Red Raider Profile: Matt Eureste
November 08, 2011 | Baseball
Eureste is one of three freshmen competing for the Tech starting shortstop position
Nov. 8, 2011
Red Raider Profile: Matt Eureste
The Texas Tech baseball team's fall season ended with the annual Red & Black Series at the of October, but throughout the remainder of the semester Texas Tech Athletics Communications will continue taking an inside look into the Tech program with Red Raider Profiles on each player.
Matt Eureste (INF - 6-0, 165 - L/R - Fr./HS - Houston, Texas/St. Pius X)
Freshman Matt Eureste enters his career at Texas Tech after being selected in the 40th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. This spring he will be one of three Red Raider freshmen who will be competing for the starting shortstop position.
Eureste was a four-year letterman at St. Pius X High School where he batted .420 with seven home runs during his first team all-state senior season. He recorded a .378 batting average with three homers as a junior.
A three-time all-district and two-time all-state pick, Eureste led St. Pius X to a 35-5 overall record his senior season while winning the district championship. He was also a standout on the gridiron while earning first team all-state honors as a senior at defensive back and wide receiver. Eureste was a three-year letterman on the football team.
Eureste is one of six Red Raiders who have been selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Players Draft at some point during their careers. Other Red Raiders who have been drafted include INF Reid Redman, INF Stephen Hagen, LHP/OF Andre Wheeler, LHP Daniel Coulombe and LHP Rusty Shellhorn.
"He is a great athlete," fourth-year head coach Dan Spencer said about Eureste. "We are very excited about what he brings to our program from the standpoint of a shortstop, a middle infielder that is that athletic."
In addition, Eureste's brother, Ray, is a junior infielder at Nicholls State University.
