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Jersey Number 4
Matthew Thomas
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Garden Grove, CA
- High School:
- Cypress HS
- Prev School:
- California
- B/T:
- R/R
2026 All-Big West First Team
CSUN - 2026 (Junior)
Thomas had a breakout season with CSUN, earning All-Big West First Team honors ... one of two Matadors to start all 53 games ... shared the Big West lead in doubles with 21, which ranked 28th-best in the nation ... led the Big West in slugging percentage at .679 while he also ranked second in OPS (1.090), second in total bases (142), tied for third in home runs (15), fifth in batting average (.335), sixth in runs (47), sixth in hits (70) and ninth in RBI (43) ... tied for the team lead in walks at 22 ... his 21 doubles on the season were the most by a Matador since 1997 ... held a team lead with 19 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games ... earned two Big West Field Player of the Week awards (March 2 and April 6) ... slashed .333/.384/.462 to go with five homers and 18 RBI in Big West play ... homered in his first career at bat against Seattle U (2/13/26) ... belted a pair of solo homers and scored three times at California Baptist (2/24/26) ... recorded a homer in three straight games against Western Michigan (2/28/26 and 3/1/26) and Michigan (3/3/26) ... finished 4-for-5 with four RBI and a homer vs. Long Beach State (4/4/26) ... was a triple shy of the cycle as he totaled four hits and two RBI vs. Fresno State (4/29/26) ... totaled three hits, two RBI and a homer vs. UC Santa Barbara (5/8/26).Â
PRIOR TO CSUN
Thomas spent two seasons at California ... played 44 games and made 23 starts with Cal from 2024-25 ... totaled 14 hits, 11 RBI, nine runs scored and five homers in his time with the Bears ... attended Cypress High School and graduated in 2023 ... batted .391 over his high school career ... also played football at Cypress ... named to his school's Honor Roll.Â
PERSONAL
Son of Stephanie and Milton Thomas ... has an older brother named Anthony ... his father played football at San Diego State ... his brother played baseball for Colorado Christian ... favorites include the Los Angeles Angels, Mike Trout, Bo Nix, Adam Sandler, Sydney Sweeney, the tv shows "Family Guy" and Impractical Jokers," the film "Creed 2," Imagine Dragons and Drake ... his favorite food is In-N-Out ... chose CSUN because of the facilities, the coaches and the ability to stay close to home ...Â
listed hitting a walk-off homer to win league his senior year as his favorite sports moment ... says the best thing about being an athlete are the friendships and relationships that are created while also having a chance to compete ... lists his dad as his hero.Â
CSUN CAREER HIGHS
CSUN - 2026 (Junior)
Thomas had a breakout season with CSUN, earning All-Big West First Team honors ... one of two Matadors to start all 53 games ... shared the Big West lead in doubles with 21, which ranked 28th-best in the nation ... led the Big West in slugging percentage at .679 while he also ranked second in OPS (1.090), second in total bases (142), tied for third in home runs (15), fifth in batting average (.335), sixth in runs (47), sixth in hits (70) and ninth in RBI (43) ... tied for the team lead in walks at 22 ... his 21 doubles on the season were the most by a Matador since 1997 ... held a team lead with 19 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games ... earned two Big West Field Player of the Week awards (March 2 and April 6) ... slashed .333/.384/.462 to go with five homers and 18 RBI in Big West play ... homered in his first career at bat against Seattle U (2/13/26) ... belted a pair of solo homers and scored three times at California Baptist (2/24/26) ... recorded a homer in three straight games against Western Michigan (2/28/26 and 3/1/26) and Michigan (3/3/26) ... finished 4-for-5 with four RBI and a homer vs. Long Beach State (4/4/26) ... was a triple shy of the cycle as he totaled four hits and two RBI vs. Fresno State (4/29/26) ... totaled three hits, two RBI and a homer vs. UC Santa Barbara (5/8/26).Â
PRIOR TO CSUN
Thomas spent two seasons at California ... played 44 games and made 23 starts with Cal from 2024-25 ... totaled 14 hits, 11 RBI, nine runs scored and five homers in his time with the Bears ... attended Cypress High School and graduated in 2023 ... batted .391 over his high school career ... also played football at Cypress ... named to his school's Honor Roll.Â
PERSONAL
Son of Stephanie and Milton Thomas ... has an older brother named Anthony ... his father played football at San Diego State ... his brother played baseball for Colorado Christian ... favorites include the Los Angeles Angels, Mike Trout, Bo Nix, Adam Sandler, Sydney Sweeney, the tv shows "Family Guy" and Impractical Jokers," the film "Creed 2," Imagine Dragons and Drake ... his favorite food is In-N-Out ... chose CSUN because of the facilities, the coaches and the ability to stay close to home ...Â
listed hitting a walk-off homer to win league his senior year as his favorite sports moment ... says the best thing about being an athlete are the friendships and relationships that are created while also having a chance to compete ... lists his dad as his hero.Â
CSUN CAREER HIGHS
| Runs | 3 (5x) last at UC Riverside | 4/11/26 |
| Hits | 4 (2x) last vs. Fresno State | 4/29/26 |
| Doubles | 2 (3x) last vs. Fresno State | 4/29/26 |
| RBI | 4 vs. Long Beach State | 4/4/26 |
| Home Runs | 2 at California Baptist | 2/24/26 |
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