Matt Gard

Position:
Second Base
Height:
6-0
Weight:
165
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Muncie, Ind.
High School:
Central

2006 (Jr.)
Compiled a .267 batting average with five doubles, two home runs and 25 RBI while earning his third letter . . . started 37 games as the team’s designated hitter and nine more in the Ball State infield . . . had his batting average above .300 until early May . . . recorded eight multiple-hit games, including a career-best four-hit performance vs. Valparaiso (April 4) . . . notched three hits in three at bats at Kent State (April 15) . . . drove in a career-high four runs in the win at Dayton (April 11) . . . also had three RBI vs. Valparaiso (April 4) and vs. IPFW (April 12) . . . hit his first career home run in the IPFW game and added another at Central Michigan (May 20) . . . finished second on the team with six sacrifice bunts.

2005 (So.)
Earned his second letter by playing in 12 games, with one start coming at Wright State (May 20) . . . batted .182 in 11 at bats . . . garnered one hit each at Northern Illinois (April 3) and versus Eastern Michigan (May 1) . . . scored one run at Valparaiso (April 5) . . . drove in four runs, including two April 3 against the Huskies . . . knocked in the game-winning RBI on a single against EMU (May 1) . . . played summer ball for the Portland Rockets.

2004 (Fr.)
Played in 15 games - - with three starts - - to earn his first letter . . . recorded his first career hit with a single vs. Cincinnati (March 14) . . . scored his first career run in the game . . . tagged his first multi-base hit with a double at East Tennessee State (March 16) in his first collegiate start . . . also drove in his first career RBI with the double . . . posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with four putouts and eight assists.

2003
Redshirted at Ball State.

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned three letters in baseball for Coach Clint VonDielingen . . . was the team’s Offensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior . . . Hoosier Diamond Preseason All-State as a senior . . . all-state honorable mention as a junior . . . first team All-East Central Indiana as a junior and senior . . . All-North Central Conference as a junior and senior . . . helped guide his team to a sectional championship and to the regional championship game his sophomore season . . . led his team to the North Central Conference championship with a 7-0 league ledger his junior season . . . set the school record for hits in a season (47) as a junior . . . hit .467, with 42 hits, 11 doubles and three home runs his senior season . . . played for American Legion Post 19 under Coach Bobby Graves.

PERSONAL
Majoring in physical education . . . born Nov. 27, 1983, in Muncie, Ind. . . . son of Dave and Susy Gard . . . has two brothers . . . full name is Matt David Gard.