2021 Baseball Roster

Michael Wade
UWF Athletic Communications
Bill Stockland
UWF Athletic Communications

2 Matthew Estrada

  • Position OF
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 175
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Pensacola, Fla.
  • Highschool Pensacola Catholic HS

Biography

Seventh most career hits in Argonaut history
Tied for ninth in career runs scored in program history
2021 GSC All-Academic Team

2021 (R-Jr.): 
Named to the GSC All-Academic Team...Started and played in 43 games for the Argonauts...Batted .286 on the year...Finished with fifth most hits (55) in the fourth most at-bats (168) on the squad...Totaled 31 RBI's on the year, the fourth-highest mark on the team...Drew more walks (19) than strikeouts (18) in the campaign...Tallied five doubles and hit first home run of the year in win over Auburn Montgomery (3/13)...Smacked three hits each in back-to-back victories over Mississippi College and Spring Hill (3/6 & 3/9)...Finished with 12 multi-hit contests on the year...Had season-high four hits in win over Union (4/2)...Added .989 fielding percentage on defense with 83 putouts and four assists...Completed 2021 season with 193 career hits (seventh most in program history)...26 runs scored on the year added to his career total of 115, which is tied for ninth most in school history.

2019-2020 ADA ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

2020 (Jr.):
Started all 22 of the Argos' games... Hit .314 and led UWF in Hits (27) and At Bats (86)...Estrada ranked fourth in the GSC in Total At Bats and seventh in Total Hits...Season was cut short due to COVID-19 Outbreak.

2019 First Team All-GSC
2019 GSC All-Tournament Team
2019 D2CCA Second Team All-South Region
2019 NCBWA Second Team All-South Region


2019 (So.): Made 47 starts and 47 starts... Hit .374 as part of an honor-studded season... Hit a career-best three home runs... Had 67 hits and 43 runs scored... Was sixth in the GSC with a .378 average and seventh with a .469 OBP at the end of the regular season...Estrada was 12th in the South Region with a .383 batting average entering the Regional and also eighth in the region with 1.45 hits per game this year.

2018 GSC Freshman of the Year
2018 Second Team All-Gulf South Conference
2018 GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll


2018 (Fr.): Made 43 starts and played in 47 games as a freshman... Became first UWF freshman to earn GSC Freshman of the Year since 2014... Batted .347 with 9 doubles and a home run, posting a .453 OBP... Led UWF in sacrifice bunts (9), ranked second in batting (.347), third in walks (23), fourth in runs (36) and hits (51), and was fifth in doubles (9)... Had single-game team high 3 doubles against Montevallo (4/20)... Recorded team-best 24-game on-base streak... Had 14 multi-hit games and 5 multi-RBI games... Recorded first multi-hit game of his career against Tampa (2/16), going 2-4 with a walk and a run scored... Went 3-4 against Palm Beach Atlantic (2/17) with a run, an RBI and a stolen base... Went 2-4 with three RBIs against Alabama Huntsville (3/25)... Went 3-3 with 3 RBIs against Auburn-Montgomery... Had a 3-for-4 day against West Georgia in the GSC Tournament, scoring once... Threw 2.0 scoreless innings of relief against Miles (2/28), earning first win of his career.

High School: Two-way player at nearby Pensacola Catholic, hit .400 with six extra-base hits and 12 RBIs in 25 games for Pensacola Catholic… As a senior, hit .458 with 5 home runs and 34 RBIs... Had a career .396 batting average and has appeared on the mound for Pensacola Catholic during his four years with the program.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2018Freshman

    OF/LHP
    5'10" 170 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2019Sophomore

    OF/LHP
    5'10" 170 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2020Junior

    OF
    5'11" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2021Redshirt Junior

    OF
    5'11" 175 lbs
    2