June 8, 2022

Official Old Dominion University Athletics News Release

Add another honour to the list for Matt Coutney.

Old Dominion's senior first baseman earned third-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honours, CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) announced on Wednesday.

Coutney is the first baseball player since James Burok in 2005 to earn the honour and first ODU student-athlete since Niko Klosterhalfen and Iris Achterhof in 2018 to be named CoSIDA Academic All-American.

Coutney hit .376 on the season with a single-season school record 27 homers, which ranks third in the country. He added 18 doubles, scored 66 runs and drove in 70 on the year. He ranks third in the country with 185 total bases and his .808 slugging percentage is fifth in the nation.

In Conference USA play, Coutney hit .405 with 19 home runs and 45 RBIs with a slugging percentage of .966. He led the club with 112 total bases, in runs scored with 38 and tied for the team-lead in hits with 47.

He is a double major in management and leadership with a 3.45 GPA. He earned C-USA Academic Honour Roll every semester and was a four-time Dean's List honoree at ODU.

Coutney was named the Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Month for April. In 17 games, he had a batting average of .455 and hit 14 home runs with 28 RBIs. He registered 30 hits and scored 26 runs, while slugging at 1.152 with an on-base percentage of .543.

A native of Wetaskiwin, Alta., Coutney led the Monarchs with 30 multi-hit games, including seven games with three or more hits. He also registered 19 multi-RBI games. He tied an ODU record when he homered in five-consecutive games in the middle of the season against Virginia, all three games against UAB and William & Mary. He hit seven homers in those five games. With his power binge this season Coutney finished his ODU career with 39 homers, second most in program history behind teammate Andy Garriola.

Matt Coutney 2022 Honors (So Far)

-CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-American

-Conference USA Spirit of Service Award

-Collegiate Baseball Second-Team All-American

-Conference USA Player of the Year

-First-Team All-Conference USA

-Two-Time Conference USA Player of the Week