Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

2019 [Junior]: Started and played in 48 games for the Orange and Black … led the Warhawks with 46 runs batted in … knocked 52 hits in 170 at bats, for an average of .306 … scored 40 runs, while stealing nine bases … clubbed nine home runs, good enough for second on the team … slugged .529, with an on-base percentage of .436, for an OPS of .965 … posted 14 multi-hit efforts, including a team-high four three-hit games … led AUM with 16 multi-RBI games … scored a team-high four runs, on a season-high three hits, in a 12-2 win over West Georgia on April 12 … accounted for three runs on three hits, with three runs driven in, against Point University on Feb. 9.

2018 [Sophomore]: Played in 39 games, while starting in 31 … batted .312, with a team-high .475 on-base percentage and a .430 slugging percentage … collected 29 base hits, with 13 runs scored and 16 driven in … clubbed two home runs and five doubles … drew 26 walks … boasted a fielding percentage of 1.000 … posted six multi-hit ballgames, including two three-hit performances.

Prior to AUM: Two-year letterman at Parkland College… guided Cobras to back-to-back NJCAA Region 24 Championships… cumulated a career batting average of .262 with 34 RBI, 12 doubles and five home runs… boasted the 13^th-most doubles in the Mid-West Athletic Conference as a sophomore with 12 while posting 30 RBI and four home runs.

Prep: Attended Edwardsville High School… lettered in baseball… earned first team All-Conference, first team All-Area, and was named an IHSBCA All-Star in his senior season… helped the tigers to a Southwestern Conference Championship in 2014 and 2015.

Personal: Full name is Matthew Stephen Zielonko… was born November 4, 1996… is the son of Steve and Terri… has an older brother Alex… is majoring in finance.