Matt Quade

Photo by: Kylie Macziewski

Photo by: Thomas Breach

Position:
Infield/Outfield
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Paynesville, Minn.
High School:
Paynesville HS

2020: Season shortened due to COVID-19...transitioned to the outfield...played in 14 games with 12 starts...hit .244 with two doubles, a home run and seven RBI...tied for the team lead with nine runs scored...2020 NSIC All-Academic Team member...2020 NSIC Academic Team of Distinction...

2019: Returned to St. Cloud State for junior season, made his SCSU debut as the starting third baseman at the Houston Winter Invitational at Minute Maid Park... Appeared in 39 games with 32 starts... Hit .236 with four doubles, one homerun, and 15 RBI...went on an eight-game hitting streak spanning from April 13 to April 20, batting .400 over the stretch with three doubles...

2017-2018: Transfered to St. Cloud Technical and Community College... Earned the 2018 Spalding NJCAA DIII Defensive Player of the Year award after posting a 1.000 fielding percentage with 166 putouts and 13 assists as the everyday Cylone first baseman...selected to the 2018 MCAC Central Division First Team...recipient of the 2018 NJCAA ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove SCTCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and was named to the NJCAA All-Academic Second Team...2017 All-Region 13 Team and All-MCAC honoree...across his two-year Cyclone career slashed .415/.486/.695 for a whopping 1.181 OPS across 72 games while blasting 24 doubles, six triples, 10 home runs, scoring 67 runs and driving in 86...drew walks at an 11.5% clip at the junior college level...

2016: A redshirt athlete at SCSU.

Before SCSU: 2015 graduate of Paynesville High School where he played for coach Brad Skoglund…hit .373 as a sophomore and was named All-Central Minnesota Conference…was an Honorable Mention All-Central Minnesota Conference selection as a junior…had a stellar football career, throwing for 5108 passing yards and 56 touchdowns while rushing for 1201 yards with 27 scores, graduating with 10 Paynesville All-Time Passing records…threw for 2431 passing yards and 27 touchdowns and ran for 592 yards and 16 touchdowns on the ground as a senior…was a Central Minnesota Conference MVP, 3-Time All-Central Minnesota Conference, and All-Section honoree in football…4X letterwinner in football, 5X letterwinner in basketball and 3X letterwinner in baseball at Paynesville...2X All-Conference and Conference MVP in football...All-State as a senior in football...Mr. Football Award nominee...All-Conference Honorable Mention in basketball and a 2X Chairman of the Boards Award winner...2X All-Conference in baseball and 1X All-Conference Honorable Mention...selected to play in MN All-Star baseball series...

Personal: The son of Jerry and Becki Quade...health and physical education major at SCSU...NJCAA All-Academic in 2017 and 2018...SCTCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2018...on Dean's List at SCSU...enjoys spending time with family, being outside and spending time on the lake (on the pontoon).