Georgia State University Athletics

Athletic Honors:
2020 All-Sun Belt
2020 All-Sun Belt Preseason Team
2020 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
2020 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Team
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30, 2020)
College Soccer News Team of the Week (Oct. 5, 2020)
TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (Oct. 7, 2020)
College Soccer News Team of the Week (Nov. 2, 2020)
TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (Nov. 3, 2020)
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 4, 2020)

Academic Honors:
2021 Senior CLASS Award First Team
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team
2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2020 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American Team
2020 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Team
Dean’s List – 2021 Fall Semester
President's List – 2021 Spring Semester
Dean's List – 2020 Fall Semester
President's List – 2020 Spring Semester
Dean's List – 2019 Fall Semester
2018-19 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
Dean's List – 2019 Spring Semester
Athletic Director's Honor Roll – 2018 Fall Semester
Currently majoring in health and physical education: coaching

2022: Out due to injury but came back for the Sun Belt Tourament playing in both matches against Old Dominion and James Madison...

2021: Played in 17 matches while scoring three goals and earning one assist while taking 14 shots on goal . . . Became just the second male student-athlete in Georgia State history to earn multiple CoSIDA Academic All-America honors after also earning Senior CLASS Award First Team honors . . . Scored first goal of the season in third match against USC Upstate . . . Also scored goals against Wofford and in the MAC opener at Bowling Green, while picking up an assist at Akron . . . Limited due to an injury at the end of the season, but returned for both NCAA Tournament games taking two shots at Charlotte.

2020: Played in 12 matches tying for the team lead with five goals and one assist for 11 points which was second on the team . . . Took a team-high 31 shots, including 19 shots on goal . . . Five goals was tied for tops in the Sun Belt Conference and ranked No. 4 in the NCAA . . . Total points ranked No. 2 in the conference and No. 6 in the nation . . . Ranked fifth in the country in shot accuracy (0.613) and eighth with 1.58 shots per game . . . Finished 16^th in the country with a 0.42 goals per game mark and 27^th with 0.92 points per contest . . . Led the nation with three game-winning goals . . . Scored goals in three-straight matches early in the season (South Carolina, UAB, Georgia Southern).

2019: Appeared in 20 matches and started in 16 to accumulate nearly 1,400 minutes on the pitch . . .  Finished second on the team and tied for fifth in the Sun Belt in goals scored (7) . . . Finished second on the team and eighth in the league in total points (15) . . . Also had one assist . . . Ranked first in the Sun Belt in total shots (59) and shots per game (2.95) . . . Had one goal and one assist against Mercer on Oct. 5 . . . Took a career-high nine total shots and four on goal against UNC Asheville on Sept. 7.

2018: Played in 18 games and started in 14 to accumulate over 1,300 minutes on the pitch . . . Finished with one goal and one assist for three total points . . . Scored his first career goal against Winthrop (9/8) . . . Earned his first career assist against Presbyterian (9/14) . . . Had 12 total shots and three on target for a .250 shot on goal percentage . . . Took a season-high four shots against Georgia Southern (10/20).

Prep: Attended St. Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School in Wigan, England . . . Played center midfielder, attacking midfielder, and striker . . . Led his team to a 2013 Wigan Schools championship . . . Scored a goal and notched two assists in the 2012 Wigan Schools final . . . Also played Rugby, had a hat-trick to win the Wigan Schools Final . . . Was a captain on the volleyball team, 2014 Leigh volleyball tournament champions . . . Boys Relay Leigh games champion 2013, 2014 . . . Took first in the Triple Jump at the Leigh Games in 2013 and 2014. 

Personal: Matthew Neil Fearnley was born on Nov. 1, 1999, in Wigan, England . . . Son of Neil Fearnley and Cheryl Hosker . . . Has one sibling, Bethan.