Honors
2018: All-SoCon Second Team (outfielder), All-Freshman team
2019: Google Cloud Academic All-District® 3 Team
2021: All-SoCon Honor Roll, All-SoCon First Team, NFCA All-Mideast Region Second Team, All-Son Con Tournament Team
2022: SoCon Preseason Player of the Year, SoCon Preseason All-Conference first team, Senior CLASS Award Finalist, All-SoCon first team outfield, SoCon All-Tournament Team, CoSIDA Academic All-District® 3 first team
Graduate Student (2022)
SoCon Preseason Player of the Year
SoCon Preseason All-Conference first team
Senior CLASS Award Finalist
All-SoCon first team outfield
SoCon All-Tournament Team
CoSIDA Academic All-District® 3 first team
COVID Redshirt Junior (2021)
Named to the All-SoCon First Team … Named NFCA All-Mideast Region Second Team … Named to the All-Son Con Tournament Team … Named SoCon Player of the Week (April 18) … Led the SoCon in hits (61), runs (44) and RBIs (43) … Was also second in home runs (13) and third in batting average (.361) in the conference … Was one of six UNCG players to hit .300 or higher and one of four players with double-digit home runs … Had a team-best 14 multi-hit games, including a four-hit performance at Chattanooga … Had three hits each in games against Appalachian State (Feb. 21), Elon (March 10), Charlotte (April 14), East Carolina (April 21), and Mercer (May 13) … Drove in a season-best five runs against Elon on March 20 … Had four RBIs each in games against UNCW (March 5) Elon (March 21), and Western Carolina (May 8) … Had two doubles each against Charlotte (April 14) and Chattanooga (April 18) … Hit two home runs each in a pair of games against Elon (March 10 and March 20) … She hit one of five NCAA-record tying home runs in the seventh inning against Elon on March 10 … With UNCG having to sweep the final weekend series against Western Carolina to win the regular season title and host the SoCon Tournament, Matthijs shined by hitting .444 (4-of-9) with two home runs, five RBIs, and a walk … Her effort helped the Spartans beat the Catamounts by a score of 23-2 over the three games … … Hit one of UNCG’s SoCon tournament game record six home runs against Western Carolina on May 15 … Had a season-best 13 game hitting streak from April 18 through May 13 … She helped UNCG win the SoCon regular season and postseason tournament championships … The Spartans made an appearance in the Athens Region of the NCAA Tournament … UNCG set a single season program record with 90 home runs … The Spartans won a season-high eight consecutive games during two different points in the season.
Junior (2020)
Preseason Second Team All-SoCon ... started all 22 of the Spartans' contests during the 2020 season ... slashed .277/.402/.554 on the year, tallying four doubles, a triple and four homers ... her four home runs tied for fourth on the Spartan roster, and was the only player on the team to record a triple on the year ... tied for a team-high with 19 RBI ... went 2-for-3 with her first homer of the season against Virginia (2.14) ... had a single and two doubles against Holy Cross (2.16), crossing home plate three times and driving in a single run ... tallied four RBI against Purdue (2.22) on a grand slam shot to center field ... drew two walks and recorded her third home of the year against Fairfield later in the day (2.22), crossing home plate three times ... drew two more walks in each of UNCG's following games against North Carolina (2.23) and North Carolina A&T (2.26) ... had another four-RBI performance at Elon (3.7), coming within a triple of the cycle, while going 3-for-4 at the plate and scoring three runs ... had three knocks over the following two games against the Phoenix, hitting 6-for-12 over the course of the series (3.7-8) ... drove in a run in each of the Spartans' doubleheader matchups with Northern Illinois (3.11).
Sophomore (2019)
Named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District® 3 Team (NC, TN, VA) selected by CoSIDA … Started in all 51 games played as a centerfielder, left fielder and catcher … Ranked in the SoCon tied for second in doubles (11), tied for fifth in runs (35) and tied for sixth in sac bunts (seven) … Placed in the nation 70th in toughest to strikeout (18.4 | 166 at-bats-nine strikeouts) … Batted .289 with 48 hits and 30 RBI’s, tied for second on the team … Belted six homers for a .464 slugging percentage … Drew 15 walks with two hit-by-pitches for a .353 on-base percentage … Recorded 12 multiple-hit and six multiple-RBI games and six-game hitting and 13-game reached base streaks … Went 3-5 with four RBI’s and a run in the win over UNCW (Feb. 9) … Had two RBI-doubles in a victory against Oakland (Feb. 19) … Collected four hits and three RBI’s in a win versus Towson (March 9) … Reached base in all five plate appearances in the win at North Carolina A&T (March 13) with a leadoff homer, single, three walks and two runs … Went 5-10 with four RBI’s, seven runs, a homer and two walks in the sweep at Furman (April 6-7) … Hit two doubles at No. 15/21 South Carolina (April 20).
Freshman (2018)
Named to the All-SoCon Second Team as an outfielder and All-Freshman Team … Selected the SoCon Player of the Week three times, tying Penny Thomas in 2002 for the most won by a Spartan in one season … Started in all but one game in left field … Averaged 0.31 sacrifice hits per game, placing seventh in the nation … Ranked in the SoCon first in sac bunts (18), tied for second in doubles (15), tied for fourth in runs (38), tied for fifth in RBIs (37) and walks (23) and tied for sixth in hits (49) … Registered a .278 batting average, .426 slugging percentage and .358 on-base percentage … Tied for eight-most doubles by a Spartan in a single-season … Notched 10 multiple-RBI games and 12 multiple-hit games … Delivered three game-winning hits in the first two weeks of the season … Recorded a nine-game hitting streak … Tied for the second-most hits (four) and RBIs (seven) in a game and also had four runs in a 22-0, five-inning win over Furman (March 25) … Debuted her collegiate career with a 3-4 performance at the plate with two doubles, three runs and a RBI in a win over Presbyterian (Feb. 9) … Went 3-3 with three RBIs, a home run and double and two runs in a win over North Carolina A&T … Had two doubles and two RBIs in a win against Towson (March 18) … Slugged a grand slam for her first collegiate home run that produced the game-winning run against Lipscomb (Feb. 18).
High School
A four-time letterwinner at D.H. Conley High School in Greenville, North Carolina ... played for head coach Wayne Deans ... a four-time all-conference, all-district and all-state honoree ... was twice named the D.H. Conley Female Athlete of the Year (2016, 2017) ... tabbed the 2015 4A East State Player of the Year after batting .473 with four home runs, six triples, 15 doubles, 34 RBIs and 24 runs ... also an NFCA All-Region First Team selection in 2015 after leading the Vikings to a state championship ... garnered NFCA All-Region Second Team recognition in 2016 after posting a .447 batting average with three home runs, a triple, seven doubles, 27 RBIs and 30 runs ... guided DHCHS to a regional runner up finish her junior season ... as a senior, batted .580 with six home runs, seven triples, 13 doubles, 47 RBIs and 31 runs scored ... a three-time letterwinner in volleyball and a two-time letterwinner in swimming ... played for 11 years at the club level for Pitt County Heat Breakers under head coach Jeff Davis ... a member of numerous national honor societies and a North Carolina Scholar Athlete.
Personal
Daughter of Hans and Marigail Matthijs ... has one brother, Matthew ... majors in Speech Pathology and Audiology.
