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55 Kya Matter

  • Position P/IF
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Line Mountain
  • Hometown Dalmatia, PA.

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2025):
  • America East Second Team All-Conference
  • America East Championship Team
  • America East Pitcher of the Week (3/25)
  • Appeared in 35 games, starting 27 with 22 starts in 29 appearances on the mound
  • Hit .262 with 11 hits, three runs, and five RBI
  • Had a 3.50 ERA with a 14-11 record in 148.0 innings pitched
  • Recorded 151 strikeouts
  • Had a season high 13 strikeouts against UMass Lowell on 3/22
  • Had two hits against Canisius on 3/15

AS A JUNIOR (2024):
  • America East Second Team All-Conference
  • America East Pitcher of the Week
  • Led the pitching staff working 153.2 innings with a 2.69 ERA
  • Hit .250 in 24 at bats with four RBIs
  • Hit first career double against Saint Peter’s on 2/16
  • Had two hits against Maine on 4/20
  • Had a season high 9 innings pitched striking out 14 batters against Maine on 3/24

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023):
  • America East First-Team All Conference Pitcher
  • America East All-Championship Team
  • Threw second career no-hitter on 3/26 against Bryant
  • America East Pitcher of the Week (3/28)
  • Led team in wins (13), complete games (9), appearances (25), starts (19) and innings (130.2)
  • Tied for the team lead in strikeouts with 127
  • Struck out a season-high 14 in the no-hitter on 3/26
  • Pitched a complete game shutout with 10 strikeouts in 1-0 win over UAlbany in America East Tournament

AS A FRESHMAN (2022):
  • America East Rookie of the Year
  • America East Second-Team All-Conference Pitcher
  • America East All-Rookie Team
  • ECAC First-Team
  • NFCA All-Region Second-Team
  • Extra Inning Softball All-Freshman Team
  • Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25 Finalist
  • Led the team in wins with 15
  • Her 1.01 ERA was the lowest by a freshman in program history, and fourth lowest overall in a single-season in program history
  • Threw an 18-strikeout no-hitter in her first ever home start on 2/26 against Coppin State
  • Struck out 17 in a win over St.John's on 3/5
  • Picked up her first career hit at the plate on 3/11 against Hofstra
  • Won a league-best five Rookie of the Week Awards
  • Earned both America East Pitcher and Rookie of the Week on 3/8
  • Allowed just one run and two hits in four innings of work against No.19 Georgia in the NCAA Tournament. 

Background: High School Academic - National Honor Society, Honor Roll...High School Athletics - Four year letter-winner on Softball team, team captain (two years), All-state 1st team (senior year), state champions (senior year), first time ever making it to states (sophomore year)....Struck out 17 while allowing only two singles in 1-0, nine inning, win in 2021 Pennsylvania 2A State Championship (the first female sport State championship in school history)...also a four year letter-winner on the soccer team...Chose UMBC over Harvard, Radford, Michigan, and Penn State because "as soon as I stepped foot on campus I noticed the community aspects of campus, and I also liked all of the girls on the team that I met. Along with that I wanted a good education and UMBC offered one."

Personal: Daughter of Roxy and Kevin Matter...Has two siblings Sayge (10) and Tensyn (3)...Father wrestled in college, while mother played softball and soccer in high school...plans on majoring in Biology with a career goal of becoming a chiropractor...lists favorite team as the Philadelphia Phillies and her favorite book as The Book Thief...Iced coffee enthusiast

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Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 55

    2022Freshman

    P/IF
    5'5"
    55
  • 55

    2023Sophomore

    P/IF
    5'5"
    55
  • 55

    2024Junior

    P/IF
    5'5"
    55
  • 55

    2025Senior

    P/IF
    5'5"
    55
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