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Matt Hall Season 2008

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Matt Hall Season 2008

PositionIF
Weight190 lbs
Height6-3
ClassJunior
HometownScottsdale, Ariz.

2007 (ASU): Played in 52 games, hitting .313 with 10 doubles, four home runs and 24 RBI ... Also had 15 sacrifice hits ... Went 8-for-11 with two doubles, three runs and four RBI as the starting third baseman in series at Auburn ... Played for the Bourne Braves for a second straight summer in the Cape Cod League.

2006 (ASU): Appeared in 31 games, starting 17 in the infield ... Hit .278 (15-54) with one home run, seven RBI and eight runs scored ... Played for the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League during the summer.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for Eric Kibler at Horizon High School ... Eighth-round pick (253 overall) by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2005 MLB Draft ... Two-time varsity baseball team captain junior and senior year ... Hit 16 home runs during his prep career ... Helped lead Horizon High School baseball to the 5A state title his senior year ... As a senior hit .383 with 10 home runs and 34 RBI[apos]s ... 2005 Arizona Republic All-Arizona Team and 5A First-Team All-State ... All-Tribune (East Valley Tribune) selection ... Arizona Republic 'Northeast Valley Player of The Year' 2005 ... Played in the 5A North/South All-Star Game and was a Super 50 selection ... Two-time All-Desert Valley Region selection ... Was Horizon[apos]s MVP senior year ... Gold Glove Award winner junior and senior year ... Horizon High School 'Male Athlete of The Year 2005' ... Was the No. 4 draft prospect in the state of Arizona leading up to the 2005 MLB Draft ... Baseball America Preseason All-American (S/S) ... No. 41 high school prospect (Baseball America/Perfect Game) ... No. 10 high school middle infield prospect (TeamOneBaseball.com) ... Rated as the No. 3 high school prospect in the state of Arizona ... Participated in the 2004 Area Code Games, selected to Area Code All-Star Team, ranked as one of the top 25 prospects at the games voted on by Major League Scouts ... 2004 Perfect/Game Sunshine West Showcase #3 Top Prospect ... 2004 TeamOne West Showcase, day 1 Top Prospect ... 2004 Perfect/Game National Top Prospect Showcase (Tropicana Field) ... 2004 Perfect Game World Wood Bat Tournament (Jupiter Fla) ... Also played freshman and junior varsity football at starting quarterback position ... Earned varsity football letter at back-up quarterback sophomore year ... Elected to Student Government three years at Horizon.

PERSONAL: Matthew Ryan Hall ... Son of Tom and Kelley Hall ... Has one brother, Ryan, and one sister, Jamie ... Major: Philosophy.