Enrolled at Eastern in January of 2012 after one year at Endicott College... needs six hits for 100 in her collegiate career...
High School: Four-year varsity starter in softball, primarily playing second base…a part of two Class "L" state championship and conference championship teams as a junior and senior year, team defeating Darien, 4-1, in 2009 and Bristol Eastern, 3-2, in 2010 to complete a perfect 27-0 season... received All-State first-team honors at second base by the New Haven Register and CHSCA Class "L" All-State honors and all-area honors as a senior year and all-conference honors in each of her four years…in softball, named to the CHSCA All-State Academic Team as a senior... National Honor Society... also played four years of soccer and three of basketball... two-sport captain as a senior...
Previous School: As a freshman shortstop, helped Endicott to its ninth straight Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) title and ninth straight NCAA tournament bid in 2011... batted .433 with six HRs and a team-leading 45 RBI and team-tying 15 doubles en route to all-conference honorable mention honors and a spot on the CCC tournament all-tournament team... had eight RBI in three conference tournament games and batted .556 (5-for-9)... team competed in the NCAA Providence, RI Regional Tournament, where it did not face Eastern before being eliminated in three games...
PERSONAL: born Mattie E. Brett September 3, 1992… Parents: Mary and William… Major: Health and Physical Education… Career Plans: Teaching… Residence: Waterford, CT...
CAREER STATISTICS
Year | BAvg. | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SAvg. | BB | HP | SO | OBPct. | SF | SH | SB | A | PO | A | E | FAvg. |
2014 | .408 | 38 | 38 | 120 | 36 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 75 | .625 | 7 | 0 | 12 | .438 | 1 | 13 | 13- | 14 | 53 | 2 | 2 | .965 |
2013 | .378 | 42 | 42 | 135 | 41 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 71 | .526 | 9 | 1 | 8 | .409 | 4 | 7 | 12- | 12 | 53 | 4 | 3 | .950 |
2012 | .305 | 47 | 46 | 128 | 2 9 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 56 | .438 | 17 | 3 | 18 | .393 | 2 | 4 | 11- | 12 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .974 |
TOTAL | .363 | 127 | 126 | 283 | 106 | 139 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 86 | 202 | .527 | 33 | 4 | 38 | .412 | 7 | 24 | 36- | 38 | 142 | 8 | 6 | .962 |
MATTIE... REVEALED
Favorite activity other than sports: Going to the beach
Best place for pizza: The Recovery Room
Favorite actor: Jennifer Aniston
Most important thing in your life: Family
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: alphabet game
Most difficult aspect of your sport: the mental game
Greatest song ever: Young, Kenny Chesney
Favorite pro team: Yankees
One thing you would like to do before you die: Travel the world
Your favorite moment of all time: Undefeated senior softball season
Favorite smell: cucumber melon
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? Traveling the world
Favorite amusement park ride: rollercoaster
A class you’ve taken that you’ll never need to use: all LAC courses
Favorite city ever visited: Venice, Italy
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Swimming
Greatest fear: failure
Pet Peeve: When people’s pants are too short
Red Sox or Yankees: Yankees
Biggest waste of money: coffee
Best vacation of all time: Costa Rica