Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU: First-year player at FMU....PBC first-team All-Conference 2015....ABCA/Rawlings, NCBWA, Daktronics All-Southeast Region Teams (all first-team selections) for 2015....2015 FMU Team MVP....PBC Player of the Week (March 23, 2015)....Projected starter in the infield....Transfer from the University of North Carolina.....Also attended Florence-Darlington Technical College.....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2014 (fall).....UNC: Appeared in seven games as a junior....Batted .Hit .200 with 2 RBIs in 12 games as a sophomore.....FDTC: Batted .340 in 48 games with 39 runs scored and a team-high 40 RBIs in 2012....School-record 19 doubles....Earned first-team All-Region honors.

PERSONAL: Born Matthew Paul Rubino in Morehead City, N.C.....Graduate of Hopewell High School, where he played for coach (and his uncle) Joe Rubino....All-Section (first team) as a senior....All-Region (first team) as a junior....Also played football and basketball....His father was drafted in baseball, but choose to join the Marine Corp.

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