Wayne State University Athletics

2008: Served as team co-captain ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... received the team's Warrior Award at the season-end banquet ... was a recipient of the Spring 2008 GLIAC Commissioner's Award ... played in 45 games, started 44 (30 C, 14 DH) ... batted .265 and set career-highs in at bats (132), runs scored (21), runs batted in (18), walks (21), total bases (43) and sacrifice hits (6) ... matched his career bests in doubles (6), and sacrifice flies (2) ... hit .391 against left-handed pitching ... drove in a run in 10 of 12 opportunities (.833) with a man on third and less than two outs, the best percentage on the team ... totaled 10 multiple-hit games ... tied his career-high of three RBI twice (Mar. 29 at Mercyhurst and April 12 at Findlay), going 3-for-3 with two runs scored in the latter game ... began a 13-game stretch in which he hit .441 (15-34) including a four-game hitting streak and six-game run scoring streak ... raised his season average from .212 to .302 in the 13-game span ... strung together three consecutive two-hit games in the postseason (May 9 vs. Findlay, May 15 vs. St. Joseph's, May 16 vs. Ashland) ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2007: Served as team co-captain ... earned a Rawlings/ABCA North Central Region "Golden Glove" award for outstanding defense ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... played in 41 games, started 30 (27 C, 2 DH, 1 3B) ... batted .260 with 25 hits, 13 walks, and five doubles ... matched his career-high with 16 runs batted in ... had four multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games ... posted three three-game hitting streaks during the season ... was a perfect 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts ... committed just two errors all season (.989 fielding percentage) ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2006: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic team ... played in 45 games, started 39 (35 C, 3 3B, 1 DH) ... batted .261 with 29 hits, 13 walks, and 16 runs scored ... went 3-for-3, setting his season-high for hits in a game, with a double and two runs March 13 versus North Dakota ... posted eight multi-hit games ... hit his first career triple April 22 against Grand Valley State ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2005: Earned All-GLIAC Second Team catcher honors ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... started in 43 (42 C, 1 DH) of the 47 games he appeared in ... was fourth on the team in walks (18) and fifth in doubles (6) ... had eight multiple-hit games on the season ... went 9-for18 (.500) during a six-game hitting streak from April 5-April 13 ... during the streak went 3-for-5 against Eastern Michigan (4/5) and 2-for-3, with a season-high three RBI against Ashland (4/13) ... hit his lone home run of the season against Grand Valley State on May 1 ... was 3-for-4 against Saginaw Valley (5/4) with two RBI ... defensively was fifth on the team with a .980 fielding percentage, committing only five errors in 252 chances ... threw out 11 runners attempting steals ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2004: Redshirted at Wayne State.

High School: A 2003 graduate of Chelsea ... played three years on varsity ... the Bulldogs were Southeastern Conference champions 2001-02-03 ... was a two-time all-league and all-district selection ... named academic all-state his senior year ... earned the coaches award ... was also all-league in football ... is a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name--Matthew J. Cunningham ... born in Gregory ... son of Larry and Suzanne Cunningham ... has one brother, Bryan and one sister, Amy ... graduated Cum Laude in May 2007 with a B.A. in public relations and is currently pursuing a master's degree in sports administration ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2003, Winter 2004, Fall 2005, Winter 2006, Fall 2006, Winter 2007, Fall 2007 (master's program) and Winter 2008 (master's program) ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2004 and Winter 2005.