Matt Florer

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Class: Senior Hometown: Mission Viejo, Calif. High School: Mission Viejo HS

Height / Weight: 6-4 / 200 Position: LHP B/T: R/L

BRIEFLY
Matt Florer is in his fourth season with LMU baseball...

AT LMU
2012... made 18 appearances and five starts for LMU as a junior... left-hander recorded a 0-1 record and a 6.00 ERA over 39 innings of work... struck out 20 hitters... made six appearances and recorded a save in West Coast Conference play... tossed three scoreless innings of relief against Cal State Northridge on March 20... tossed a career-high five innings in a start against Long Beach State on April 17...earned his first save of the year after inducing a game-ending 4-6-3 double play with the bases loaded in a two-run game at No. 18 San Diego on May 12...

2011... made a team-high 26 appearances, including one start, as a sophomore... pitched to a 2.41 ERA and a 3-1 record... accumulated 33.2 innings and 18 strikeouts... surrendered just 10 runs (nine earned) while holding opponents to a .264 average against... first career start came at UC Santa Barbara... tossed career-high 4.2 innings and struck out a career-best four in the start... longest relief effort of the year came against Cal State Fullerton when he tossed 3.1 scoreless frames...

2010... appeared in 12 games and recorded a 6.91 ERA and a 0-1 record... tossed 14.1 innings... recorded two saves, second on the team in that category... allowed 11 earned runs... walked eight and struck out nine... tossed a season-high 3.1 innings versus Albany on March 26... struck out three hitters on two occasions, including at Cal State Bakersfield on April 27... earned saves in back-to-back appearances at Fresno State on March 19 and versus Albany on March 26... picked-off one runner... made just one appearance in WCC play...

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, Calif... earned two varsity letters for coach Chris Ashbach... served as team captain in his senior year... garnered All-League and All-City honors after his senior campaign... pitched and played the field for Mission Viejo... recorded a 5-3 record with three saves as a senior... batted .420 with 18 RBI and one home run... recruited by UC Irvine, New Mexico State and University of Utah, but chose LMU because of the coaching staff and academics...

PERSONAL
Matthew Daniel Florer was born January 30, 1991 in Laguna Hills, Calif... son of Sharon and Mark Florer... father rowed for the University of Washington... has two sisters, Megan and Miranda... a communications major with a minor in political science... aspires to be a broadcaster.