Matthew Pfleger

Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Garrettsville, Ohio
High School:
James A. Garfield

2008-09 Junior Season

Indoor Track and Field – Was the MAC Champion in the weight throw with a toss of 64’-7”, which ranked as the team’s top throw of the season and sixth all-time…also owned the team’s second-best shot put throw of season with a heave of 52’-10.25” at the Kent State Dual…posted three other wins in the weight throw with victories at the Akron Dual (59’-7”), Kent State Dual (64’-2.25”), and Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup (63’-11.50”)…earned MAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors for his performance at the Sykes-Sabock…named First-Team Academic All-MAC.

Outdoor Track and Field – Extended season all the way to the NCAA Championships…placed 24th at nationals with a 182’-7” toss in the hammer throw for 24th place in the preliminary round…qualified for the NCAA Championships with a ninth-place hammer throw of 197’-1” at the NCAA Mid-East Regional…qualified for regionals six times in the hammer throw…posted team’s top hammer throw of the season and ninth best all-time with a 211’-9” toss at the Campbell-Wright Open… captured the MAC title in the hammer throw with a mark of 203’-6”…also finished fifth in the discus throw with a distance of 158’-6” at the conference finals…shot put throw of 50’-2.50” at the MAC Championships was his season personal best…season personal-best discus throw came at the Northeast Ohio Quad where he recorded a 162’ toss…won the hammer throw and regionally qualified with a toss of 202’-5” at the Northeast Ohio Quad…finished third in the hammer throw at the Gina Relays with a toss of 200’5” to earn MAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week accolades…named to Academic All-MAC Team.

2007-08 Sophomore Season

Indoor Track and Field - Took eighth place in the shot put at the MAC Championships with a toss of 50'-7.50".

Outdoor Track and Field - Placed fifth overall in the hammer throw at at the 2008 MAC Championships with a distance of 179’-5”…that performance enabled him to qualify for the 2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Mid-East Regionals…finished 29th in the hammer throw at the Mid-East Regionals with a toss of 171’-5”…had a season-best toss of 187’-1” in the hammer at the Duke Invitational.

2006-07 Freshman Season

Indoor Track and Field - Finished 14th at theSykes-Sabock Challenge with a 47’-5 3/4” mark in the shot put...tallieda trio of fifth place shot put finishes in the Akron dual, Akron Openand Ohio State dual...finished 10th in both the weight throw and theshot at the Doug Raymond Invitational with best efforts of 48’-10 1/4”and 47’-1 3/4”, respectively...opened the indoor season seventh at theGolden Flash Gala with a 48’-7 1/4“ mark in the shot.

Outdoor Track and Field - Was Redshirted.

Personal

Born Aug. 29, 1987...son of James and Susan Pfleger...majoring in langauage arts.