Eastern Connecticut State University

Before Eastern: In high school, three-year varsity starter on his baseball team, spending his junior and senior years as a captain... as a short stop and third baseman, was named to the All-League team twice... named All-County in his senior year and Team MVP as a junior and senior... as a team, county and Long Island Champions in 2021... batted .472 in his senior year and .384 throughout his high school career...

Played for Sacred Heart University, where his team made the conference playoffs... then transferred to Hudson Valley Community College, where he was the Team MVP in 2024... named First Team All-Conference with a batting average of .406... also named First Team All-Region in 2024... in his 239 at bats across 72 games, he had 97 hits and 67 RBIs... he was walked 43 times and struck out just 27 times... stole 27 bases and was caught stealing twice... transferred to Eastern for the fall of 2025...

PERSONAL: born Matthew E. Carrera June 12, 2004… Parents: Laurie and Matthew… Sister: Elena… Major: Business Administration… Career Plans: Work for a professional sports team… Residence: Miller Place, NY…
 
What do you value most in your friends? How much they care for me
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Always put your family first
What’s your favorite memory from school (prior to Eastern)? Winning a Long Island Championship with my high school team
What’s the most exciting thing you’ve ever done? Seeing my family be so proud of me when I got my first college offer to play baseball
If you could have an endless amount of one thing for the rest of your life, what
would it be? Memories
What is your favorite way to spend a lazy summer Sunday? At the beach with my friends and my cousin
If you won the lottery, who would you call first? My Mom
If you could have any talent or skill in the world, what would it be? Be the best
golfer in the world
If you could have any view from your backyard, what would it be? The ocean
What’s your favorite thing about your hometown? That my entire family is still
there
If you could be any age for a week, what age would it be? 8 years old
If you could instantly become an expert in any subject, what would it be? Biology
Hardest thing you’ve ever done in your life: Making the decision to leave my first
college
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children: 20 dollars
Biggest crisis facing America: A lot of hate and not enough love
Your favorite moment of all time (not necessarily sports-related): Seeing my
family be so proud of me when I got my first college offer to play baseball
World’s most recognizable person: Adam Sandler
Something that you tried once but would never do again: Math