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28 Matthew Barefoot

  • Position Outfield/Left-Handed Pitcher
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 205
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Dunn, N.C.
  • High School Midway

Biography

Career Honors:
2018 ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Atlantic Region

2018 First Team All-Big South

2018 Big South Tournament MVP

2018 Big South All-Tournament Team

2018 NCCSIA First Team All-State

2017 NCBWA Freshman All-American

2017 Perfect Game/Rawlings All-American

2017 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American

2017 Second Team All-Big South

2017 NCCSIA Second Team All-State

2018: Played in 60 games, starting 59... Claimed the Big South batting crown with a .364 average... Also led the conference in hits (79), doubles (18), steals (33) and on-base percentage (.484)... Finished second in the league with a .585 slugging percentage, 58 runs scored and 127 total bases... Ranked sixth in the nation with 23 HBP... Led the Camels with 20 multi-hit outings, including eight three-hit performances... Rode a 15-game hit streak from May 2-25... Reached base safely in 20-straight games to start the season (Feb. 16 - March 20)... Dominated postseason play, hitting .517 with a 1.356 OPS across the Big South Tournament and NCAA Athens Regional... Batted 3-for-5 with 3 RBI, including a two-run jack in the regional opener at No. 8 Georgia (6/2)... Went 3-for-4 with three doubles in the Big South Championship game against High Point (5/26)... Plunked thrice in Campbell's 13-8 win at Ohio State (5/9)... Cranked a go-ahead solo homer in the top of the ninth as Campbell upset No. 5 NC State 5-4 (5/2)... Hit 6-for-14 four extra-base hits, four runs and six RBI as the Camels swept Longwood on the road (4/20-22)... Crushed a leadoff homer at Presbyterian (4/14)... Went 3-for-3 with two doubles vs. Gardner-Webb (3/25)... Made 14 appearances on the mound with three midweek starts... Compiled a 6.23 ERA across 13.0 innings, recording 12 walks and 12 strikeouts... Earned two saves at Charleston Southern (3/18) and Presbyterian (4/14)...

2017: Appeared in 56 contests with 55 starts as a freshman… Compiled a team-high .335 batting average that ranked seventh in the Big South… Led the league and ranked 22nd nationally in doubles with 22… Finished second in the league for hits (76), bases (120) and sacrifice flies (5)… Drove-in 48 RBI and hit eight homers, which both stood second on the team… Went to the plate a team-high 227 times… Was 7-for-11 in stolen base attempts… Had 20 multi-hit games including three four-hit performances… Tallied four hits, including two home runs, and five RBI in a win at Virginia Tech (3/28)… Went 4-for-5 against Duke (4/12) with a double and two stolen bases… Batted .727 (8-for-11) with three doubles, a homer and two RBI in the weekend series against Ohio State (3/3 - 3/5)… Went 3-for-3 with three doubles in a 7-2 win over Virginia Tech (5/2)… Hit safely in eight-straight games from April 8-21… Named Big South Freshman of the Week thrice and picked up the league’s player of the week nod on March 6.   

2016: Redshirted the 2016 season.

Prep: Led Midway High School to a 2014 State Championship as a junior… Hit .383 for his high school career with 3 home runs and 101 hits… Named 2014 State Championship MVP… Earned all-state, all-county and all-conference honors as a junior… Named NCHSAA 2A Player of the Year and conference player of the year as a senior… Owned a 1.15 career ERA over 73 innings pitched with 110 strikeouts… Coached by Jason Fussel… Beta Club Member… NC Scholars Member.

Personal: Son of Wesley and Carla Barefoot… Born September 20, 1997… Has a younger brother, Cameron… Majoring in business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2016Freshman

    LHP/OF
    6'1" 195 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    LHP/OF
    6'0" 205 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    OF/LHP
    6'0" 205 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2019Redshirt Junior

    Outfield/Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 205 lbs
    28