| Matt Righter |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Clarion, PA
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| High School:
Lawrenceville Prep
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| Height / Weight:
6-5 / 195
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| Position:
Guard
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At Hopkins: Will start at a wing spot this season knows the game and sees the floor very well outstanding ball handler and passer has a lot of potential offensively good outside shooter and can take the ball to the basket.
2002-03: Appeared in all but two games and made five starts scored a career-high 20 points by hitting 5-of-8 shots from the field, including 4-of-6 from three-point range, and making all six free throw attempts in the 97-85 win at Carnegie Mellon on January 7 added 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-9 from behind the arc, in the 80-68 victory over Dickinson on January 22 in the following game, a 73-58 win at McDaniel, he scored a team-high 14 points and pulled down a career-best nine rebounds in a career-high 35 minutes of action named to the Centennial Conference Honor Roll on January 27 after his performances against Dickinson and McDaniel dished out a season-high three assists at Ursinus on February 1 hit 18-of-20 free throws on the season.
2001-02: One of four players to appear in all 24 games hit4-of-8 shots from the field, including 3-of-7 from three-point range, for a then-career high 11 points on January 12 in an 87-59 win over Villa Julie scored 10 points in the 92-86 win against Roanoke on November 25 pulled down a then-career best eight rebounds and added nine points in the 62-52 win at Muhlenberg on February 2 recorded a career-high three assists vs. Western Maryland on January 19 hit 23-of-26 foul shots on the season.
2000-01: Appeared in 17 games only start came on January 20 at Western Maryland scored 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds scored a then-career high eight points against Dickinson on January 17 and at Franklin & Marshall on January 24 also pulled down three rebounds vs. Dickinson dished out two assists in first career game against Randolph-Macon.
Nelson on Righter: "Matt is a coachs son and really knows the game. The one thing that stands out is that he has spent a lot of time helping the younger guys on the team during the preseason."
Personal: Matt R. Righter born August 7, 1981 son of Ron and Julie Righter also a member of the Hopkins baseball team that has won the conference championship in each of the past three seasons induced a triple play in his first career inning pitched one and two-thirds scoreless innings in the 2001 NCAA Tournament threw three and a third scoreless innings with three strikeouts in two appearances in the 2002 NCAA Tournament went 5-0 in 2003 with a 2.47 earned run average in a team-high 16 appearances named to all-conference team in three different sports (basketball, baseball, and golf) in high school selected most valuable player and team captain in each sport threw the first no-hitter in Lawrenceville Prep history member of high school mediation program, choir, and community service groups father, Ron, played basketball at Duke and St. Joseph's and was an All-Big 5 selection international relations major.
