Matt Lowenstein

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Class: Junior Hometown: Chino Hills, Calif. High School: Chino Hills HS

Height / Weight: 6-3 / 225 Position: OF B/T: L/R

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BRIEFLY
Matt Lowenstein is in his third season with LMU baseball... Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Louisville Slugger and Ping!Baseball Freshman All-American in 2010... 2010 West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year... All-WCC honorable mention selection as a sophomore... matched a LMU single-game record with four doubles against Albany on March 27, 2010...

AT LMU
2011... honorable mention All-WCC selection... batted a team-best .349 with 32 runs scored, nine doubles, a triple and 21 RBI... stole nine bases in 15 attempts... drew a team-high 30 walks... posted 19 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games... a preseason All-West Coast Conference selection... batted .311 with nine runs scored, three doubles and seven RBI against WCC opponents... also stole four bases against WCC teams... batted .377 (26-for-69) when leading off an inning... garnered West Coast Conference Player of the Week on February 28, hitting safely in all four games the previous week (at Long Beach and a three-game home series against Nevada) and batting .667 with eight runs scored, a triple, four walks and five RBI... he collected multiple hits in three of the four games, and multiple RBI in two of the four... went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a triple and a career-high tying three RBI on February 27 versus Nevada... went 3-for-3 with a pair of walks and three runs scored at Long Beach State on February 22... posted a 13-game hitting streak from March 19-April 16... batted .449 (22-for-49) with three doubles, eight walks, five stolen bases and five RBI over the hitting streak... hit safely in 10 straight games from February 19 to March 4... named WCC Player of the Month for the month of February after batting .519 with a team-best nine runs scored, a triple and five RBI while drawing seven walks out of the leadoff spot in all but one game in the month... reached base at a .611 clip and slugged .593 while stealing a pair of bases... had a pair of hits, a run scored, a RBI and a double against San Diego State on March 15... went 3-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen bases on March 19 versus No. 14 UC Irvine... batted 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored at Cal State Northridge on March 25... had two hits in each of the three games against Santa Clara from April 8-10... batted 2-for-3 with two runs scored, a RBI, a walk and two stolen bases against Santa Clara on April 10... finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and a walk on April 16 versus Gonzaga... batted 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI on May 8 against Cal State Bakersfield... went 2-for-2 with two doubles, a run scored and two walks on May 9 versus Cal State Bakersfield...

2010... garnered Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Louisville Slugger and Ping!Baseball Freshman All-American accolades... named 2010 West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year... honorable mention All-WCC selection... hit safely in each of the last 16 games of the year... batted .344 with 32 runs scored, 15 doubles, four triples, a homer and 30 RBI... started 43 games while appearing in 47 overall... finished the season first on the squad in on-base percentage (.419) and was second in batting average (.344), triples (4), doubles (15) and stolen bases (5)... placed tied for fourth in the WCC in triples, ninth in on-base percentage and 10th in batting average... amassed 15 multiple-hit games and eight multiple-RBI games... season-best four hits came when he finished 4-for-4 with four doubles, a run scored and a RBI against Albany on March 27... the four doubles matched a program record set by Joe Ciccarella on February 23, 1991 against San Francisco... twice collected a high-water mark of three RBI... lone home run this year came on May 14 against Pepperdine... hit .325 with 15 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, a home run and 13 RBI in WCC play... 13 RBI tied him for third most among freshmen, while he led all WCC rookies in total bases (39), while tying for second in hits (26) and runs... hit safely in 36 of his 46 games with an at bat as a freshman... batted .340 against left-handed pitching and .345 against righties... hit .356 with runners on base... hit .329 with the bases empty... managed a .435 average when leading off an inning... batted .352 with runners in scoring position... recorded 14 two-out RBI...

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, Calif... earned two varsity letters for coach Kyle Billingsley... served as team captain in his senior year... garnered All-League recognition as a junior and senior... named All-CIF as a senior... member of the 2009 Senior Inland Valley All-Star game... batted .449 with six home runs, 27 RBI, four triples and 11 doubles as a senior... scored 33 runs and swiped seven bases in his final season...

PERSONAL
Matthew Eugene Lowenstein was born May 3, 1991 in Chino, Calif... son of Laura and Steven Lowenstein... has one brother, Dylan... recruited by UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton, but chose LMU because of the coaching staff and the great educational opportunity... a sociology major.