2010: Stepped on the diamond for 31 games with 30 starts ... team leader with .350 batting average, 36 hits, 21 runs scored, 12 stolen bases and 6 doubles ... second with 4 triples ... sixth with 9 RBI ... season-bests of 4 hits, 3 runs, 2 RBI vs. Wisconsin-Superior ... 9 multiple hit and 2 multiple RBI games ... .899 fielding percentage in 169 chances ... helped turn 18 double plays.
2009: Played in 35 games with 34 starts ... second in hitting with a .310 average on team-high 35 hits in 113 at-bats ... led the team for second straight year with 30 runs scored ... drove in fourth-best 16 runs ... second with 15 stolen bases ... tallied 8 doubles and 4 triples ... 8 multiple hit games and 3 multiple RBI games ... season-high 4 hits vs. Mary Washington ... career-high 3 RBI vs. Wilkes ... .953 fielding percentage in 171 chances.
2008: Second team All-CAC ... CAC All-Academic Team ... saw action in 36 games with 33 starts at SS ... third with a .300 batting average on a second-best 39 hits and team-high 130 at-bats ... led with 31 runs scored ... sixth with 14 RBI ... second with 13 stolen bases ... recorded 6 doubles, 3 triples, and one home run ... 9 multiple hit games as well as 3 multiple RBI games ... career-highs of 5 hits, 4 runs, and 3 RBI at Villa Julie [game 2] ... .901 fielding percentage in 182 chances.
Huntingtown HS: 2007 graduate ... Huntingtown's Outstanding Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year as well as the U.S. Army Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... honorable mention All-Met by Washington Post as a senior after batting .350 with 27 hits, 7 doubles, and 1 triple ... two-time All-Washington Post Southern Maryland Extra as well as two-time All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference ... two-time first team All-Calvert County (at 2B in 2006, at SS in 2007) ... selected to Maryland Brooks Robinson Senior All-Star Game ... Maryland 3A South Region Championship twice (2006, 2007) ... 2007 SMAC Championship ... National Honor Society ... honorable mention Maryland Distinguished Scholar ... tabbed HHS' Physical Education Student of the Year.
Personal: Matthew David Baden ... aspires to be a nurse anesthetist ... SAAC president (2010-11) ... SAAC secretary (2009-10) ... member, SMCM 3.0 Club ... born April 27, 1989 in Silver Spring, Md. ... son of Dave and Susan Baden ... his father played football at Frostburg State.
Why St. Mary's?: "To get a good education and to play baseball all four years."
