Matt Stoeklen

Position:
First Base
Height:
6-1
Weight:
210
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Northglenn, Colo.
High School:
Thorton

2007 (Jr.)
Started 52 games to earn his first letter at Ball State . . . started 48 games at first base and four as the team’s designated hitter . . . led the Ball State regulars with a .311 batting average, eight home runs and 39 RBI . . . also racked up a team-best 16 doubles . . . logged a team-best 17-game hitting streak (April 8-May 6), including an 11-game extra-base hitting streak (April 15-29) . . . belted two home runs at Western Michigan (April 29) . . . homered in back-to-back games versus Eastern Michigan (April 21 and 22) . . . tallied a season-best three hits on five occassions . . . recorded a season-high four RBI versus Bethune-Cookman (March 11) . . . finished first on the team with 12 multiple-RBI games and second with 15 multiple-hit games . . . also topped the Cardinals with a .518 slugging percentage and 100 total bases.

2005-2006 (Fr.-So.) at FORT SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Played first base for coach Chris Moddelmog . . . was an All-Region selection and a two-time All-Jayhawk Conference honoree . . . ranks third all-time in career home runs with 28 . . . belted 14 home runs and compiled a .371 batting average in his sophomore season . . . helped team to a 35-24 record in 2006.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered four years in baseball for coach Brady Schmidt . . . played outfield . . . earned All-State recognition as a senior in 2004 and All-Front Range Conference honors in each of his final three seasons . . . logged a .404 batting average as a senior with eight home runs in 20 games . . . named team MVP as a junior and senior . . . led team to an 8-0 start for the first time in school history his senior season . . . also lettered four years in football as a wide receiver and running back for coach Pete Vargas and lettered two years in basketball as a guard for coach Chad Wilson . . . earned All-State honors in football and once made 8-of-8 three-pointers in the first quarter of a high school basketball game.

PERSONAL
Majoring in sports administration . . . born Oct. 29, 1985, in Denver, Colo. . . . son of Mark and Donna Stoeklen . . . has two brothers and one sister . . . father played college football at Mesa State, and his uncle Bruce Stoeklen played at Colorado State . . . married to the former Brooke Wagner . . . the couple has one child . . . full name is Matthew Steven Stoeklen.