2022 Baseball Roster
Scannell, Matt

Jersey Number 8
Matt Scannell
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Stone Oak, Texas
- High School:
- Ronald Reagan
Bio
Awards:
Second-Team All-Ivy (2022, 2023)
Ivy League All-Tournament Team (2024)
2024: Started all but one game for the Tigers … hit .276 with a team-best eight home runs along with 21 RBI … Led the team with 45 runs … Added 27 walks, a team-high .403 on-base percentage and six stolen bases … Scored twice and had two hits at North Carolina (Mar. 3) … Dropped in three hits at Navy (Mar. 10) … Corralled two hits and a run at VCU (Mar. 15) … Scored three times at VCU (Mar. 17) … Hit a three-run home run at Brown (Apr. 6) … Scored twice at Brown (Apr. 7) … Homered and walked twice vs. Rider (Apr. 17) … Remarkable doubleheader at Dartmouth (Apr. 27), going 9-of-12, scoring six times with three triples … Scored three times with two hits and two RBI at Columbia (May 4) … Had two hits and three RBI vs. Cornell in the Ivy League Tournament (May 17) … Scored three times and added three hits at Columbia in the Ivy League Tournament (May 18) … Scored twice and had two doubles vs. Penn in the Ivy League Tournament (May 19).
2023: Started in every game … Registered 35 runs, 10 home runs and 32 RBI … Posted a .503 slugging percentage and 39 walks … Made nine appearances on the mound, striking out 15 in 18 innings … Hit a home run at Georgia (Feb. 24) … Had two RBI at Duke (Mar. 5) … Contributed a 10-game hitting streak (Mar. 11-24) … Struck out three in three innings at Richmond (Mar. 13) … Gathered multi-hit games vs. Cincinnati (Mar. 17-18) … Posted four punchouts in victory over Dartmouth (Mar. 26) … Scored three times and had three hits at Harvard (Mar. 31) … Put up three RBI vs. Columbia (Apr. 14) … Earned a win at Rider (Apr. 19) … Back-to-back games with at least two hits at Cornell (Apr. 21-22) … Had an eight-game hitting streak (Apr. 26-May 7) … Hit a home run along with three hits and three runs vs. Columbia (May 20) in the Ivy League Tournament … Hit a home run and had three hits vs. Penn (May 22) in the Ivy League Championship.
2022: Led the team in RBI (44) and was tied for the team lead in stolen bases with nine … Had a six-game hitting streak (Mar. 13-20) … Back-to-back games with a home run (Mar. 18-19) … Had two hits and three RBI at Towson (Mar. 20) … Consecutive games with three hits vs. Yale (Mar. 26-27) … Three knocks at Columbia (Apr. 3) … Registered two runs vs. Cornell (Apr. 9) … Home run and three RBI vs. Cornell (Apr. 10) … Three straight multi-RBI contests including four at No. 7 Rutgers … Hit a home run and three RBI at Brown (Apr. 30) … Produced three more RBI vs. Monmouth (May 4).
Before Princeton:
Ronald Reagan: Two-time captain … Earned three All-District accolades highlighted by second-team All-State honor in 2019 … Team ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in 2020 after earning Division-I Bi-District title … Lettered in football and was a first-team All-State safety while securing honorable mention as a quarterback … Also collected letters in basketball … Member of FCA.
Academic: Academic All-District
Personal: Son of Christa and Tim Scannell … Has two brothers, T.J. and James … Father, Tim, played baseball at Maine and Northeastern.
Second-Team All-Ivy (2022, 2023)
Ivy League All-Tournament Team (2024)
2024: Started all but one game for the Tigers … hit .276 with a team-best eight home runs along with 21 RBI … Led the team with 45 runs … Added 27 walks, a team-high .403 on-base percentage and six stolen bases … Scored twice and had two hits at North Carolina (Mar. 3) … Dropped in three hits at Navy (Mar. 10) … Corralled two hits and a run at VCU (Mar. 15) … Scored three times at VCU (Mar. 17) … Hit a three-run home run at Brown (Apr. 6) … Scored twice at Brown (Apr. 7) … Homered and walked twice vs. Rider (Apr. 17) … Remarkable doubleheader at Dartmouth (Apr. 27), going 9-of-12, scoring six times with three triples … Scored three times with two hits and two RBI at Columbia (May 4) … Had two hits and three RBI vs. Cornell in the Ivy League Tournament (May 17) … Scored three times and added three hits at Columbia in the Ivy League Tournament (May 18) … Scored twice and had two doubles vs. Penn in the Ivy League Tournament (May 19).
2023: Started in every game … Registered 35 runs, 10 home runs and 32 RBI … Posted a .503 slugging percentage and 39 walks … Made nine appearances on the mound, striking out 15 in 18 innings … Hit a home run at Georgia (Feb. 24) … Had two RBI at Duke (Mar. 5) … Contributed a 10-game hitting streak (Mar. 11-24) … Struck out three in three innings at Richmond (Mar. 13) … Gathered multi-hit games vs. Cincinnati (Mar. 17-18) … Posted four punchouts in victory over Dartmouth (Mar. 26) … Scored three times and had three hits at Harvard (Mar. 31) … Put up three RBI vs. Columbia (Apr. 14) … Earned a win at Rider (Apr. 19) … Back-to-back games with at least two hits at Cornell (Apr. 21-22) … Had an eight-game hitting streak (Apr. 26-May 7) … Hit a home run along with three hits and three runs vs. Columbia (May 20) in the Ivy League Tournament … Hit a home run and had three hits vs. Penn (May 22) in the Ivy League Championship.
2022: Led the team in RBI (44) and was tied for the team lead in stolen bases with nine … Had a six-game hitting streak (Mar. 13-20) … Back-to-back games with a home run (Mar. 18-19) … Had two hits and three RBI at Towson (Mar. 20) … Consecutive games with three hits vs. Yale (Mar. 26-27) … Three knocks at Columbia (Apr. 3) … Registered two runs vs. Cornell (Apr. 9) … Home run and three RBI vs. Cornell (Apr. 10) … Three straight multi-RBI contests including four at No. 7 Rutgers … Hit a home run and three RBI at Brown (Apr. 30) … Produced three more RBI vs. Monmouth (May 4).
Before Princeton:
Ronald Reagan: Two-time captain … Earned three All-District accolades highlighted by second-team All-State honor in 2019 … Team ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in 2020 after earning Division-I Bi-District title … Lettered in football and was a first-team All-State safety while securing honorable mention as a quarterback … Also collected letters in basketball … Member of FCA.
Academic: Academic All-District
Personal: Son of Christa and Tim Scannell … Has two brothers, T.J. and James … Father, Tim, played baseball at Maine and Northeastern.
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Sights and Sounds: 2024 Ivy League Baseball Tournament - Game 3
Monday, May 20
Sights and Sounds: Princeton Baseball Ivy League Tournament win vs. Harvard
Friday, June 02
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22