1 in the final two games vs. Siena (March 18-19)...Went 1-for-2 while scoring two runs at USF (April 4)...Shined in a start vs. East Carolina (April 7), going 2-for-4 with two RBI...Earned a walk and crossed home vs. USF (April 11)...Notched a sacrifice fly vs. UAB (April 21)...Was 1-for-1 with a double and a RBI at Houston (May 7).
2005 (Freshman): Earned playing time in six games off the bench...Made collegiate debut vs. LeMoyne (Feb. 11).
Prior to UCF: Two-year letterwinner at Chesterton High School in Chesterton, Ind....Two-time all-conference recognition...Preseason all-state selection as a senior.
Personal: Matthew Lambert was born July 14, 1985, in Findlay, Ohio...Son of Bob and Leslie Lambert...Has two brothers and a sister...Older brother Dave was a member of the UCF baseball team (2003-06)...A marketing major.