2025:
- First year member of the program, did not receive a varsity letter
- Appeared in 2 games, pitching 2 innings
- Allowed 3 hits, 2 walks, and recorded 2 strikeouts
- Had a 0.00 ERA, allowing no home runs
- As a batter, appeared in 3 games
- Batted .333 and struck out 1 time in 3 at bats
Before Eastern: In high school competed in baseball, soccer, basketball, and football… as a four-year starting utility player in baseball, was awarded second team All-State as a senior, All-Conference as a junior and senior, and was named Team MVP… contributed to baseball program’s state championship senior year… named baseball captain as a junior and senior… as a two-year starter in basketball, was named team captain senior year… academically received the Centaur Award, Athletic Participation Award, Leadership Award, Citizenship Award, and Sportsmanship Award…
PERSONAL: born
Eric J. Mathewson November 24, 2005…
Parents: Lynn and John…
Siblings: Luke…
Major: Finance…
Career Plans: Financial Advisor…
Residence: Eastford, CT...
ERIC… REVEALED
Your pre-game ritual: Jump over the foul line whenever crossing.
Personal goal for the season: Have a batting average of .350 or better.
Your most overused phrase: “Lets ride”
If you could describe yourself in one word, it would be: Energetic
Biggest waste of money: Video games
Biggest adjustment to college life: Workload
If you were to choose a superpower what would it be?: Teleportation
Your most bizarre dream: I was best friends with a yeti.
Biggest crisis facing the world: Inflation
Your hidden talent: I am great at fly fishing
Your dream job: Professional baseball player
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Working in an oil field
If you could meet anyone (living or dead), who would it be?: Jesus
If your life could be made into a movie, the title would be: Project-E
What could you give a 30 minute presentation on with absolutely no preparation?: Baseball/fishing
What are you most grateful for?: Health and my family
What dumb accomplishment are you most proud of?: I won a kid’s fishing derby two years in a row
What is something your friends would consider “so you”?: Nature
What are the worst and best things about getting older?: The worst is growing distant to people, and the best is gaining wisdom.
If you could invent one thing, what would it be?: A device to talk to animals |