OUTLOOK — Will be the workhorse for the pitching staff
once again this season ... Coaching staff is looking for a big senior season and
to provide leadership to a young team.
2001 — Made 45 appearances with 32
complete games on the season ... Recorded an astounding 17
shutouts with a 1.06 ERA ... Led the team in 15 pitching
categories ... Had a 17 strikeout performance against
Pittsburgh on March 6 ... The opposition batted a mere .166
against her during another phenomenal year ... Earned Second
Team All-SEC honors for the second time ... Three-time SEC
Player of the Week, which gives her eight for her career, a
USC record ... Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team ... Named
to the All-Southeast Region Second Team ... Was named to the
SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Pitched every inning in the
Southeastern Conference Tournament.
2000 — Workhorse of
the Carolina pitching staff who appeared in 51 games, starting
41... Third in the SEC in wins (26) and strike outs (237) ...
Second in the conference in appearances with 51... Ended the
season 26-16 with a 1.37 ERA and 37 complete games ... Set a
USC record for innings pitched with 311.0 ... Earned fourth
and fifth SEC Pitcher of the Week honors the weeks of February
28 and April 3 ... Earned Most Valuable Pitcher Honors at the
Gladstone's and the Speedline Invitational ... Pitched 10.0
innings, allowing seven hits and one run in Carolina's 2-1 win
over Michigan to earn first Player of the Week honor and beat
SEC foes Tennessee and No. 14 Alabama ... Earned first
collegiate no-hitter with 6-0 blanking of Georgia State on
Feb. 19 ... Struck out a career-high 16 in no-hit performance
... Pitched all 36 innings of the SEC Tournament, allowing
only six runs on her way to a 4-1 record ... Was named USC's
second SEC Tournament MVP after Trinity Johnson earned the
honor in 1997... Named to the All-Southeast Region first team
for the second-straight season.
1999 — Had one of the
best rookie seasons of any Gamecock pitcher ... Posted a 29-15
record with a 1.32 ERA ... Ended the season first in the SEC
in strikeouts (313), appearances (57) and innings pitched
(292.0) ... Finished first in the nation in saves with nine
... Earned second team All-SEC honors ... Was the second
Carolina freshman to earn NFCA All-America honors when she was
named to the third team ... Named to the first-team
All-Southeast Region squad ... Named to the NCAA Regional
All-Tournament team along with Joyce McMillin due in part to
her 12 inning complete game win over Pacific to keep Carolina
alive ... Tied Carolina pitching great Trinity Johnson's
record by being named SEC Pitcher of the Week three times in
1999 ... Sixth on the USC strikeout list with 313 K's after
one season of play ... Earned first collegiate win against No.
8 Texas on 2/12 ... Led Carolina to 1-0 upset win over No. 1
Fresno State at the NFCA Leadoff Classic, striking out 11
batters ... Had a career-high 14 strikeouts in a 11 inning
outing against Alabama (4/5).
HIGH SCHOOL — Named
Gatorade Southern Player of the Year in 1998 ... Also named 3A
State Player of the Year three times (1996, 97, 98),
Conference Player of the Year three times, All-State four
times and All-Conference five times ... Team was 3A State
champs three times ... Also lettered in basketball
twice.
PERSONAL — Full name is Megan Elizabeth Matthews
... Born on Dec. 7, 1979 in Washington, D.C. ... Daughter of
Mike Matthews ... Has three sisters, Mackenzie, Kellie and
Maggie and one brother, Tucker.
Get To Know
Megan
What did you want to be when you were little: A bag
lady at the grocery store
Favorite vacation spot: The
lake
No one knows how much I: Have an obsession with
peppermint patties
I'd like to go out with Prince William
for a night out on the town
Since I've come to South
Carolina, I've learned: That your parking sticker means
nothing
Any good stories about the coaching staff: When
coach Aprile was asked by the flight attendant if she was old
enough to sit in the emergency exit aisle on our plane.
I would like to eat dinner with:
Aaliyah
