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40 Dylan Matela

  • Position Right Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 206
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Alpharetta, Ga.
  • High School Milton/Furman

Biography

ACADEMIC HONORS
Dean's List- Spring 2025
Dean's List- Fall 2024
2023-24 Academic Honor Roll
Sun Belt Commissioner's List- 2020-21
Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll- 2021-22
Dean's List- Spring 2024
Athletic Director's Honor Roll- Fall 2023
Dean's List- Spring 2023
Dean's List- Fall 2022
Dean's List- Spring 2022
Athletic Director's Honor Roll- Fall 2021
Dean's List- Spring 2021
Dean's List- Fall 2020


AT GEORGIA STATE: A four-year letterwinning right-handed pitcher who joined the program in 2020-21 after transferring from Furman, which discontinued its program following the 2020 season ... Has pitched in 42 games while making 20 starts... One career win in the Panthers' 9-5 win at Georgia Tech... Has 79 strikeouts across 77.0 innings pitched... Missed the 2023 season due to injury.

2025:  Made eight appearances including two starts, going 0–2 with a 13.50 ERA over 13.1 innings ... Allowed 20 earned runs on 14 hits while walking 21 and striking out 14 ... Held opponents to a .269 batting average ... Made his longest outing with 4.0 innings and four strikeouts vs. UT Martin ... Also struck out multiple batters in relief against West Georgia and Western Carolina ... Only allowed one homerun all season.

2024: Made eight appearances on the season, including five starts... Finished the season with a 5.59 ERA, striking out 10 batters in 9.2 innings pitched... Started against Georgia Tech and went 2.2 innings without allowing a run and striking out four... Opened with one inning allowing no runs and striking out two against Jacksonville State.. 

2022: Earned his first win at Georgia Tech, when he pitched a career-long five innings in the Panthers’ 9-5 win. He held Tech to just one run through 4.2 innings before allowing three runs in the fifth ... In Sunday start vs. Purdue Fort Wayne, he had a career-high eight strikeouts in just three innings ... Went four innings at No. 15 Florida and allowed one run on five hits ... Pitched two scoreless innings vs. No. 10 Texas State.

2021: Made 14 appearances on the season, including five starts ... Led the GSU staff with a .173 average against, allowing just 14 hits in 23 innings ... Started vs. Mercer and pitched three innings, allowing one run on two hits with four strikeouts ... Pitched two hitless, scoreless innings vs. Georgia Tech and one scoreless frame at Florida.

2020 (FURMAN): Made just three appearances for Furman in the abbreviated 2020 season but was rated the No. 4 prospect in the Southern Conference for the 2022 MLB Draft by Perfect Game.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: First-team All-Region 5-AAAAAAA at Milton High School in Georgia’s largest classification ... Helped Milton win the region title .... Collected 70 strikeouts in 46 innings ... Also earned Academic All-Region accolades ... Top 100 prospect in Georgia by Perfect Game ... Named to 2019 Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-Southeast Region (honorable mention) … Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American in 2018 (high honorable mention).

Statistics

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2025

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 205 lbs
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    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 215 lbs
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    2023Redshirt Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 207 lbs
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    2024Redshirt Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 210 lbs
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    2025Graduate Student

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 206 lbs
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