Erskine is a utility player who is very valuable for the
Aggies...Made his biggest impact as a pitcher in 2011, but he also can provide
offense and he is a decent position player...Should provide the Aggies with a key
arm during the week and a relief pitcher for the weekend.
2011 Season: Posted
a .154 batting average (6-for-39) in 17 games...Scored three runs and had six RBI
on three doubles...Stole two bases...Ranked 10th in the MEAC in opposing
batting average (.298)...Appeared in 17 games as a pitcher with nine starts...Ended
the year with a 2-7 record with one save and a 7.00 ERA in 63.0 innings...Allowed
49 earned runs on 74 hits with 47 walks and 23 strikeouts...Picked up wins on
April 19 against USC Upstate and on May 11 at Norfolk State...Pitched a
season-high 9.0 innings on May 11 at Norfolk State, allowing just one earned
run on seven hits...Fanned a season-high four batters on May 20 against Delaware
State...Did not allow a run in two consecutive relief appearances from Feb. 23 to
Feb. 27 (1.1 innings)...Got the save in his first outing on Feb. 18 in the first
game of a doubleheader against Campbell...Brought his ERA down from a season-high
14.90 to a 7.00 at the end of the season.
High School: Played
varsity baseball and football at Dalton L. McMichael High School...He was a
four-time North State 2A All-Conference selection, a two-time North State 2A
All-Tournament team selection, named to the 2A All-State team as a senior and
was the North State 2A Conference Player of the Year...Erskine was also named to the
News and Record All-Area Team...He
holds the all-time school record for home runs and tied the all-time county
record...He was named a Wendy's High School Heisman Nominee for High School, was
a member of the McMichael D.R.E.A.M Team and a Superintendent Scholar Athlete
Award winner...He was also a Junior Graduation Marshall, a member of the Beta
Club, National Honors Society member, a Mu Alpha Theta member...Erskine graduated
in the Top 20 of his 2009 class.
Personal: Full name is Matthew Craig Erskine...He was born
on Sept. 5, 1990 to parents Marty and Marsha Erskine...He has two brothers, Grant
and Clark, whom he calls his biggest influences because of their support and
guidance...Majors in marketing and is on the Dean's List...Plans on a career in
pharmaceutical sales...Knew he was meant to play Division I athletics when he
first picked up a baseball.
