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One of the premier leadoff hitters in all of college baseball... Split his time between second base and the outfield during his Tech career, before moving to third base for his senior season ... Has a great knack for getting on base ... Has an excellent eye at the plate and always puts the ball in play ... Has been hit by a pitch 55 times in his career, a Tech record ... An ACC Honor Roll student four straight years, a three-time Verizon District III Academic All-America, and a Verizon Academic All-American in 2002 ... Voted as a team co-captain his junior and senior seasons
2002: Moved to third base for his senior season and started 57 games there, along with three at second base...named second-team Verizon Academic All-American, and Verizon Academic All-America District III for the third time... ACC Player of the Week for May 13th after batting .609 (14-23) in five games, with 10 RBI, six doubles, and four runs scored... second on the team with a .363 batting average, and tied for the team lead with a .442 on-base percentage... hit first career home run against Miami (5/12)... had a career-high five hits in a game twice, against Mercer (5/8), and Florida Atlantic (6/8) in the Atlanta Super Regional... the five hits against Mercer were part of a streak of 8 consecutive at-bats with a hit... had a 15-game hitting streak in the month of May... in the 2002 NCAA Tournament, went 13-for-32 with six runs, three doubles, six RBI, two walks, one HBP, and a stolen base
2001: Served as Tech's primary leadoff hitter, heading up the lineup card in 47 of 61 games ... Boasted an outstanding .459 on base percentage ... Opened the season as Tech's everyday left fielder, before returning to the infield in early March at second base where he played for the remainder of the season ... Ranked fourth in the ACC in on-base percentage, eighth in walks ... Named as a Verizon District III Academic All-America ... Hit safely in 17 of his first 18 games, including a 12-game hitting streak from Feb. 23 through March 17 ... Outstanding bunter who led the team in sacrifice bunts with eight ... Tech's all-time leader in number of times hit by pitches, with 43, was hit by a team-high 12 pitches in 2001 ... Was hit by a pitch three times against Wake Forest on April 13 ... Posted a four-hit game on April 14 against Wake Forest, and tallied 15 multiple hit games during the season ... Collected his second four-hit game of the season in Tech's ACC Tournament opener against Duke, going 4-for-6 with two runs scored and two RBI ... Finished the ACC Tournament having gone 10-for-19 (.526) at the plate with four runs scored, and three multi-hit games ... Went 3-for-4 and drove in a season-high four runs against Elon on February 23 ... Arguably Tech's most clutch performer, hitting .500 (33-for-66) with runners on base and .489 (22-for-45) with runners in scoring position ... Successfully scored a runner from third base with less than two out on 19 of 23 occasions (.826).
2000: Missed the entire season after undergoing surgery in October, 1999, to repair a torn ligament in his right elbow ... Began to take batting practice and worked out with the team in late April, but did not see any game action.
1999: Began the season as Tech's starter at second base before moving to the outfield in late April ... Had started the first 76 games of his career at second base before moving to the outfield ... Started the final 18 games of the season in center field (20-for-62) and made excellent improvement defensively ... Batted in the leadoff position in all but two games, led the team in walks (42) and was second in on-base percentage (.468) ... Hit .243 with 16 runs scored, six RBI and 5-for-5 on steals in ACC regular-season games ... Established a Georgia Tech season record, getting hit by pitches 17 times ... Team leader in stolen bases with 14 in 17 attempts ... Had 21 multi-hit games and 17 games in which he scored more than once, including games on Mar. 3 against Charleston Southern and Mar. 21 against Kent in which he had three hits and scored three runs ... Added a three-run double against Rutgers on March 7 ... Stole two bases while going 2-for-4 against NC State on Mar. 13 ... Tabbed to the second-team GTE Academic all-District III team, as voted on by CoSIDA ... ACC Tournament: Tech's leading hitter at .538 (7-for-13) with one double, two walks and three runs scored ... Played summer ball for the Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod League.
1998: Finished the year by making the all-tournament team at the NCAA Midwest Regional, reaching base 18 of 24 times up and batting .611 ... Legged out an infield single with two outs in the ninth against Oklahoma State, setting up Jay Hood's game-winning two-run homer that sent the Jackets to the championship game ... Was hit four times by pitches in the tournament, and tied the Tech record for a season (14) ... Used primarily in the leadoff spot (30 games), he led the team with a .497 on-base percentage (33 walks) and ranked third in the ACC ... Voted team's Rookie of the Year ... Collected two hits during the Jackets six-run ninth inning rally at Mercer on Apr. 22 ... Had an outstanding series against Clemson in which he reached base eight times for a .571 on-base percentage ... Walked four times in the ACC Tournament ... Fielded .957, tops among Georgia Tech's infielders, with just eight errors in 51 games.
High School: Lettered four times at Dalton High School for head coach Manny Pontonio ... Set school record with a .587 batting average during his senior year ... Hit five home runs, stole 20 bases, scored 43 runs, and had 45 RBI in 1997 ... Named the 1997 Tri-State Player of the Year by the Chattanooga Times ... One of the Chattanooga Free Press's Superteam Seniors ... An honorable mention all-American by the USA Today ... Selected to the all-state baseball team ... All-area selection and an all-North Georgia selection as a cornerback in football during his senior year ... Both his football and baseball teams won region championships in the 1996-1997 school year ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Full name is Matthew Jordan Boggs ... Born October 15, 1978 in Dalton, Ga.... Son of Tommy and Jane Boggs ... A Dean's List student who already holds a bachelor's degree in Textile and Fiber Engineering from Tech and is pursued his Master's Degree in the same field.
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