2016: Sat out entire 2016 season due to elbow injury.

2015: Despite battling injury that would eventually require Tommy John surgery, hit .280 with seven doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI in just 26 games (23 starts) … .280 average would have been tops among Appalachian State returners in 2016 … put together team’s longest hitting streak (10 games - March 17-April 17) and longest on-base streak (18 games - March 17-May 3) of the season … hit .385 (15-for-39) during 10-game hitting streak and reached base at a .372 clip during 18-game on-base streak … hit safely in 16 of his final 19 games of the season, including seven multi-hit efforts … recorded multiple hits in four-straight games from April 10-17 … doubled twice in win at eventual Sun Belt regular-season champion South Alabama (April 11 - Game 1) … had two RBI at South Alabama (April 11 - Game 2) and Arkansas State (April 26) … made seven appearances on the mound with two starts … had three scoreless relief outings against ACC competition - one inning at Wake Forest (Feb. 25), two innings at NC State (March 4), one inning at home vs. Wake Forest (March 25).

2014: Was Appalachian State’s second-leading hitter as a true freshman with a .306 average over 40 games (121 AB) … made 30 starts (25 at DH, 3 in RF, 1 in CF, 1 in LF) … was the Mountaineers’ primary starting designated hitter over the second half of the season … became a fixture in the lineup thanks in large part to a 15-game hitting streak from March 5-April 13 … 15-game hit streak was Appalachian State’s longest of the season … hit a blistering .473 (26-for-55) with 10 multi-hit games, two doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI during the 15-game streak … went 2-for-4 in each of his two starts at Georgia Southern (March 21-22) … had five-straight multi-hit games from April 2-8 (home vs. ETSU, three-game series at Wofford, home vs. High Point) … had walk-off single in 7-6 win over ETSU (April 2) … matched a season high with three hits against HPU (April 8 - 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run) … closed the 15-game hitting streak by going 5-for-13 with two home runs, a triple and six RBI in three game home set against The Citadel (April 11-13) … went 2-for-3 with a home run and a career-high four RBI in the finale against The Citadel (April 13) … named Southern Conference Player of the Week after going 8-for-15 with eight RBI in four games from April 7-13 … broke out of a four-game hitless slump by matching his season high with three hits in 11-0 win at Virginia Tech (April 22) … closed the season with just two hits in his final 27 at-bats to see hit average slide from a season-high .412 to a still-impressive .306 at the end of the campaign … also made two appearances on the mound, facing two batters at Arkansas (Feb. 16) and three at Georgia Southern (March 23).

High School: Selected in the 24th round (716th overall) of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets ... was the first high-school player from the state of Illinois selected in the 2013 MLB Draft and the first player from Moline H.S. to be drafted since 1969 ... Quad Cities area Player of the Year ... all-conference honoree ... in nine starts as a senior, compiled a 1.76 ERA with 74 strikeouts and 26 walks in just 47.2 innings ... allowed just two earned runs while striking out 21 in 12 postseason innings ... tossed a complete-game two-hit shutout with a season-high 13 strikeouts in sectional championship game ... struck out 31 in 15.2 innings and hit .384 with a home run and 22 RBI as a junior in 2012 ... coached by Craig Schimmel ... hit .362 with 10 doubles, seven triples, six home runs and 42 RBI as team MVP Post 246 squad (coach James Zacherwicz) that advanced to 2012 American Legion World Series ... also a three-year letterwinner in soccer and lettered once in basketball ... joins high-school teammate Dallas DeVrieze as the first Illinois products to wear the Black and Gold in a decade (Joe Norton - 2001-04).

Personal: Full name is Matthew Ryan Brill ... born Oct. 25, 1994 (21 years old) ... son of Ann and Ken Brill ... grandfather, Lloyd Brill, played professionally in the New York Giants’ farm system ... majoring in construction management with a business minor.